BREAKING NEWS: Staten Island Parish Trustees Vote Against Sale Of Convent To Muslim American Society
GlobalMB @ July 23, 2010 # No Comment Yet
US media is reporting that trustees of a Staten Island parish have voted against the controversial sale of a convent to the Muslim American Society (MAS) which had planned to construct an Islamic center at the site. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal:
The trustees of Saint Margaret Mary parish on Staten Island have voted against the controversial sale of a convent to the Muslim American… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Union Of Good Sending Land Convoy To Gaza
GlobalMB @ June 8, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Union of Good has announced that it is sending a land convoy to Gaza through the Rafah crossing in the next few days. According to the announcement:
The Union for Good (UFG) has launched an urgent relief campaign to provide Gaza Strip with humanitarian assistance and medical equipment by a land convoy through Rafah crossing within the coming few days. The UFG reaffirmed that the campaign was launched… Continue reading
US Muslim Brotherhood Calls Israel’s Flotilla Action A “Massacre”, Seek End To Gaza Blockade
GlobalMB @ June 2, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The US Muslim Brotherhood is weighing in with reactions to the confrontation between Israel forces and a flotilla of ships composed largely of organizations tied to the Global Muslim Brotherhood. Before any investigation of the incident has had time to take place, the Israeli actions are described in the various statements either as a “massacre” or an “attack with deadly force” and all call for an end to the blockade… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Jordanian Gaza Flotilla Member Included Individuals Close To Muslim Brotherhood.
GlobalMB @ June 2, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Jordanian media is reporting that Jordanian nationals who participated in the Gaza flotilla which was recently involved in a confrontation with Israeli naval forces included individuals close to the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood. According to a report in the Jordan Times:
AMMAN – A total of 126 Gaza flotilla activists who were detained by Israel, including 30 Jordanians, were due to cross the King Hussein Bridge early Wednesday into Jordan… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Dutch Foundation Tied To Gaza Flotilla Organizer Was Working With Turkish Charity Involved
GlobalMB @ June 2, 2010 # No Comment Yet
A Dutch Foundation tied to the Global Muslim Brotherhood and linked to a major Gaza flotilla organizer has been working with the the Turkish charity known as Insani Yardim Vakfi (aka IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, The Foundation for Human Rights and Freedom and Humanitarian Relief), the sponsor of the ship involved in the confrontation with Israeli naval forces. According to Dutch records, the Stichting (Foundation) KUDUS VAKFI was founded… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Gaza Flotilla Organizer Part Of Dutch Hamas/Muslim Brotherhood Network In The Netherlands
GlobalMB @ June 1, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Amin Abou Rashed
One of the chief organizers of the Gaza flotilla as been identified as a Dutch national and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas support network in the Netherlands. According to Dutch media, Amin Abou Rashed is currently being held in Israeli custody:
Meanwhile, the two Dutch nationals travelling with the convoy… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Global Muslim Brotherhood Announces It Will Send Another Flotilla To Gaza Within Six Weeks
GlobalMB @ June 1, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Majed Al-Zeer
Majed Al-Zeer, tied to the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas in the UK, has announced that the Global Muslim Brotherhood is preparing to send another flotilla to Gaza to sail within six weeks. According to the announcement posted on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood website:
Majed Al-Zeer, the director general of the Palestinian return center… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Al Jazeera Reporter Covering Turkish Ship Former UK Muslim Brotherhood Student Activist
GlobalMB @ June 1, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Jamal El-Shayyal
A post from yesterday discussed the heavy participation of the Global Muslim Brotherhood in the flotilla involved in yesterday’s confrontation with Israel naval forces. New information indicates that Jamal El-Shayyal, the Al Jazeera reporter claiming to be the only correspondent to successfully have broadcast from the Turkish ship involved in the confrontation, was… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Global Muslim Brotherhood Heavily Represented In Gaza Flotilla
GlobalMB @ May 31, 2010 # No Comment Yet
MB/IHH Leaders At Pre-Launch Ceremony
The coalition behind the “Freedom Flotilla”, involved today in a military confrontation with Israeli naval forces, is primarily composed of organizations and individuals tied to the global Muslim Brotherhood. At the end of April, a web site representing the Union of Good, discussed later, identified the elements of the coalition… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Islamic Action Front (IAF) Elects “Hawk” As Secretary General
GlobalMB @ May 7, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Zaki Bani Rsheid
Global media are reporting that Zaki Bani Rsheid, described as a “hardliner” and a “hawk”, was chosen today as secretary general of the Islamic Action Front (IAF). According to a DPA report:
Hardliner Zaki Bani Rsheid was chosen Friday as secretary general of the Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political arm of… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Says US Lifts Sanctions On Youssef Nada
