RECOMMENDED READING: “Where Now for Islamists?”
GlobalMB @ June 30, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Amr Hamzawy, a Carnegie Endowment scholar, has published an article in Al Ahram Weekly, in which he argues that the political failure of Islamist/Muslim Brotherhood movements in the Arab world may push such groups to toward violent action. Hamzaway opens his analysis with a synopsis of recent political developments in Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain:
For opposition movements in the Arab world, the costs of participating in political life… Continue reading
RECOMMENDED READING: Interview With Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood Leader
GlobalMB @ June 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
An interview Al-Hibir Yusuf Nur al-Dayyim, General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan, provides some insight into several issues concerning the global Muslim Brotherhood. Here, al-Dayyim is asked about the global organization of the Muslim Brotherhood:
“Q: Is the group in Sudan related to the global organization of the Muslim Brotherhood and subject to its authority?
“The international organization of the Muslim Brotherhood is a receptacle for the coordination… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Anwar Ibrahim faces sodomy probe
GlobalMB @ June 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Global media are widely reporting on new allegations of sodomy lodged against Anwar Ibrahim, an opposition Malay politician and leader in the global Muslim Brotherhood. According to one late report:
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim took refuge Sunday at the Turkish Embassy after police began probing an allegation that he sodomized his male aide, reprising a sex Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Sami Al-Arian Indicted
GlobalMB @ June 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The U.S. media is widely reporting that Sami Al-Arian, a former leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, was indicted yesterday for failing to testify before a grand jury investigating charities in northern Virginia that are part of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood. According to a report by the the Washington Post:
A former Florida professor who had pleaded guilty to… Continue reading
Dutch Muslim Brotherhood Mosque Imposes Ban On Oppostion Members
GlobalMB @ June 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The Dutch media is reporting on a ban imposed on five members of a mosque tied to the Dutch Muslim Brotherhood. According a translated summary of one report:
The Rotterdam Essalam administration is applying for a restrictive ban on five rebellious members of the organization. According to the administration, these five persons and their presence is leading to “escalation” within the mosque; this marks the first time that a… Continue reading
Anwar Ibrahim Speaks At Saudi Economy Forum
GlobalMB @ June 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A Saudi English newspaper is reporting that Malay opposition politician and global Muslim Brotherhood figure Anwar Ibrahim spoke yesterday in Medina to a Saudi economic forum on the development of a knowledge-based economy. According to the report
Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday called on Muslim countries to remove obstacles in the way… Continue reading
New Muslim Brotherhood Organization To Be launched In Scotland, First Minister To Attend
GlobalMB @ June 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A U.K. think tank and local media are reporting on what appears to be the launch of a new Muslim Brotherhood organization in Scotland known as the Scottish Islamic Foundation (SIF). According to a report posted an online Scottish news magazine:
A new organisation run by Scottish Muslims that aims to promote the tenets of good citizenship will be launched by First Minister Alex Salmond this week. The Scottish-Islamic… Continue reading
Qaradawi Bemoans Lack Of Democracy In Arab World But Says It is Morally Superior To West
GlobalMB @ June 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A Qatari newspaper has reported that Youssef Qaradawi, one of the most important leaders of the global Muslim Brotherhood, delivered a lecture in which he blamed the “absence of democracy” for the lack of technological progress in the Arab world. According to the report:
Absence of democracy is behind the lack of Arab inventiveness and the Arabs’… Continue reading
Egyptian Brotherhood Leaders Says No Links With Hamas
GlobalMB @ June 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In a recent interview posted on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood website, the deputy chairman of the Egyptian Brotherhood denied any “organizational links” between his organization and Hamas:
Ikhwanweb: Dr. Habib, how would you respond to western media portrayal of the relationship between Hamas and MB? Some even went so far as to suggest military links with Hamas, and that Hamas is an MB armed wing in Palestine… Continue reading
French Muslim Brotherhood Leader Elected Vice-President Of French Islamic Council
GlobalMB @ June 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The media is widely reporting that France’s Muslim Council (Conseil Français du Culte Musulman – CFCM) has elected new leadership following recent elections. According to one report:
France’s official Muslim council elected a new leadership on Sunday that promised to tackle problems left mostly unresolved for five years because of power struggles that stymied its former administration… Continue reading
Canada Denies Visa For Leader Of Jamaat-e-Islam To Attend ISNA Conference
