ANALYSIS: New York Times Fails To Understand Global Muslim Brotherhood Positions On Terrorism
GlobalMB @ August 3, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The New York Times has reported on a video made by the US Muslim Brotherhood described as intended to “repudiate the militants message.” According to the report:
Now nine influential American Muslim scholars have come together in a YouTube video to repudiate the militants’ message. The nine represent a diversity of theological schools within Islam, and several of them have large followings among American Muslim youths. The video is… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Ikhwanophobia Lies And Deceives
GlobalMB @ July 22, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Ikhwanophobia, an Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood front website, has responded to a GMBDR posting on the latest anti-Semtic article by Khaled Amayrah, reposted on Ikhwanophobia from the Egyptian Brotherhood website. In its response, titled “Anti-Semitism!! Seriously??”, Ikhwanophobia employs the usual combination of fallacious reasoning, deception, and outright lies. According to the post:
On July 15, Ikhwanophobia republished the article titled: “Muslims need to tackle Jewish Islamophobia“, by Khaled Amayrah. Ikhwanophobia… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: New York Times Misses The Point On Turkish Flotilla Charity
GlobalMB @ July 16, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The New York Times has published a report attempting to link the IHH, the Turkish charity which sponsored the ship involved in a violent altercation with Israeli forces, to the ruling Turkish AP party. According to the report:
According to a senior Turkish official close to the government, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the political delicacy of the issue, as many as 10 Parliament members… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Reasons For Heavy Gaza Flotilla Coverage
GlobalMB @ June 2, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Regular readers of the GMBDR have no doubt noticed that we have suspended normal coverage of the Global Muslim Brotherhood over the last days in order to focus on the ongoing Gaza flotilla crisis. Rest assured that we will return to normal, broader coverage however we strongly feel that the flotilla incident is the most significant event to have occurred during the years we have been following the Global Muslim… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Accusations Against GMBDR Echo Global Muslim Brotherhood Themes
GlobalMB @ April 18, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (WRMEA) Editor Delinda C. Hanley has penned yet another attack on the GMBDR which closely parallels themes common to the global Muslim Brotherhood. According to the article, the GMBDR was part of a “hurtful smear campaign” directed against Rashad Hussain, the recently appointed US envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) who was the subject of several GMBDR posts and… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: The Global Muslim Brotherhood And Al-Aqsa Mosque Incitement
GlobalMB @ March 21, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The global Muslim Brotherhood is continuing its longstanding efforts to foment unrest centered on Israel actions at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. GMBDR reporting on this incitement, often led by global Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi, began in November 2007 with a post that discussed a conference held in Istanbul called the “Al-Quds (Jerusalem) International Forum Meeting.” The conference, co-sponsored by the Al-Quds International Institution (AQII) established by Qaradawi, issued… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Some Reflections On The Rashad Hussain Affair
GlobalMB @ February 28, 2010 # One Comment
Now that the controversy over Rashad Hussain, the newly appointed U.S. envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), seems to have died for lack of further interest, it may be useful to reflect on how in the words of one of Mr. Hussain’s supporters,”an all-too-familiar script began to play out.” Indeed there was such a script, but the performance looked quite different to us from where we sit… Continue reading | 1 Comment
ANALYSIS: Old Charges Against GMBDR Recycled
GlobalMB @ February 19, 2010 # No Comment Yet
In connection with our reporting on Rashad Hussain, the new Obama administration envoy who has a history of participation in events connected with the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood, Media Matters for America (MMA) has recycled old charges directed against the Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report made in 2008 by a single blog. According to the MMA report:
In an August 2008 post, Foreign Policy’s Joshua Keating wrote: “The Report… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Death Of Its Leader Prompts Speculation About Muslim Brotherhood “International Organization”
GlobalMB @ March 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Muslim World News has produced a summary of developments following the death of an Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader on Friday. According to the MWN report, Dr. Hasan al-Huwaidi was the head of the Brotherhood’s “International Organisation” and discussions are underway about a replacement:
On Friday (13/3/2009) it was announced that Dr. Hasan al-Huwaidi, the Muslim Brotherhood’s former General Supervisor [muraqib ‘am] in Syria, died in Jordan. Huwaidi was buried in… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Al Jazeera General Manager And His Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas Background
GlobalMB @ January 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Major global media have been reporting on the Al Jazeera coverage of the Gaza crisis while omitting the Muslim Brotherhood and possible Hamas background of Wadah Khanfar (aka Waddah Khanfar), the station’s General Manager. In October 2006, one of Al Jazeera’s own correspondents stated that Mr. Khanfar had a Muslim Brotherhood background and asked him about it… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Wikipedia- A New Battleground For the Global Muslim Brotherhood
