31 January 2011

BBC on the 'moderate and non-violent' Muslim Brotherhood

.... the BBC's Middle East profile on the Muslim Brotherhood states: The Muslim Brotherhood, or al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun, is Egypt's oldest and largest Islamist organisation... While the Ikhwan say that they support democratic principles, one of their stated aims is to create a state ruled by Islamic law, or Sharia.

So, according to Auntie, 'moderate and non-violent' is congruent with 'committed to Sharia law'.

Could the BBC please explain to its licence fee payers which aspects of sharia law they consider 'moderate'? [Archbishop Cranmer] Read more