No matter what group you are talking about, from the Ikhwan to Da’esh, it is important to not take a 100% pro or anti position, because this will prevent you from accurately evaluating them.
Each group will inevitably have good and helpful points, and each will have flaws and mistakes.
Even if you consider yourself a partisan allied with the group, you cannot serve its development properly if you cannot be objective about its shortcomings.
And even if you consider yourself opposed to the group, you will undermine your own intellectual credibility if you refuse to acknowledge its positive contributions