没有自由的选举并不能构成真正的民主，因此埃及也面临着一个严重的挑战：其国内组织最严密的社团 — — 穆斯林兄弟会 — — 反对宗教自由和个人权利，尤其是妇女权利。
Elections without liberty do not constitute genuine democracy, and here Egypt faces a serious challenge: its best-organized group, the Muslim Brotherhood, rejects religious liberty and individual rights, especially the rights of women.