So the tremendous victory of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Al-Nour Party in Egypt – as well as that of Ennahda in Tunisia – should come as no surprise. A similar scenario could unfold in Syria, if and when President Bashar al-Assad falls from power, while both post-Qaddafi Libya and post-Saleh Yemen point to the difficulties that these countries face in constructing a coherent democratic regime.
同埃及“沉默的大多数”相契合的，是各种伊斯兰团体所代表的现实，在这些团体眼中，民主和公民权等等是西方舶来的空洞字眼。因此，穆斯林兄弟会和光明党（Al-Nour Party）在埃及、伊斯兰复兴运动党在突尼斯所赢得的巨大胜利并不令人吃惊。一旦巴沙尔总统垮台，叙利亚局势也可能向类似方向演变——后卡扎菲的利比亚和后萨列赫的也门表明，此类国家要建立起一个团结的民主政权困难重重。