# Is Islamism in Egypt really worth worrying about?

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**Created:** [February 15, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-islamism-in-egypt-really-worth-worrying-about/571453 "2011-02-15T15:50:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-islamism-in-egypt-really-worth-worrying-about/571453/1 "2011-02-15T15:50:18Z")

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Based on [this](http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-egypt-brotherhood-20110215,0,4895817.story) article, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has changed in recent decades and is changing still and yet is still too stuffy and old-fashioned for the younger membership. These are not your Ayatollah’s Islamists. Now they’re a lot like the American religious-right (only less violent, less bigoted and less ignorant). Really, they’re more like the center-right Christian Democrat parties of Europe than anything else. What’s the big deal?

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