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10/24/2011 The Washington Post's editorial board writes that Sunday's elections in Tunisia were "one of the best in the history of the Arab Middle East." The country's leading Islamist party, the Ennahdha party, claimed victory, and the board writes that this could set the standard for upcoming elections is other part of the Middle East.
"... The rise of Islamist parties is inevitable in a democratic Middle East; what is crucial is that these parties forswear violence and accept the rules of democracy and human rights. So far Tunisia’s largest Islamic movement has done that. If its success is accepted by secular Tunisians and by Western democracies, its moderate model should get a boost in Egypt and Libya."
