Egypt closes schools in Sinai towns as area inches toward open war

[Comrade Grumpy]

17. The Muslim Brotherhood was a conservative religious political party.

I don't agree with much of their platform, just as I don't agree with conservative Christian political platforms. That doesn't mean I seek to overthrow them by force, jail their leadership, and kill thousands of their members. In a democratic political system, you defeat your enemies at the polls.

They were committed to the path of democracy. That's moderate in the Middle East context.

They were considered too moderate by Saudi-influenced Salafists, who are sympathetic to ISIS. Now, with the democratic route to political power blocked, that opens more space for the jihadis. That's what you're seeing in Egypt now.

WFT is a political tendency? The influence of Islamic thought in a heavily Islamic region is a political tendency. There can be many variants, ranging from the anodyne to the sickening. Refusal to differentiate between them is not helpful.