GlobalMB @ June 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A Candian NGO is reporting that the leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI), a Pakistani Islamist organization closely tied to the global Muslim Brotherhood has been denied a visa to enter Canada to speak at a conference of the Islamic Society of North America. According to an earlier report from the Canadian Coalition for Democracies (CCD):
The Canadian Coalition for Democracies (CCD) is calling on the federal government to… Continue reading
CAIR Conducts Police Training In Oklahoma; Courses Offered For Credit
GlobalMB @ June 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), a part of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood, has announced another diversity training seminar that it has conducted for law enforcement in the U.S. and notes that the courses can be taken for credit as part of officer inservice training. According to the CAIR announcement :
The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) recently offered diversity training for law enforcement… Continue reading
Muslim Brotherhood In Yemen Calls For Establishment Of Religious Police
GlobalMB @ June 21, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Middle Eastern media is widely reporting on the call by the Al Islah Party, the Muslim Brotherhood in Yemen, to establish a religious police to combat “vice and debauchery” in the country. In Saudi Arabia, such police work under the auspices of an organization known as The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV). According one report:
Civil society organisations have condemned calls by… Continue reading
Egyptian Brotherhood Says It Agrees with Crisis Group Recommendations
GlobalMB @ June 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
THE Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has posted a statement on its website saying that the group agrees with the recommendations of a report issued by the International Crisis Group (CG) recommending that the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood be integrated into Egyptian political life. According to the statement:
The Muslim Brotherhood agrees upon the recommendations mentioned in the latest International Crisis Group report, MB deputy chairman Mohamed Habib told Ikhwanweb Wednesday. “Egypt’s… Continue reading
American Civil Liberties Union Wants Courts To Reverse Naming Of ISNA As Unindicted Co-Conspirator
GlobalMB @ June 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The American Civil LIberties Association (ACLU) has filed a motion asking a federal court for several actions aimed at reversing the naming of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT) as unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation Terrorism Financing Case. According to an ACLU statement:
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas filed a legal challenge today to… Continue reading
U.S. State Department Will Not Close Virginia Saudi School
GlobalMB @ June 18, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The Washington Times has reported that the U.S. State Department will not close a Saudi-financed Islamic school in Northern Virginia which has used textbooks containing passages were anti-Semitic, intolerant of various Muslim groups, and which advocated violence against those who convert from Islam. Previous posts have discussed the controversy concerning the Virginia Saudi Islamic Academy. According to the Times report:
State Department officials said Thursday they have no… Continue reading
International Crisis Group Recommends Integrating Muslim Brotherhood
GlobalMB @ June 18, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The International Crisis Group (CG) has issued a report recommending that the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood be integrated in Egyptian political life. According to a summary of the report:
The three-year clash between the government and the Muslim Brothers is damaging Egypt’s political life. Ending this confrontation and moving towards the long-term goal of integrating the Brothers into the political mainstream is a far better option. The regime should recognise… Continue reading
IIIT Visits French Affiliate
GlobalMB @ June 17, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The website of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) has announced that a delegation from its Washington headquarters visited the Paris IIT affiliate in May. According to the report:
A delegation from the IIIT Headquarters in Washington visited the Paris office between May 25 and 30, 2008. The delegation was joined by Dr. Anas al Shaikh Ali, Director of the London office. The purpose of the visit was… Continue reading
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Leader Defines Global Muslim Brotherhood
GlobalMB @ June 17, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In a translated newspaper interview carried on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood website, Dr. Mohamed Habib, first deputy chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood, provides a workable definition of the global Muslim Brotherhood. When asked by the interviewer “What about the international Muslim Brotherhood?”, Dr Habib replied:
There are entities that exist in many countries all over the world. These entities have the same ideology, principle and objectives but they work… Continue reading
U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Announces Nationwide Census Of U.S. Mosques
GlobalMB @ June 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A broad coalition of U.S. Muslim Brotherhood groups has announced that they will be conducting a nationwide census to collect data about U.S. mosques. According to a press release:
