Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
> The essential issue in Egypt today is democracy, whose outcome is
> open.  The Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt, which has a range of views
> within the organization, must be understood in that context.  The
> Brotherhood may turn out to be a liberal friend of America, but it may
> turn out to be a leftist tribune of the oppressed in Egypt.

An article on "evangelicals" in the Apr 26 NYRB focuses on the range of
political opinion (past, present, & developing) within that somewhat
vaguely defined population. I would assume similar strains are present
within most religious tendencies around the world.

Carrol

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