The pattern of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood breaking its promises when confronted by its rivals’ over estimates of their own popularity with the electorate fuels a spiral of distrust that only benefits the ruling military:<\/p>\n
“I’d be surprised if Islamists, from the Brotherhood and other parties, don’t secure most of the seats and a great chunk of the vote” — Dartmouth University professor Dirk Vandewalle, adviser to the UN mission in Libya:<\/p>\n
At the negotiating table, Iran offers to exchange 20-percent enrichment for lifting of sanctions. This development emerged during talks with the P5 +1 in Istanbul this week:<\/p>\n
“I have personally seen the new designs with a Velcro joined at the neck, which releases if the headscarf is pulled, ensuring the player’s safety” — Zhang Jilong, acting president of the Asian Football Confederation:<\/p>\n
“We live in a bizarre Twilight Zone world where Greeks, Armenians and Israelis are generally considered ‘white’ (because they are Christian or Jewish), while Turks, Persians and most Arabs are considered ‘non-white’ (because they are mostly Muslim or non-Christian) … despite the fact that there are virtually no substantial physical differences” among them:<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think an Islamic state would help \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t work with democracy,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he says. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a problem with Salafis. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re like a family here, and Mohamed Ali\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s death has touched us all.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d A beautifully written piece shedding light on \u00c2\u00a0social interactions within a small town in Tunisia:<\/p>\n