The Skinny On The Muslim Brotherhood
Terrific reportage at Pajamas by Michael J. Totten. An excerpt:

"Is there a model of governance that exists somewhere in the world that the Muslim Brotherhood wants to emulate here?" I said.

"Some of them went to Turkey to learn from that model," he said. "But the Egyptian youth who would otherwise be similar to the youth in Turkey's Islamist party have been expelled from the Brotherhood here. They were seen as being too non-religious."

"Turkey's AKP isn't religious enough for the Brotherhood?" I said.

"The Brothers think of the AKP as liberal and they don't want that here," he said. "They've expelled the liberal Islamists from the group."

I could only assume then that Gaza is what Egypt's Brotherhood has in mind, or maybe a Sunni Arab version of what Persian Shia Islamists have built in Iran.

"I would like for the Muslim Brotherhood to be more like Hamas," Adel said.

That stopped me cold. "You want the Brotherhood to be like Hamas?" I said.

"Yes," he said. "Because Hamas is more liberal. The Brotherhood here no longer has any liberal members. Hamas is more willing to cooperate with other movements than the Muslim Brotherhood is."

"I want to make sure I understand what you're saying," I said. "Your view is that Hamas represent liberal Islamism."

"Not that they're liberal," he said, "but they have members who are. They have a liberal Islamist element. The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has chosen to expel its liberal Islamists. The Brotherhood thinks dealing with anyone who is a former member, someone who was expelled or who resigned, or someone from other movements and parties, is like dealing with an infidel."