The U.S. Must Stop Treating Islamists as Representatives of American Muslims

One reason for Israel to worry about Turkey is that President Erdoğan’s party, the AKP, is his country’s arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, much as Hamas is the Palestinian counterpart. The original Islamist movement, this loose network of national organizations tends not to be as violent as al-Qaeda or Islamic State, but is dangerous nonetheless. In a two-part essay, Ayaan Hirsi Ali examines how the Brotherhood has made inroads in the U.S. (and even more so in Britain), and how its institutions gain the respect and recognition of government agencies blinkered by political correctness and eager to maintain good relations with Muslim citizens.