the group's leader muhammad morsi, is leading the presidential race. during campaigning, he advocated building a nation based on islam and repeatedly made remarks about restricting women's right s s. his remarks posted on the internet are also proving controversial. >> reporter: empowerment. islamist lawmakers are submitting bills about women. including one that would limit the rights. the secular policies adopted by the administration helped women to participate in society. egyptian women are now feeling a sense of crisis. and fear that an islamist president may sharply restrict their rights. a tv anchor and pro-democracy activist ran in the presidential election on a platform calling for a promotion of women's rights. she drew attention as the only female candidate. but she pulled out of the race after an islamist group threatened here and disrupted her campaign. she fears that resurrection against women in egypt have been getting stricter by the days since mubarak's fall. >> translator: islamic fundamentalists want to send women back to square one.

muhammad morsi on the left is a member of the muslim brotherhood, a party once banned in egypt. the candidate on the right is a member of the old regime who served as prime minister. former u.s. president jimmy carter is in cairo where he is leading a delegation of observers. he's joining us right now over the phone. president carter, first, give me your impressions as you are a monitor there of these elections, your impressions of how this first free election has been carried out. >> well, i think in general terms, it's been okay. the egyptian people and all of the opposition candidates have seemed to agree that the election has been orderly, and that the people's will has not been subverted by any outside forces. it looks like it's been quite another major step toward full democracy and freedom in egypt to replace the dictatorship of the past. >> is it at all a concern to you or has it been expressed by others that the two two are in this runoff are two very polarizing figures? >> well, the muslim brotherhood is one of the major factors in the political situation here. i would

. >> reporter: front runners include muhammad morsi of the islam brotherhood a fundamentalist group a fotuh is also in the race. a moderateslist w lt the brotherhood. other strong cteer a ahmed shafiq a former air force commander an prime minister and amr moussa. he's a former foreign minister and secretary-geral. egyptians voted in parliament e econbeeeas november and january. islamic parties won the largest share of votes. threlt of the votes should be known within the week. no one is likely to win a majority. so the first andecdla finishers will face each other next month in a no. e winner is to become egypt's first clearly elected president. tomoko yaguchi, nh world, cairo. >>> saudi arabia is one of the most conservative arab nations, especially when it comes to women's place in society. they have been long been banned wkn e service sector. but change is coming at least whent meto sling underwear. >> reporter: from the shopping mall, saudi arabia is a man dominated society in eryway. >> translator: women should defer to their husbands. >> translator: islam teaches that women belo

first free elections for president ever and now looks like there will be a run off in between muhammad morsi and a former general who was mubarak's last prime minister. do we support shafiq because he would maintain close relations with israel and the u.s. and block the muslim brotherhood from taking control of the entire country and possibly creating an islamic state? >> we can't weigh in on this, chris. there is strong antiamericannism in egypt for a whole variety of reasons but we have to stay out of it. if it is a fair democratic process we have to recognize the result of that and work with whoever wins. >> and what if it as muslim brotherhood president and muslim brotherhood parliament? >> i think that that could be -- that could have a serious consequences. but i would also point out that there are different gradients of the muslim brotherhood. they were once the only opposition to mubarak in egypt. mubarak was going to go and anybody who thinks he wasn't doesn't recognize the hinge of history. so we have to try to work with the new regime. i'm very worried mainly about their economy w

but this doctor like many egyptians believe muslim brotherhood candidate muhammad morsi is the lesserils when compared to shafiq the former prime minister under president mubarak. >> do you want egypt to be an islamic state wit with sharia . >> i don't agree with many of the muslim brotherhood's policy but we can modulate this and adapt this to our needs. >> christians in cairo left church this sunday and headed to the supreme court for a protest. they say it is just another example of how bad conditions have gotten in this country and they say if the muslim brotherhood takes over and institutes sharia law many christians will have to leave their homeland of egypt. >> the church is burned without people being arrested or tried and people with their ears cut and mutilated by muslim fanatics. we had homes destroyed. >> right now many of the christians we saw say they will likely support shafiq as the former prime minister under president mubarak in the hope that brings about some type of stablization to the security situation they are facing right now. however, harris, we heard from a n

but this doctor like many egyptians believe muslim brotherhood candidate muhammad morsi is the lesserils when compared to shafiq the former prime minister under president mubarak. >> do you want egypt to be an islamic state wit with sharia . >> i don't agree with many of the muslim brotherhood's policy but we can modulate this and adapt this to our needs. >> christians in cairo left church this sunday and headed to the supreme court for a protest. they say it is just another example of how bad conditions have gotten in this country and they say if the muslim brotherhood takes over and institutes sharia law many christians will have to leave their homeland of egypt. >> the church is burned without people being arrested or tried and people with their ears cut and mutilated by muslim fanatics. we had homes destroyed. >> right now many of the christians we saw say they will likely support shafiq as the former prime minister under president mubarak in the hope that brings about some type of stablization to the security situation they are facing right now. however, harris, we heard from a n

especially someone like muslim brotherhood candidate and current vote leader muhammad morsi wins. brotherhood party leader gradd agrees. >> nerve the leadership has been raised up. working within the system. >> the army launched its own p.r. campaign. on buses all over cairo. with a young boy and seasonal that reads "armies and people are together with one hand." the cairo's poor neighborhood where it lil rassy run 40% and many live on $2 a day we found almost universal support for the army among women lined up waiting to vote on the second they of election. >> they are our sons, our fatherfathers this woman says. they will step down when the election finish. >> the egyptian military has close ties with the united states and receives more than $1 billion of everything that tanks to f-16s every year. the army invited republican california congressman dade dryer to observe the election. >> they are anxious to turn the control of the country over to civilian government. >> result won't be official for a couple of days but it appears next month runoff election will be between muslim p

but this doctor like many egyptians believe muslim brotherhood candidate muhammad morsi is the lesserred to shafiq the former prime minister under president mubarak. >> do you want egypt to be an islamic state wit with sharia . >> i don't agree with many of the muslim brotherhood's policy but we can modulate this and adapt this to our needs. >> christians in cairo left church this sunday and headed to the supreme court for a protest. they say it is just another example of how bad conditions have gotten in this country and they say if the muslim brotherhood takes over and institutes sharia law many christians will have to leave their homeland of egypt. >> the church is burned without people being arrested or tried and people with their ears cut and mutilated by muslim fanatics. we had homes destroyed. >> right now many of the christians we saw say they will likely support shafiq as the former prime minister under president mubarak in the hope that brings about some type of stablization to the security situation they are facing right now. however, harris, we heard from a number of the r

pr-pt under president mubarek, the other guy is going to be the leader of the muslim brotherhood, muhammad morsi and this certainly comes as a surprise to many egyptians who thought that coming out of this runoff race would be some kind of secular liberal democratic candidate. that has certainly not happened. it's let a lot of people be very disappointed in what's going on here. going forward, we have that race june 16, 17 and whoever wins that is going to take over as president here in egypt, come july 1st. juliet. julie: leland, you just kind of touched on t so egyptians have a choice between a candidate who wants an islamist state and a member of the old regime, so there were calls for democracy. what happened? >> >> reporter: exactly. i just talked to the guy, got done interviewing the father of the revolution if you will, the richest guy in egypt who financed much of the people in tahrir square, his revolution got behind it early and said the liberals skewed it up. there were 13 candidates in this race, and a number of the liberal secular party, to split the vote. in all, there were more th