AND SO IT BEGINS – AT 9:07 P.M. ET:  Weren't we just told that the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt was going to lie low for a time?  Apparently, one of its chief spiritual leaders didn't get the message.  This guy is a fundamentalist, but has the ability to sound moderate when the need arises.   He is dangerous, and he's baaack!

For the first time since he was banned from leading weekly friday prayers in Egypt 30 years ago, prominent Muslim scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi will lead thousands in the weekly prayers from Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday.

Sources told Al Arabiya that a military force will accompany the head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars from his home to Tahrir Square, provide security for the prayers and accompany him back to his residence.

Al-Qaradawi last delivered a Friday prayer sermon in Egypt in 1981 after the assassination of former President Anwar el-Sadat.

COMMENT:  I think we deceive ourselves if we believe the Islamists won't move to control Egypt.  If they ever reach that point, the Mideast could go up in flames. 

February 17, 2011