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I've been wondering, if Morsi's Freedom and Justice Party and with them the Muslim Brotherhood in general would have been wiped in free elections following a longer term in office without military intervention. Prior to 2011, the Brotherhood often played the economic card and was active in social welfare activities, plus they could present themselves as political victims of Mubarak's authoritarian rule. But after having failed to deliver economic progress and stability, a lot of their original appeal would have vanished. Many people were already unhappy with them by 2013, and it's possible that their tenure could have ended by a democratic decision.

What effect would it have on the appeal of Islamist movements in general? Or would some of their voters go for a more radical option, like the Salafist al-Nour party? Or could it actually lead to a Syrian scenario, with a full-on civil war emerging between the army establishment, the Muslim Brotherhood and other factions?
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