Read a Feb. 2, 2011, op-ed in The New York Times by Scott Atran, author of Talking to the Enemy: Faith, Brotherhood and the (Un)making of Terrorists. Atran argues that the Muslim Brotherhood is largely ineffectual.

Read “5 Reasons the Muslim Brotherhood Won’t Turn On Israel,” a Feb. 3, 2011, column at ReligionDispatches.org by Haroon Moghul.

Read “Concern about Islamists masks wide differences among them,” a Feb. 4, 2011, report by Reuters reporter Tom Heneghan.

David Greenberg is an associate professor of history, journalism and media studies at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Anthony V. Alfieri is a law professor at Miami University in Coral Gables, Fla., where he founded and directs the Center for Ethics and Public Service. The center offers ethics training to government agencies.

Ronald T. Libby is a professor of political science and public administration at the University of North Florida. He specializes in political ethics and is a senior fellow at the Florida Blue Center for Ethics. He can be contacted via the contact form found here.

Dennis F. Thompson is a professor of public policy and political philosophy at Harvard University and founding director of Harvard’s university-wide ethics program, now the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. His books on political ethics include, as co-author, Ethics and Politics: Cases and Comments (Wadsworth Publishing, 2005).

Brendan Sweetman is a professor of philosophy at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Mo., and the author of Why Politics Needs Religion: The Place of Religious Arguments in the Public Square.

Moon Khan is a writer, motivational speaker and contributing columnist of several ethnic newspapers. Khan looks to create respect and political empowerment for all ethnic and immigrant groups. He has ran for and held public office in DuPage County, Ill.