[MERIA Journal] Barry Rubin - Regarding al-Qaeda - both its theorists and its terrorist infrastructure - the Brotherhoods approve generally of its militancy, attacks on America, and ideology (or respect its ideologues), but view it as a rival. Each Muslim Brotherhood group faces a key question regarding its evolution. For the Egyptians, it is whether to continue in the phase of da'wa - recruiting, propagandizing, base-building, and accepting the limits the government places on it - or to move into a more activist phase, demanding political changes and being willing to confront the regime. Given the organization's current high level of confidence, as the younger generation takes over and the government perhaps appears weaker - especially during the transition to a new president - it could well push harder. In Jordan, the movement faces the same options, but is probably even more skewed to the side of caution.
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