An Islamist democracy?  It's official: The Muslim Brotherhood
rules Egypt. After a tense several months in which the Supreme
Council of the Armed Forces attempted several times to reassert
control over the levers of power, Egypt's electoral council
today announced that Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood's
candidate, has been elected president of Egypt.  The SCAF had
assured American interlocutors during the voting that they
intend to swiftly hand over power to whomsoever was elected. But
they also asserted a decree making themselves arbiters of the
yet-to-be-written constitution and wielders of parliamentary
powers until a new parliament can be elected (Egyptian courts
had dismissed parliament last week, worrying many of collusion
between the military and judiciary).  It is illustrative of the
tumult Egypt has experienced since protests drove Hosni Mubarak
from power that electing an Islamist president seems a less
worrisome outcome than the election of a secular alternative
that represents the corrupt "d