Liberalism has been under continuous attack for decades from religious extremists and religious institutions, and liberal organizations were stifled by oppressive rules. If the Mubarak regime had fallen under the banner of political Islam, Muslim fundamentalists would have been in a much better position to advance more exclusivist claims over the revolution and the country.
最后，选举结果并没有其看上去那么糟糕。几十年来，自由主义受到宗教极端分子和宗教机构的不断攻击，自由组织也受到了压迫性法规的限制。如果穆巴拉克政权在政治性伊斯兰教的旗帜下垮台，穆斯林原教旨主义者将处于更加有利的位置，对这次革命和国家获得控制权，更加地排外。