Mideast Awakening

An extraordinary thing is developing in the Middle East: There is a growing hostility towards Islamists who seek to impose their barbaric shariah doctrine on other Muslims.

Such sentiments once prompted Sunnis in Anbar province to join forces with the American surge to defeat al Qaeda in Iraq. Many there appear equally opposed to the latest Islamist scourge – jihadists who call themselves the Islamic State.

Meanwhile, Egyptians are actually urging Israel to destroy another Muslim terrorist group, Hamas.

It seems only the Obama administration is still operating under the illusion that it can do business with the source of all modern jihadist organizations, the Muslim Brotherhood. We need, instead, to support Muslims who want no part of shariah’s brutal repression and resist the horrible submission it would require of all of us.