At a global level, the Brotherhood is no Mafia. Nor is it a rigid and disciplined Stalinist-style Comintern.

But in the US, the Brotherhood is a criminal organization that, if our government wasn’t working so closely with the Brotherhood’s Saudi friends, would be identified as an organization whose members should be prosecuted under RICO statutes. (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act)

The Brotherhood is a criminal and political organization that hides behind the skirts of its tenuous ties to religion. I’m sure that Mafia mooks and old fans of Uncle Joe Stalin wish that they’d thought of the same scam. It’s the perfect crime - Murder Inc. protected by “Freedom of Religion”.

Since Christianity and Islam are both imperialistic religions, it’s not surprising that some politically motivated “Christian” activists are trying their own version of the Brotherhood’s long con. But their bad behavior shouldn’t force us to choose sides. The enemy of your enemy is usually not your friend - this failed strategy (ie, our friendship with the Brotherhood’s Saudi sponsors) is a strategy that is bound to fail. In an effort to condemn one ignorant group of troglodytes, we shouldn’t downplay the criminal and demagogue wannabe goals of the other.