GlobalMB @ May 1, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Youssef Nada
The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood web site is reporting that the US Treasury has lifted sanctions against self-described Muslim Brotherhood “Foreign Minister” Youssef Nada. According to the report:
Swiss-based Muslim Brotherhood member, Yusef Nada has had the freeze on his assets lifted a few months after his delisting from the terrorist list which… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Egypt Will Prosecute Muslim Brotherhood Members For Money Laundering; Saudi Also Charged
GlobalMB @ April 22, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Global media are reporting on the Egyptian announcement that it will prosecute for Muslim Brotherhood members and, for the first time, a Saudi on charges of money laundering. According to a report in the London-based Saudi paper Asharq Al-Awsat:
In what represents a judicial precedent, the Egyptian Public Prosecution has charged a Saudi preacher who is allegedly a member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood organization with money laundering and… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Qaradawi Ousted From IslamOnline Ruling Body
GlobalMB @ March 24, 2010 # One Comment
The Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm has reported that global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi has been ousted from the board of the governing body which controls Islam Online. According to the report:
The crisis plaguing Doha-based website Islam online has deteriorated in the wake of a decision by Qatar’s minister of social affairs to oust prominent Egyptian-born cleric Sheikh Youssef el-Qaradawi from his position as head of the Qatari… Continue reading | 1 Comment
BREAKING NEWS: Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Website Supports Striking IslamOnline Employees
GlobalMB @ March 23, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood web site has announced an “E- support” campaign for the Egyptian employees of IslamOnline (IOL) who are on strike for the second week. According to the announcement:
For the second week, IslamOnline employees’ open strike continues against the policies of the new administration in Qatar which includes its efforts to shut down the broadcasting of the site from Cairo office, changing its editorial policy and… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Middle East News Portal Says Qaradawi Intervening In IslamOnline Strike
GlobalMB @ March 21, 2010 # No Comment Yet
A MIddle Eastern news portal is reporting that global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi has intervened in the strike and crisis at Islam Online (IOL) by ordering the firing of two officers of the Al Balagh Cultural Society, the founding and operating body behind IslamOnline. According to the report:
A senior source in IOL says Qaradawi issued a decision to sack Dr. Ibrahim al-Ansari, Vice President of… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: U.N. Drops Sanctions Against Youssef Nada
GlobalMB @ March 18, 2010 # One Comment
Youssef Nada
Various media are reporting that the U.N. Security Council has dropped sanctions against Muslim Brotherhood figure Youssef Nada. According to a Newsweek report:
The U.N. Security Council has quietly dropped Youssef Nada, a prominent financial and diplomatic representative of the Muslim Brotherhood, from an international sanctions list directed at curbing the activities… Continue reading | 1 Comment
BREAKING NEWS: IslamOnline Employees On Strike In Egypt
GlobalMB @ March 16, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Gulf media is reporting a strike being carried out by Egyptian employes of IslamOnline who claim that Qatar plans to control the site and impose a new editorial policy on it. According to a report in the Gulf News:
More than 200 Egyptian employees at IslamOnline, a Qatari-owned Islamic website in Egypt, are on a strike in protest against what they say is an attempt by Qatari owners to… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Grand Sheikh Of Al-Azhar Dies During Trip To Saudi Arabia
GlobalMB @ March 10, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Mohammed Sayed Tantawi
Global media is reporting on the death of Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, he grand sheik of Cairo’s Al-Azhar, during a trip to Saudi Arabia. According to one report:
Egypt’s top cleric, Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, known for promoting the government agenda against female genital mutilation and the face veil, died… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Daughter of Youssef Qaradawi Nominated For Fulbright Award
GlobalMB @ March 4, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Gulf media is reporting that the daughter of global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi has been nominated for a scholarship under the new Fulbright Science and Technology Award. According to a report in the Gulf Times:
Three Qataris have been nominated for the Fulbright programme for the academic year, 2010-2011, even as the US government has created the International Fulbright Science and Technology Award, a senior official at the… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: El-Baradei Includes Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood In National Opposition Front
GlobalMB @ March 3, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Mohamed El-Baradei
An Egyptian newspaper has reported that Mohamed El-Baradei, former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and now opposition politician in Egypt, has included the Muslim Brotherhood in the national opposition front that he inaugurated last week. According to a report in Al-Masry Al-Youm:
Members of the coalition of Egyptian opposition parties–which includes… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Tariq Ramadan To be Keynote Speaker At CAIR-Chicago Banquet
GlobalMB @ March 2, 2010 # No Comment Yet
