Spring, then fall: a weakened Muslim Brotherhood

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The Intelligence from The Economist

2026-08-11

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The Muslim Brotherhood won power and influence in the Arab Spring of 2011. Now autocrats are resurgent and its leaders are in jail or exile. Elon Musk says Europe is more dangerous than America. Is he right? And the puzzling popularity of padel. Guests and host: Gareth Browne, Middle East correspondentJames Fransham, data journalistHamish Clayton, Britain writerRosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence” Topics covered:  Muslim Brotherhood, Islamism, Arab SpringElon Musk,  Insider, Europe, crime, Padel, tennis, racket sports Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—subscribe to The Economist.
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  • The Economist.

  • Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

  • I'm Rosie Blau.

  • Today on the show, Elon Musk says Europe is overrun with crime.

  • Is it really?

  • And the power, potential and puzzling popularity of padel.

  • First up though,

  • In America, a dark vision of Europe is building on social media,

  • of a continent overrun with violence, knife crime and grooming gangs,

  • and ordinary people terrified to walk down the streets.

  • Yet in Europe, you can see equivalent depictions online

  • of an America teeming with guns, gangsters, rogue immigration agents.

  • Last month, when The Economist's editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, interviewed Elon Musk

  • for our video show The Insider, they had a robust exchange on the subject.

  • There aren't many parts of Britain and Europe which are not safe.

  • You can't just walk around.

  • But there are far more in this country.

  • Far more.

  • No, I don't think so.

  • All right, let's go and get my fact checkers to check then.