The Islamists in some cases prefer to take over and dominate politically. That's what happened in Lebanon. Now it seems to be happening in Eygpt. 

Egypt secularists pull out of constituent assembly

Mar 29, 2012 -- 10:15PM, Roodog wrote:

It is  weak and sinful men who presume to speak for G-d and act on His behalf.

From such, Good Lord deliver us!

Heaven help the small sects who dissent against these religious tyrants.

By the way, it would be as bad if the preachers took over America or the Rabbis took over Israel.

I agree with you, except for the last part. 

Roodog,

Though I don't mind if a preacher or a rabbi gets elected to a public position in the USA or Israel, I would agree with you that it would not be a good thing if either preachers or rabbis took over in either the USA or Israel.

Habesor

Coptics Pull Out From Key Egyptian Panel

Associated Press

CAIRO—Egypt's Coptic Church withdrew Monday from an Islamist-dominated committee to draft the nation's new constitution and a leading Christian figure said the minority was never really represented to begin with.

The move fed growing fears that Islamists and the military will end up controlling the most important governmental bodies in post-revolutionary Egypt and minorities, women and the liberal groups that drove last year's uprising will be largely excluded. Out of 100 members of the committee originally selected, there were six Christians, six women and a handful of liberals—disproportionately low numbers.

Yousef Sidhom, editor of the weekly Watani newspaper and a Coptic Church official, said the church never officially put forth any members for the panel selected last week.

"How can we withdraw from something we have not been a part of," he said. "We are calling on people to withdraw along with other groups that have pulled out," Mr. Sidhom added.

The new constitution will determine whether Egypt leans toward more conservative Islam and whether the decades-old system that concentrated power in the hands of the president will be maintained or replaced by an empowered parliament under an Islamist majority.

The Coptic boycott was the latest defection from the vital body, whose work could set the tone for Egypt's government for decades to come. Liberal and secular members and the main Christian church have left the panel, complaining of lack of diversity. The result is that Islamists, a majority on the panel to begin with, have only cemented their hold on the process.

More bad news for democracy in Egypt...

Egypt Brotherhood hopeful promises clerics a role

CAIRO (AP) — The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for Egypt's presidency is lobbying hard for support of ultraconservative Muslim clerics, promising them a say over legislation in the future to ensure it is in line with Islamic law, as he tries to rally the divided Islamist vote behind him...

Giving Muslim clerics a direct say over legislation would be unprecedented in Egypt. Specifics of the Brotherhood promise, which Salafi clerics said Wednesday the candidate Khairat el-Shater gave them in a backroom meeting, were not known. But any clerical role would certainly raise a backlash from liberal and moderate Egyptians who already fear Islamists will sharply restrict civil rights as they gain political power after the fall last year of President Hosni Mubarak.

It would also damage the image that the Brotherhood itself promoted for the past year, insisting it does not seek a theocracy in Egypt or to quickly implement Shariah.

El-Shater, a strongman in the Brotherhood, is pushing heavily to prevent a split in the Islamist vote in the May 23-24 vote to elect the first president since Mubarak's ouster. A single Islamist candidate could enjoy a widespread popular base, since the Brotherhood and Salafis together won more than 70 percent of parliament in elections late last year.