Friday, February 18, 2011

A Catholic contribution in Egypt

For better or worse, Egypt is now a bellwether of the struggle for the soul of global Islam, writes John Allen. While a great deal is up in the air, one point seems crystal clear: If the post-Mubarak choice comes down to Islamic militants on one side and Western-style secular liberals on the other -- what we might call the "Facebook crowd" -- then the militants are going to win, and they're going to win huge.

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