By Sara Hashash PUBLISHED: 11:50 EST, 24 June 2012 | UPDATED: 12:46 EST, 25 June 2012 An Islamist who has repeatedly pledged to introduce sharia law was yesterday declared Egypt’s first democratically-elected president. The Foreign Office last night described the election of Mohammed Morsi – of the once shadowy banned group, the Muslim Brotherhood – as ‘the least bad result’. But his leadership will present the West with a challenge. During his campaign Morsi vowed to introduce tough religious laws, which raised the spectre of a ban on alcohol and even bikinis on the country’s beaches. Mohammed Morsi has been announced as the new president of Egypt and Britain's Foreign Office described it 'as the least bad result'
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The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsy defeats ex-general Ahmed Shafik
Egyptian supporters of Presidential candidate @placeholder celebrate with fireworks after the presidential election committee announced Mohamed Morsi's victory
Bitter defeat: Meanwhile, a supporter of @placeholder presses a photograph of the losing candidate to her mouth