why should we be so shocked that a muslim people will elect an islamic government? Just because it has a democracy doesn’t mean it can magically turns an islamic culture into a Western culture. It is their religious duty as muslims to form a government based on sharia law.
Was not Wilson-Plame's second wife employed in the French state dept.?
We’re ‘shocked’ because Turkey has been predominantly Muslim it’s whole existence, but it managed to be a secular state for over seventy years, including women’s suffrage (well before Italy and France), and a civil justice system in place of sharia. Although in some ways it is a predictable cultural backlash, in other ways it is as odd as if the US banned meat during lent, and revoked civil rights for blacks. Muslims religious duty may have been to form a government based on sharia, but they seem to have ignored that ‘duty’ to participate more readily in western economic development. Now that their chances of getting in the EU are going sour and the US is no longer seen as a strong ally, I guess it should be no surprise that their is a cultural backlash.
Also, Sharia law is not in effect in most Islamic countries. Many adopted European codes.