cited from Time Magazine July 25, 2011
"The Rise of Modern Islam" - by Bobby Ghosh
"Organization has always been the Muslim Brotherhood's strong suit. Founded in 1928 to promote Islamic law and values, .... Estimates of its membership vary from 100,000 to many time that number.... association with the Brotherhood (has been) an invitation to police harassment or worse. The group has long been feared in The West as a source and supporter of the Brotherhood. Some scholars trace the origins of terrorist groups like al-Qaeda to the Islamists.
In Egypt, however, the group long ago rejected the rhetoric of violent jihad, and it is seen as a social movement as much as a political entity. Egypt's' poor have long associated the Brotherhood with its social, service, like free clinics and schools. (p.44)
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