In what now appears to be a developing U.S. tour , the Chicago chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has annouced that global Muslim Brotherhood leader Tariq Ramadan will be the keynote speaker at its 6th Annual Banquet on April 10, 2010. According to the CAIR announcement:
Chicago is pleased to announce that Professor Tariq Ramadan will be the keynote speaker at its 6th Annual Banquet… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Qaradawi Ill; Reportedly Underwent Surgery
GlobalMB @ February 28, 2010 # No Comment Yet
An Asian-Pacific new source has reported that global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi underwent surgery on February 19 for unknown reasons. According to the report:
Over the weekend, I attended the ‘International Dialogue Between Islam & Oriental Religions’, which was attended by more than 60 participants including from Qatar, Nepal, Pakistan and India. Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, an Islamic scholar, was to attend, but had to be operated on, on… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: White House Expresses Confidence In Rashad Hussain
GlobalMB @ February 22, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Politico is reporting that the White has expressed confidence in Rashad Hussain, newly appointed as the U.S. envoy to the Islamic Conference (OIC), despite Mr. Hussain having changed his story about controversial comments he made in 2004 suggesting that Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Sami Al-Arian and other terrorism cases were “politically-motivated persecutions.” According to the Politico report:
The White House is expressing its confidence in a White House… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: CAIR Board Member Ordered Deported
GlobalMB @ February 20, 2010 # No Comment Yet
U.S. media is reporting that a former member of the national board of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) was order deported on Friday. According to a Dallas Morning News report:
A Richardson man with links to the defunct Holy Land Foundation and the Palestinian militant group Hamas was ordered deported Friday at a hearing in Dallas. Immigration… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Rashad Hussain Admits Making Controversial Comments; Says He Complained About Coverage
GlobalMB @ February 20, 2010 # 2 Comments
Rashad Hussain, the newly appointed U.S. envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference, has admitted that he both made the 2004 controversial remarks about convicted terrorist leader Sami Al-Arian and that he had complained about the reporting of those comments to a magazine on Middle East issues which were later deleted by the magazine. Both issues were first reported by the GMBDR on Sunday. Mr. Hussain made the acknowledgement… Continue reading | 2 Comments
BREAKING NEWS: White House Reacts To GMBDR Story On New Obama Envoy
GlobalMB @ February 17, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Fox News has reported on White House reaction to the controversy over comments made by President’s Obama’s new envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) defending convicted terrorist leader Sami-Arian. According to the Fox report:
President Obama’s new envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference, Rashad Hussain, is at the center of a controversy over remarks attributed to him defending a man who later pleaded guilty to conspiring… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Egypt Accuses Senior Brotherhood Leaders Of Planning Attacks
GlobalMB @ February 10, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Global media is reporting that Egyptian authorities have accused the recently arrested senior leaders of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood of attempting to set up training camps for staging attacks. According to one report:
Egyptian authorities have accused detained senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s biggest opposition group, of trying to set up training camps for staging attacks, the group’s lawyer said on Wednesday. Three senior officials of… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Egyptian Police Arrest Top Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Leaders
GlobalMB @ February 9, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Global media are reporting that Egyptian police have arrested several of the top leaders of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. According to one report:
Egyptian police have arrested a number of top figures in the banned Muslim Brotherhood, less than a month after the group elected new leaders. The website of Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood says state security forces arrested close to a dozen senior leaders of the group in… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: ISNA Official Suspended From Working On Military Bases; Criminal Inquiry In Progress
GlobalMB @ February 7, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Dallas Morning News has reported on the suspension and criminal inquiry by the U.S. military into the activities and lectures of Louay Safi, the Development Director for the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). According to the report:
After the worst military base massacre in U.S. history, officials acknowledged that they failed to “connect the dots” – the… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: U.S. State Department Lifts Ban On Tariq Ramadan
GlobalMB @ January 20, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Global Muslim Brotherhood figure Tariq Ramadan has announced that the State Department has ended the ban on his entry into the U.S. According to a statement posted on his blog:
After more than five years of waiting, the American State Department has decided, in a document signed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to lift the ban… Continue reading
