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This is similar to what An Nahda party in Tunisia has claimed- that it will not enforce Shariah and jeopardize the haram tourism industry.

The an Nahda party is a nationalist offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood (IM) in Egypt. Both share similar methodology, or lack thereof. As a result, their parties are increasingly recognized as abandoning Islam and can no longer be accepted as "Islamic parties" because they fail to follow the methodology of the Prophet (saw) regarding the affairs of the people. That means in part failing to uphold Right and forbid Wrong.

And this raises a serious dilemma:

if RE-implementation of Islam has predictable adverse economic effects on society, then what should be done?

Serious Islamic parties should prepare for this.

There should be a monetary policy which includes a major transitional step towards transferring currencies as based on gold and silver (eventhough the majority of Muslim nation's gold reserves are located in Western banks). This would take a transition of some time based on the gold available in a country.

There should also be a fiscal policy towards "Islamization" of previous transactions: relationships based on contracts should be reevaluated to be consistent with Shariah. For example, if the Hilton owns several hotels in Egypt based on contracts, then there should be major auditting of the relationship to determine if the contracts are sahih (valid), batil (void), or fasid(corrupt but actionable).

And that's where the "Islamic" concept of a party comes into importance: if a part does NOT advocate an Islamic state and society, then it lacks the standing to uphold Shariah over kufr law and kufr/invalid contracts. It fails to uphold the Sovereignty of Allah over the sovereignty of men, which as a political organization, is a defining pillar.

Regarding tourism in Egypt,
It is well known that there is material profit in vices: liquor, drugs, prostitution, gambling, are all profittable in the short term for sellers. But in the long term, these vices are destructive to human relations, including families and communities and societies.

From an intellectual & economic standpoint, Islamic political parties can publicly present the position how an economy based on tourism of vices is self destructive to any society. Liquor consumption results in 100s of 1000s of traffic fatalties in America, causing billions of dollars in costs.

Prostitution leads to generations without fathers and good families, resulting in anti-socialized, uncultured people leading to crime and loss of economic potential in millions of people. The toll is 100s of billions of dollars lost in the long term. Not to mention adultery destroys families, also resulting in the same. Prostitution has also led to the AIDS pandemic, spreading diseases causing millions to die and billions in health costs.

Gambling is evil as it is an unfair distribution of wealth from the poor, uneducated to the rich who own gambling establishments. One can go to any corner store in America on friday (payday) and see 100s of working class people buy 100s of lottery tickets. The mathematical odds of winning are worse than getting struck by lightning twice- this alone is an unjust transaction. But earnings of people are actually 'voluntarily given' to gambling establishments without any return, let alone a profit.

Mubarak undertook liberalizing capitalist reforms (according to World Bank agenda) which has placed Egypt as a niche economy to Western powers, rather than a self sufficient, or symbiotic economy. In fact, the fundamental structure of the Egyptian society needs to be rebuilt, and it should be done according to Islam. And righteous, pious Muslim leaders have to STATE this in clear, intellectual concepts for all people to understand.

The IM has shown that it fails to even imply this.

And Allah knows best.