the muslim brotherhood, an islamist radical organization, once they get to power, is going to violate the rights of women, of homosexuals, religious minorities. we have to do everything in our power to prevent them from violating those human rights. peter, there are people in the audience who will equate muslim brotherhood with a group like al qaeda. al qaeda actually hates the muslim brotherhood, from my understanding, correct? al zawahri has written a book critiquing the muslim brotherhood and is critical for them because they have engaged in democratic politics, which al qaeda regards as against islam. so there is quite a lot of mutual hostility between these two groups. but that should not blind us to the shared objectives, the establishment of a society based on sharia law.
al zawahri has written a book critiquing the muslim brotherhood and is critical for them for the precise reason they have engaged in democratic politics, which al qaeda regards as kind of against islam. so there is quite a lot of mutual hostility between these two groups. but that should not blind us to the shared objectives, the establishment of a society based on sharia law. zawahiri wants to achieve that through violent means. the muslim brotherhood s current leadership wants to achieve that through gradual peaceful means using and abusing the vocabulary of freedom and democracy. but you re not arguing this as a reason to keep mubarak in power? no. you re saying this is a reason to bolster democratic institutions in however long it takes in this transitional period? yes. i m frustrated by what i ve been reading in the past three weeks,
minorities. we have to do everything in our power to prevent them from violating those human rights. peter, there are people in the audience who will equate muslim brotherhood with a group like al qaeda. al qaeda actually hates the muslim brotherhood, from my understanding, correct? al zawahri has written a book critiquing the muslim brotherhood and is critical for them because they have engaged conventional democratic politics, which al qaeda re guards as kind of against islam. so there is quite a lot of mutual hostility between these two groups. but that should not blind us to the shared objectives, the establishment of a society based on sharia law. zawahiri wants to achieve that through violent means. the muslim brotherhood s current leadership wants to achieve that through gradual peaceful means using and abusing the vocabulary of freedom and democracy.
to violate the rights of women, of homosexuals, religious minorities. we have to do everything in our power to prevent them from violating those human rights. peter, there are people in the audience who will equate muslim brotherhood with a group like al qaeda. al qaeda actually hates the muslim brotherhood, from my understanding, correct? al zawahri has written a book critiquing the muslim brotherhood and is critical for them because they have engaged conventional democratic politics, which al qaeda re guards as kind of against islam. so there is quite a lot of mutual hostility between these two groups. but that should not blind us to the shared objectives, the establishment of a society based on sharia law. zawahiri wants to achieve that through violent means. the muslim brotherhood s current leadership wants to achieve that