While some are convinced that the various Islamic organizations are discreet and disparate phenomena with divergent goals, once again information appears indicating that, all semantics aside, they are better viewed as branches emanating from one root — branches that complement and work with one another for the same goal: the empowerment of Islam, whether through jihad or suits and smiley faces.

Many are aware that the current al-Qaeda leader, the Egyptian Ayman Zawahiri is a former Brotherhood member (read here); yet few know that the original al-Qaeda leader, the Saudi (and "Wahhabi") Osama bin Laden was also a Brotherhood member. While Zawahiri made as much clear in a recent video, more interestingly, he indicated that the Brotherhood also supported bin Laden's jihad.

In Zawahiri's words:

Sheikh Osama used to say: “I was evicted from my organization. Although I was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood organization, I was rejected by the organizations." Sheikh Osama bin Laden was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood group in the Arabian Peninsula. After the Russian invasion in Afghanistan, he immediately went to Pakistan to make the acquaintance of and work with the mujahidin. The group of Islamists gave him instructions to remain in Lahore to orchestrate aid; yet he was not to leave Lahore, but remain there and they would deliver aid and relief and he decide how to use it.

Interesting here is Zawahiri's use of the term "the group of Islamists." While some may think this is a reference to al-Gam'a al-Islamiyya of Egypt — literally, "the Islamic Organization" — based on the context of his discussion, it is clear that Zawahiri is generically referring to the Muslim Brotherhood, as in that "group of Islamists."

This only further confirms what recent events, especially in Egypt, demonstrate — that the Muslim Brotherhood is an inciter and supporter of the jihad around the world, also known in the West as "terrorism" — and that ousted president Morsi was in league with al-Qaeda.

Once an ancient Christian center, and until recently the only Christian-majority nation in the Middle East, Lebanon is the latest country in the region to experience an attack on a church.

Last Monday, a firebomb attack on Mar Zakhya Cathedral in Ajaltoun, took place at 6:30 pm. An unidentified attacker targeted the reception area of the newly built cathedral of the town’s patron Saint, Mar Zakhya, with a firebomb.

Despite the loud boom heard in the town’s main square, there was limited damage; some building material used for the building process of the cathedral was destroyed.

Unlike in other Mideast nations where Christians make for insignificant numbers, members of the local council, the municipality chief, a military expert and members of the local security forces soon arrived to investigate the incident and the damage.

Though Lebanon was Christian-majority in the mid-20th century, today it is roughly 60% Muslim, 40% Christian.

Unsurprisingly, then, the phenomena prevalent in Muslim-majority nations — in this case, church attacks — are now come to this onetime haven for Christians.

Yesterday a report appeared indicating how the Muslim Brotherhood in Minya, Upper Egypt, are still trying to incite violence against the Coptic Christian minority. Journalist Yusuf Bebawy reports that "In an attempt to instigate sectarian strife and violence in the village, members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Shaheen Estate, Minya, accused a Coptic driver of having a sexual relationship with a Muslim woman."

Accordingly, local police were quickly informed and intervened, including by carrying out an investigation. Both the man and woman claim innocence yet the situation is tense.

And little wonder. While this may seem a small matter in the West, the same exact accusations in Egypt and other Islamic countries regularly lead to the total destruction of Christian villages.

For example, in January, 2012, a mob of over 3,000 Muslims attacked Christians in an Alexandrian village because a Muslim accused a Christian of having “intimate photos” of a Muslim woman on his phone. Terrified, the Christian, who denied having such photos, turned himself in to the police. Regardless, Coptic homes and shops were looted and set ablaze. Three Christians were injured, while “terrorized” Christian women and children, rendered homeless, stood in the streets with no place to go.

Later, in an effort to empty the village of its 62 Christian families, Muslims attacked them again, burning more Coptic property. According to police, the Muslim woman concerned has denied the whole story, and no photos were found.

And earlier, in November, 2010, when a teenage Christian youth was accused of dating a teenage Muslim girl, 22 Christian homes were set ablaze to Islam’s war cry of “Allahu Akbar.” During the attack the Muslim mob threw fireballs, gasoline, and stones at Coptic homes and detonated butane gas cylinders.

In short, this accusation is serious and could easily spark into the latest mass attack on Egypt's Copts — all thanks, once again, to the Muslim Brotherhood.