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Newt's Odd Understanding of the US Constitution

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SanFranciscoZionist12/18/2011 1:13:21 pm PST

re: #240 sattv4u2

I’m not asking of they have ‘a’” delegate/ rep here or there

I’m asking in numbers where they have influence ,,, 25%,,, 33% ,,, ect

Well, checking Wikipedia, I learn that:

In Bahrain, the Muslim Brotherhood is represented by the Al Eslah Society and its political wing, the Al-Menbar Islamic Society. Following parliamentary elections in 2002, Al Menbar became the joint largest party with eight seats in the forty seat Chamber of Deputies.

The Jordanian Brotherhood has formed its own political party, the Islamic Action Front, which has the largest number of seats of any party in the Jordanian parliament.[57]

In Iraq: After the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime in 2003, the Islamic Party has reemerged as one of the main advocates of the country’s Sunni community. The Islamic Party has been sharply critical of the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq, but participates in the political process.[63] Its leader is Iraqi Vice-President Tariq Al-Hashimi. Also, in the north of Iraq there are several Islamic movements inspired by or part of the Muslim Brotherhood network. The Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) holds seats in the Kurdish parliament, and is the main political force outside the dominance of the two main secularist parties, the PUK and KDP.[64]

And of course: The Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip in 2007 was the first time since the Sudanese coup of 1989 that brought Omar al-Bashir to power, that a Muslim Brotherhood group ruled a significant geographic territory.[74]

They do form their own spin-offs and styles and set their own agendas wherever they are, so it’s hard to precisely assess them. They tend to be supressed wherever there’s a secular or Shiite government, but usually pop up again later.