Tunisia Crashes the Islamist(-ic?) Party

Tunisia held it's first post-Ben Ali election yesterday and, in preliminary tallying of the vote, the islamist (-ic?; they can't seem to decide) party Ennahda won a plurality of the votes. This news will undoubtedly lead to many getting their Opus Dei issue self-flagellating panties in a twist as, naturally, any political party that identifies mainly with Islam will eventually suppress their people (because the Tunisians will probably stand for that...) and, probably, attack America's interests. Try to ignore that hysterical shrieking my faithful readers (I'm confident that there are at least 3...booo ya) because it seems that Ennahda, much like the Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Turkey, are fairly moderate. Considering that the influence of the moderate AKP is waxing, and that of more radical islamic parties/governments is waning with the developments of the Arab Spring, the outcome of the Tunisian elections does not appear to be worrisome. Putting on the optimists cap (which doesn't fit at all and is quite uncomfortable), there is the chance that Ennahda will continue to follow in the footsteps of the AKP and create a new paradigm for governance in the Middle East. The process seems to be underway as Ennahda immediately began working on creating a coalition government with two more liberal political parties. According to Ennahda's founder, it "is not a religious party and claims no special authority in interpreting Islam. Instead, he says the party's members merely draw their values from Islam." Despite all the above, I am sure the far right (read: all) of the GOP will be having a fit about this. I mean your religion informing your values and thus politics? Whoever heard of such a thing?