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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 912896" data-attributes="member: 1246">ZIP | Monday, December 12, 2011 @ 1:21 pm |Egypt’s Victorious Islamists Plan To Make Country’s Vital Tourist Industry Sharia Compliant…Should do wonders for business.CAIRO (AP) — Islamists are dominating Egypt’s elections and some of them have a new message for tourists: welcome, but no booze, bikinis or mixed bathing at beaches, please.

That vision of turning Egypt into a sin-free vacation spot could spell doom for a key pillar of the economy that has already been badly battered by this year’s political unrest.

“Tourists don’t need to drink alcohol when they come to Egypt; they have plenty at home,” a veiled Muslim Brotherhood candidate, Azza al-Jarf, told a cheering crowd of supporters on Sunday across the street from the Pyramids.

“They came to see the ancient civilization, not to drink alcohol,” she said, her voice booming through a set of loudspeakers at a campaign event dubbed “Let’s encourage tourism.” The crowd chanted, “Tourism will be at its best under Freedom and Justice,” the Brotherhood’s party and the most influential political group to emerge
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[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 912896, member: 1246"] ZIP [B]|[/B] Monday, December 12, 2011 @ 1:21 pm [B]|[/B] Egypt’s Victorious Islamists Plan To Make Country’s Vital Tourist Industry Sharia Compliant… Should do wonders for business. [INDENT]CAIRO (AP) — Islamists are dominating Egypt’s elections and some of them have a new message for tourists: welcome, but no booze, bikinis or mixed bathing at beaches, please. That vision of turning Egypt into a sin-free vacation spot could spell doom for a key pillar of the economy that has already been badly battered by this year’s political unrest. “Tourists don’t need to drink alcohol when they come to Egypt; they have plenty at home,” a veiled Muslim Brotherhood candidate, Azza al-Jarf, told a cheering crowd of supporters on Sunday across the street from the Pyramids. “They came to see the ancient civilization, not to drink alcohol,” she said, her voice booming through a set of loudspeakers at a campaign event dubbed “Let’s encourage tourism.” The crowd chanted, “Tourism will be at its best under Freedom and Justice,” the Brotherhood’s party and the most influential political group to emerge [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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