One for the Muslim Brotherhood!

I was watching MSNBC the other day and they had a few different commentators from across the US and Middle East discussing the current conflict in Egypt. Most of them made unbiased, peaceful comments opposing a civil war. However, there was one person who thought and spoke very directly. Frank Gaffney, the former US Assistant Secretary of Defense, summed up the Muslim Brotherhood in saying, “My own experience and assessment is that what’s going to transpire in this revolution and every one you can think of  with the exception of baron, the people who prevail are  the people with the most discipline, the most organized, and the most ruthless, and with this case and we’ve seen up to this point, that’s the Muslim Brotherhood."

Ramadan seems to agree with Mr. Gaffney, “while perpetuating a historical relationship founded exclusively on the balance of power, on trauma and tension (96).  Almost listing the exact order he further says, “these  reflections  on  the  civil character of  the state (dawla madaniyya) and on the role of religious and  cultural  references (as ethical framework or as a reminder of  the ultimate goals  that  should inform action) must lead  to  the formulation of  clear  positions (111). This agrees with Gaffney’s point of emphasizing internal organization and disciple. Following the path of the One direction, helps to minimize other rational and in turn every one is more united. They show their power and perseverance in “not only the terminology it employs, but also in the substance of its ideology and the priorities it sets in its political commitment. After a nearly a century marked by obstacles and threats, how could it [not] revive Islam's social and political heritage (99)?