Fear of any religious (i.e. Muslim) involvement in Egypt’s future government seems to be exercising the imagination of many a commentator and politician these days, and the “Brotherhood as bogeyman” theme has become common, in the US media in particular.
This article in USA Today is especially notable; leading with an interview with a Muslim Brotherhood spokesman, the article moves swiftly to raise the usual fears about Islamic law, and then slams the point home with this blatant imagery:
As he spoke late Saturday, the “thump thump” of a cleaver could be heard just outside the unadorned office. A man was hacking up a calf on a wood stump, arranging the meat on a plastic sheet on the patio floor. A bright puddle of blood ran into the street…
The article also manages to introduce Reuel Marc Gerecht, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, as the moderate voice in the conversation, itself an unusual situation
Just for the sake of balance, here’s a somewhat different take on the Brotherhood’s role in Egypt.
Personal Attacks on John R. Malott
ARTICLE IS MISSING FROM HER BLOG
Why was this article (reproduced below as published by The Sunday Times , February 13, 2011, pg 25) by Rachel Mottle removed from her blog: http://newledger.com/2011/02/anwar-ibrahims-pet-defender-ambassador-mallotts-credibility-gap/ ( “Page Not Found”)?Was it inaccurate about and offensive to the respected former US Ambassador to Malaysia, Ambassador John R. Malott, bordering on libel.
There is no way that Ambassador Malott and former senior United States Government Officials like Vice President Al Gore, William Cohen, Paul Wolfowitz will maintain their friendship with Anwar Ibrahim if he is someone who has links to any terrorist organisation. Anyway who is Rachel Motte? An expert on Malaysian politics? According to my sources, it is more likely that she is a right wing religious blogger.–Din Merican
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