GlobalMB @ January 13, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Given the enormous success and popularity of the online Encyclopedia Wikipedia, it should not be surprising that it has become a battleground in the “information war” conducted by the global Muslim Brotherhood. An interesting example is the Wikipedia article on Tareq Al-Suwaidan, one of the leaders and ideologues of the Islamic Reform Society in Kuwait, the Kuwaiti branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. Both the history and discussion
ANALYSIS: Rand Study Mischaracterizes Muslim Brotherhood
GlobalMB @ January 11, 2009 # No Comment Yet
“Unfolding the Future of the Long War”, a new study by the Rand Corporation, incorrectly categorizes the Muslim Brotherhood as a non-violent group that may serve as a “gateway” to more violent groups because of its non-violent nature. That the study has been influenced by “political correctness” can immediately be seen in the introduction which, consistent with guidelines issued earlier by the Department of Homeland Security, refuses to… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, and Iran- A Complex Picture
GlobalMB @ January 7, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A former CIA analyst writing in the Wall Street Journal has expressed the view that Iranian support for Hamas has given Iran an ally within the Muslim Brotherhood, the parent group of Hamas:
Prominent Sunni rulers — Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak and Jordan’s King Abdullah — have railed against a “Shiite arc” of power forming in the Near East, only to see few echoes develop outside of… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Law Journal Article On Terrorism Highlights U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Position On Terrorism
GlobalMB @ December 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
An earlier post discussed global Muslim Brotherhood positions on terrorism into four conceptual categories- Denial, Deception, Defense, and Obstruction. It is said that the usefulness of a theory lies in its predictive ability and a recent law journal article on terrorism by Parvez Ahmed, former chairman of the Council on American Islamic relations (CAIR), demonstrates all four themes. While these themes are common, it is unusual for a U.S… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Qaradawi Comments Rock Muslim World
GlobalMB @ October 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Global media has been widely reporting on one of the most significant controversies in recent memory involving the global Muslim Brotherhood and resulting from comments by global Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi accusing Shiites of being heretics intent on invading Sunni societies. A report in the L.A. Times sums up the affair:
A popular Sunni Muslim cleric with a television show and a website that churns out religious edicts… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Journalist Employs Common Muslim Brotherhood Themes In Defense Of ISNA
GlobalMB @ August 26, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A local media article defending the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) provides an opportunity to examine how the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood manipulates the media in its own interests. According to an article carried on the Indianapolis Star website:
But ISNA isn’t without its detractors. It has been a frequent target of attacks from bloggers and authors who specialize in criticizing Muslim groups. Last month, author and frequent… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: On “Mainstream” Islamic Organizations
GlobalMB @ August 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet
One of the charges raised recently by the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters is that the GMBDR is engaged in criticism of “mainstream” U.S. Islamic groups. The implication seems to be that there is some kind of contradiction between being mainstream and extremist. To avoid getting lost in social science jargon, we will employ a simple, common (mainstream?) definition of the word mainstream which is “belonging to or… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: On Identifying The Global Muslim Brotherhood
GlobalMB @ August 12, 2008 # No Comment Yet
With many new readers, it may be helpful to take up the issue of how this publication identifies organizations and individuals associated with the global Muslim Brotherhood. Critics of the GMBDR, with no visible expertise in the subject and demonstrably not having read extensively in these pages, have claimed that such identification is based on a “loose definition”:
The Report employs a fairly loose definition of Muslim Brotherhood affiliates… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: On “Guilt By Association”
GlobalMB @ August 7, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Given the large amount of media attention paid to the recent resignation of the Obama campaign Muslim outreach coordinator, it may be a good time to take up the issue of what is sometimes portrayed as “guilt by association” as it relates to the global Muslim Brotherhood. One of the difficulties involved with any discussion of the global Brotherhood is that the network, for lack of a better term… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Impact On Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Finances Of Leaders April Convictions
GlobalMB @ June 15, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Before the conviction in April of the leaders of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, an independent Egyptian newspaper presented four different views of the impact on the finances of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in the event of a conviction. According to the report:
Islamic Movements experts differed on the impact on the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group if 40 of its leaders, especially Khairat el-Shater and Hassan Malik, are convicted… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Carnegie Report Suggests That Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood Damaged By Corruption Allegations In Recent Elections
