"After all, there are Christian fundamentalists too!"

Reza Aslan says we shouldn’t be too worried about the fact that the Muslim Brotherhood are consolidating their power in Egypt. Calling the “significant role” they have to play in the country a “good thing”, he reminds us that, when you think about it, there is really not much separating the Muslim Brotherhood from US Republicans. Both, after all, want to see a greater role for religion in public life:

“In fact, when it comes to the role of religion in society, Americans and Egyptians are pretty well in agreement. An August 2010 Pew poll found that 43 percent of Americans believe that churches should express political views and play an active role in politics, while 61 percent agreed that "it is important that members of Congress have strong religious beliefs.”

He goes on to describe Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee as “two men whose views on the role of religion and politics are almost identical to those of the Muslim Brotherhood.”

Hmmm.

In other news, Raymond Ibrahim reports that last week Muslim Brotherhood supporters crucified opponents demonstrating against President Muhammad Morsi on trees in Cairo (hat tip Jihad Watch).

Of course, US Christians like Rick Santorum are constantly murdering their opponents in the street and intimidating journalists into silence. Like Mr Aslan says, they’re just like the Muslim Brotherhood, really!