Academia's Love Letter to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood

Academia’s Love Letter to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood

Georgetown Panel Discussion Feat. the Political Wing of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood (2012)

In a Campus Watch article that’s posted today at Frontpage Magazine, I take a look at the reaction of Middle East studies scholars to the overthrow of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and find that, by and large, the Islamist party will be missed:

Now that Egyptians have overthrown the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) government of former president Mohammed Morsi, how have scholars of the Middle East responded? With encomia, nostalgia, and conspiracy theories. (Click here for a full collection of quotes.)

Instead of acknowledging the ineptitude and dictatorial behavior that led to the Muslim Brotherhood’s ouster, some alluded to shadowy conspiracies involving the U.S.

. . . Other scholars, reiterating their long-standing affection for so-called “moderate Islamist” parties across the region, from the MB in Egypt to the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey and Ennahda in Tunisa, continued to hold out hope for Islamist rule.

To read the entire article, please click here.

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Cinnamon Stillwell

Cinnamon Stillwell analyzes Middle East studies academia in West Coast colleges and universities for Campus Watch. A San Francisco Bay Area native and graduate of San Francisco State University, she is a columnist, blogger, and social media analyst. Ms. Stillwell, a former contributing political columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, has written on a wide variety of topics, including the political atmosphere in American higher education, and has appeared as a guest on television and talk radio.