What would happen if free elections would take place today in Egypt

According to the most recent Pew Research Center poll:

– Twice as many Egyptians identify themselves as Muslim fundamentalists as identify themselves as “modernizers.”

– By 95 to 2, Egyptians believe Islam should play a large role in Egyptian politics.

– While 48 percent of Egyptians say suicide bombings are never justified, 32 percent say “rarely,” 12 percent say “sometimes,” and 8 percent say suicide bombings are “often” justified. Half the people of Egypt believe there are times a suicide bomb is the right answer.

– Half of all Egyptians have a favorable view of Hamas, and one in five has a favorable view of al-Qaida.

– Three in four Egyptians believe cutting off the hand of a thief is proper punishment. Four in five favor stoning adulterers to death. And 84 percent favor executing Muslim converts to Christianity.

– Eighty-two percent of Egyptians regard the United States unfavorably, and 48 percent rate America “very unfavorably.”

– In a Zogby poll in 2010, 90 percent of Egyptians named the United States and Israel as threats, 86 percent said Iran had a right to pursue nuclear weapons, and 77 percent thought it would be a good thing if Tehran got the bomb. [Egypt, Democracy and Islam, Pew Research Center, January 31, 2011]