GlobalMB @ May 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Nathan Brown, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment George Washington University MIdeast Studies professor, has written a piece analyzing the recent Kuwaiti elections in which the Muslim Brotherhood political arm known as the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM) saw its seats in the parliament reduced by half in the midst of strong gains by Salafi and other Islamist factions. The author concludes (note: HADAS is the Arabic acronym for the… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Remarks By CAIR Board Member Illustrate Muslim Brotherhood Rhetorical Tactics
GlobalMB @ May 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In an article posted on the website of the Nation of Islam, headed by Minister Louis Farrakhan, Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) board member Parvez Ahmed made a number of statements which illustrate three of the four rhetorical tactics commonly used by the global Muslim Brotherhood when discussing terrorism. As discussed extensively in an earlier post, the first tactic is to insist that Islam as a religion has… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Bosnian Grand Mufti Argues For Single Muslim Authority In Europe
GlobalMB @ May 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In January 2008, Bosnian Grand Mufti and global Muslim Brotherhood figure Mustafa Ceric wrote an article arguing for the creation of “a single Muslim authority in Europe.” According to the article’s conclusion:
To sum up, this article has argued that the ontological justification for a single Muslim authority in Europe can be found in the idea of covenant… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: DHS Memo Supports Muslim Brotherhood Influence Over U.S. Counter-Terrorism Language
GlobalMB @ May 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A copy of the Department of Homeland Security memo urging employees not to use terms including ‘jihad,’ ‘jihadist’ or ‘Islamic terrorist’ in describing Islamic terrorists has been posted online. A previous post discussed this memo, along with a similar report from the National Counter Terrorism Center, and suggested that this proposed policy was in accord with global Muslim Brotherhood strategies attempting to control the use of language used… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: U.K. Muslim Voting Guide Illustrates Muslim Brotherhood Fundamentalism
GlobalMB @ April 21, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The global Muslim Brotherhood often cites its willingness to participate in Western politics as a sign of moderation. However, the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB), a U.K. global Muslim Brotherhood organization, has posted a link to the “Guide To Voting In Islam” which contains numerous examples of how the Brotherhood actually views politics. For example, the guide opens by explaining that there is no distinction between Church and… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Sheikh Abd al-Majid al-Zindani; Ties To Al Qaeda As Well As The Muslim Brotherhood
GlobalMB @ April 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Several days ago, a post reported on the role of the Islah Party, the local Muslim Brotherhood organization in Yemen, as part of what was described as a “cross-ideological inter-party coalition.” One the most important leaders of Islah is Sheikh Abd al-Majid al-Zindani who in 2005 was reported by a Yemeni newspaper to be the… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: U.K. Muslim Brotherhood Leader Wants Brotherhood To Tackle Extremism
GlobalMB @ April 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet
An Al-Jazeera news program featuring a U.K. Muslim Brotherhood leader illustrates the global Muslim approach when discussing the problem of Islamic extremism. The program featured a discussion with Anas Al-Tikriti, the long-time leader of the Muslim Association (MAB) of Britain who recently left the MAB to help form the new Brotherhood organization known as the British Muslim Initiative (BMI)… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Leader Exemplifies Brotherhood Rhetorical Tactics
GlobalMB @ February 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In a recent article Loui Safi, a long-time leader in many U.S. Muslim Brotherhood organizations, attempts to turn the tables on critics by suggesting that they are bigots who “hide behind the language of patriotism” and who are attempting to curtail civil liberties in the U.S. Safi begins the piece by summarizing such practices and identifying Joseph McCarthy as an exemplar:
Civil liberties are always precious for free people… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Statement By U.S. Academic Reveals Shortcoming Of Social Scientists
GlobalMB @ February 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In a recent interview Jytte Klausen, a well-known sociologist and professor of comparative politics at Brandeis University, made a simple statement which illustrates the limitations of social scientists in reporting on covert groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood. Klausen, a prominent expert on Islam, responded to the following question:
QUESTION: I assume that most of the interviews you conducted were with Muslim political leaders. How can you be sure… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Two Articles By Robert D. Crane
GlobalMB @ January 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Dr. Robert D. Crane, an American convert to Islam with many ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, has written two articles for an Islamic publication suggesting that Islam is the best means for returning the U.S. to the vision of its Founding Fathers. In the first article, Dr. Crane discusses the ” cancerous evil of secular humanism”, asserting that both the Catholic Church and the U.S. Founding Fathers share his… Continue reading
