Is the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood blogging movement falling apart? Marc Lynch notes that one of those involved sees the energy being tamped down. A "personal thing" attracted notice last month, but has become a faction, which the leadership doesn't appreciate.
Interestingly, it's not a simple generational divide:
[T]he greatest pressure, I hear, actually came from the more radical and salafi youth who vehemently opposed the relatively liberal trend embodied in the blogging experiment.
Perhaps the movement will return to personal activities, underground.
(via Reason)
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