A coalition of Islamic and research groups today announced the launch of a nationwide census project, the first comprehensive survey of its kind, intended to collect accurate data about America’s mosques. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Islamic… Continue reading
CAIR Joins “Unusual” Coalition To Stop Attack On Iran
GlobalMB @ June 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The New York Sun is reporting that the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), a part of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood, is part of what the paper describes as “an unusual coalition of interest groups from left and right” working to prevent U.S. military action against Iran. According to the report:
An unusual coalition of interest groups from left and right is launching a drive today to head off… Continue reading
U.K Muslim Brotherhood Protests Bush Visit In London; Violence Erupts During Demo
GlobalMB @ June 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
U.K. media is reporting that violence broke out during a demonstration to protest President Bush’s visit to London yesterday that was sponsored by a coalition including the U.K Muslim Brotherhood. According to one report:
Three people – including a 60-year-old woman accused of indecent exposure – have been charged after an anti-war demonstration. Scotland Yard made 25 arrests after 10 officers suffered minor injuries during a demonstration in… 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
IIIT Directors Attend Meeting Of Kuwaiti Charity Tied to Muslim Brotherhood
GlobalMB @ June 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) has reported that IIIT directors and advisors attended a general Assembly meeting of the International Islamic Charitable Organization of Kuwait (IICO), an organization tied closely to the global Muslim Brotherhood. According to the IIT report:
The International Islamic Charitable Organization of Kuwait (IICO) held its general Assembly meeting on the 13th of May 2008. Seven directors and Academic Advisors from IIIT attended and… Continue reading
Investigation Completed Of Textbooks Used By Virginia Saudi Islamic Academy
GlobalMB @ June 12, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Further details have become available concerning textbooks used in a Northern Virginia private school sponsored by Saudi Arabia that passages which were anti-Semitic, intolerant of various Muslim groups, and which advocated violence against those who convert from Islam. A post from January discussed a review of the textbooks used by the Islamic Saudi Academy in 2007-2008 undertaken by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, which recommended that:… Continue reading
Islamic- Catholic Dialog Committee Resumes Meetings, Muslim Brotherhood Likely In Attendance
GlobalMB @ June 12, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A Catholic News service has reported that Pope Benedict XVI has met with members of an Islamic-Catholic dialog committee known to contain substantial representation from the global Muslim Brotherhood. According to the report:
Pope Benedict XVI met with members of the Islamic-Catholic Liaison Committee in a private audience at the Vatican on June 11. Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran and Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata, president and secretary, respectively, of the Pontifical… Continue reading
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood MP Defends Female Circumcision
GlobalMB @ June 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet
An Egyptian newspaper has reported that an Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood MP “objected to the criminalization of female circumcision” during a discussion in the Egyptian Parliament. According to the report:
Clashes have erupted between MPs supporting the Child Law and others objecting to it during the discussion of the law at the People’s Assembly yesterday. Muslim Brotherhood (MB) MP Mohamed el-Omda objected to the criminalization of female circumcision in the… Continue reading
Houston Area School Board Reconsiders Policy Following CAIR School Presentation
GlobalMB @ June 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The Associated Press has reported on a school district near Houston which will reconsider its policies after allowing the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) to put on a presentation for Junior High School students. According to the report:
A school district near Houston may tighten its policies on religious assemblies after an Islamic presentation angered many parents. Nearly 900 seventh- and eighth-graders at Friendswood Junior High last month… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Two Views On The Ascent Of Hardliners Within The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood
GlobalMB @ June 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Recent posts have discussed the election in May of Hammam Saeed, generally characterized as a “hardliner” , as leader of the Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan. As discussed in those posts, Saeed is described in various reports as a Palestinian who is former member of the Jordanian parliament and a professor of Islamic Law. A new report by the Jamestown… Continue reading
Interview With Muslim Brotherhood “Foreign Minister” Available Online
GlobalMB @ June 10, 2008 # No Comment Yet
An Arabic-language interview with self-described Muslim Brotherhood foreign Minister Youssef Nada has become available online. Nada, and his partner Ghaleb Ali Himmat, are best known for their role in establishing the infamous and now-defunct Al Taqwa Bank located “offshore” in the Bahamas. Numerous Muslim Brotherhood luminaries held shares in the bank, including the bank’s Sharia supervisor Sheikh… Continue reading