Political exclusion of Islamists may be popular on the Egyptian street, but it may also threaten the Egyptian state.
!["Uprooting this corrupt system and replacing it with a more inclusive one that provided economic security and dignity for all, was the core demand of the revolutionaries who took to Egypt’s streets in 2011," write the authors [Getty]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/201311573341332734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Dariush Zahedi is the Director of the Berkeley Program on Entrepreneurship and Development in the Middle East at the University of California, Berkeley.
Political exclusion of Islamists may be popular on the Egyptian street, but it may also threaten the Egyptian state.
!["Uprooting this corrupt system and replacing it with a more inclusive one that provided economic security and dignity for all, was the core demand of the revolutionaries who took to Egypt’s streets in 2011," write the authors [Getty]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/201311573341332734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)