An Islamist President (in Egypt) Begins Cannily To Assert His Ideology, Raising Fears Of Another Iran-Style Islamic Republic

THE imagery is graphic enough. A mob scales the walls of the American embassy in the Egyptian capital, raises an Islamist banner and burns the Stars and Stripes. A female announcer dons a headscarf on state television for the first time in its 50-year-long history. Bearded police officers demonstrate for an end to the force’s ban on facial hair. Is Egypt’s revolution of February 2011 producing another Iranian-style Islamic republic?

Read Here – The Economist

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