The Egyptian revolution has pulled itself back from the brink in a quite an
extraordinary way. Everyone feared a clash in Tahrir Square today but, so far, a deal struck
between the Muslim Brotherhood, the Salafists, the pro-democracy activists and the military is holding. Tahrir Square is teeming with white-clad Hajis. But everything is calm.
The military gave into to a number of key demands from the protesters, including making some changes in the newly-promulgated electoral law. The Muslim Brotherhood feared being blamed by the military for a confrontation and being seen as too close to the Salafists. And the Facebook liberals wanted to keep the revolution united for now.
It is this to scrape out unity from disunity which has kept Egypt stable until now, not the fact that the military is somehow in complete control (which they are not).
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