When King Abdullah of the Hashemites publicly warns the world about the threat from "Islamists," it would be prudent to pay heed and take action. Is the media going to call the direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad an "Islamophobe" now? Do they dare? Will CAIR care? What about the Obama Administration?
It takes such a leader to speak the truth. He has Morsi, Erdogan and their ilks' number. King Abdullah doesn't want his world moving towards darkness led by the intolerant orthodoxy that will bring global ruin. Judging from his speeches, he wants progress and enlightenment for all. To expand access to better opportunities for his people in a meritocracy.
Abdullah is correct: Erdogan is far more dangerous (and cunning) than Morsi. But Erdogan, despite his self importance, has no traction with the Arab street. Ethnic politics in the Middle East is alive and well....regardless of the non-stop "Umma" narrative emanating from the mosques of Europe and North America where the perception is "there is power in numbers"...for now.
Where one can disagree with King Abdullah's analysis is with his description of the Muslim Brotherhood as a "Masonic cult." Lexicon matters. Linking the Free Masons with the MB is not only insulting (to the Masons); it is inaccurate and it feeds the conspiracy theory mill.
The Free Masons (George Washington comes to mind) speak of man as "the offspring of a Universal father" and espouse a sort of "live and let live" construct. While the MB --who aligned themselves early on with the Nazis-- have been one version of contemporary "Islamofascism" which seeks to destroy all who don't subscribe to their draconian notions and ways.
SOME RECENT ARTICLES:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323829504578267951332697058.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/04/monarch-in-the-middle/309270/
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2012/12/jordanian-king-looks-left-to-counter-islamists.html
