GlobalMB @ December 30, 2008 # No Comment Yet
An Italian news portal covering the MIddle East has featured comments on the Gaza crisis by Kemal El-Helbawy (aka Helbawi) one of the leaders of the global Muslim Brotherhood, identifying him only as “a British terrorism expert.” According to the report by Adnkronos International:
The latest Israeli attacks on Gaza could promote the growth of ‘new Al-Qaeda’ terror… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 30, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Global Muslim Brotherhood organizations continue to weigh in with statements on the ongoing Israeli military operations in Gaza. As discussed in a previous post on such reactions, the statements almost all refer to the Israeli actions in harsh, provocative language usually labeling the situation a “massacre.” In one of the harshest statements to date, the head of the European Assembly of Imams and Spiritual Guides, a part of the… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The three-day Canadian convention known as Reviving the Islamic Spirit, featuring many speakers from the global Muslim Brotherhood, has concluded in Toronto. IslamOnline describes the convention as:
Canadian Muslims are charging their batteries for the “Reviving the Islamic Spirit,” a landmark annual convention that draws distinguished Muslim speakers from across the world. “With an average annual attendance of 15,000 participants, the convention draws a very diverse group of attendees,”… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
IslamOnline, the news portal associated with global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi, has announced the opening of a new media office in Washington, D.C. According to the report:
In an effort to reach out to its wider audience and larger readership, IslamOnline.net [IOL] opened a new media office in the American capital Washington. “IslamOnline.net has proved its commitment to function as a media organization targeting a universal audience,” said… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The global Muslim Brotherhood is reacting to the Israeli air attacks on Hamas in Gaza, generally describing the action as a “massacre or using similar inflammatory language.” Sheikh Youssef Qaradawi, perhaps the most important leader of the global Brotherhood was reported to have criticized on Al Jazeera what he called the “silence” of the Arab world and urged “the entire Islamic nation to stand against this criminal and savage… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
IslamOnline has reported on the launch of a live radio talk show to be hosted by Mahdi Bray, a leader in the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood. According to the report:
Recognizing the importance of the media, American Muslim community leaders have launched a live radio talk show from Washington to give an accurate image of their community. “We are… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet
An Italian news portal is reporting that the President of the Union des Organizations Islamiques de France (UOIF), essentially the Muslim Brotherhood in France, has insisted that the French government enact a law against “Islamaphobia.” According to the report:
The French government must submit a draft law against Islamophobia, like the laws against anti-Semitism. The… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A Saudi English language daily has reported a delegation of British Muslims, some known to be tied to the global Muslim Brotherhood, recently visited Saudi Arabia in connection with the Darfur conflict. According to the report, the delegation toured a number of Saudi organizations also associated with the global Brotherhood:
A delegation of British Muslims visited Riyadh recently after taking a tour of the troubled Darfur region of Sudan… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The head of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood has called for the “slaughter” of Jews during expressions of solidarity with Gaza and opposition to the Israeli blockade. According to a MEMRI report, an organization which monitors Arabic language media for Islamist content, Sheik Himam Sa’id, Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan said during speeches aired on Al-Manar and Al-Aqsa TV, December 3 and 5,
Oh noble Gaza, raise… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A Pashtu-language newspaper is reporting that the head of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI), a Pakistani political party closely associated with the global Muslim Brotherhood, has threatened to block the key route for supplies to U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan. According to the report:
Qazi Hussain Ahmad, the Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, has threatened to block the main Peshawar-Torkham road, the key route through which supplies for U.S. and NATO… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 21, 2008 # No Comment Yet
U.S media is reporting that a Christian pastor scheduled to deliver the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration has spoken to the annual convention of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, a part of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood. According to a report in the L.A. Times:
Fresh from being tapped to deliver the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 21, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Despite past claims that the Global Muslim Brotherhood is a “Hollywood fiction”, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has issued yet another statement identifying the names of global Brotherhood organizations. In an article about the history of Muslim Brotherhood websites, the Egyptian Brotherhood identified a slew of Mideast organizations and one Italian group as belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood:
Only three Islamist movements in three countries put the Muslim… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Local media is reporting that Keith Ellison, the first American Muslim elected to Congress, recently went on a pilgrimage to Mecca that was paid for by the Muslim American Society (MAS), a part of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood. According to the report:
There was no fanfare, no press release when Keith Ellison made the pilgrimage to the Muslim holy city of Mecca… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Numerous reports indicate that the global Muslim Brotherhood has stepped up its efforts to help defeat the Israeli blockade of the Gaza designed to pressure Hamas into stopping the firing of rockets into Israel. On Wednesday, AFP reported on the detention of Gamal Abdel Salam, described as Egyptian Brotherhood activist who heads the emergency relief committee at the Cairo-based Union of Arab Doctors, on charges of forming a “criminal… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 17, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Italian media is reporting that an Italian government official has ruled out agreements with groups such as the Union of Islamic Communities and Organizations in Italy (UCOII). According to the report:
“There can be no accords with those, likethe UCOII (Union of Islamic Communities and Organizations in Italy), who defacto deny the existence of the state of Israel and hold ambiguous positions on terrorism at the national and local level… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 17, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A regional leader of the Pakistani Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI), an political party closely tied to the global Muslim Brotherhood, has indicated that the JEI will be launching a “mass movement” against U.S. anti-terrorist drone attacks sometime in the near future. According to the report:
Maulana Sirajul Haq, a former provincial minister and the Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province, has described the presence of NATO forces in… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Abd Al-Rahman Al-Qaradhawi
MEMRI, a website that monitors Arabic language media with Islamist content, is reporting that the son of Sheikh Youssef Qaradawi may have converted to Shia Islam. According to the report:
….there were reports in the media that his son, the poet ‘Abd Al-Rahman Al-Qaradhawi, had converted to the Shi’a, and… Continue reading
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
GlobalMB @ December 15, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A Tampa newspaper has reported on highway billboards as the latest part of an advertising campaign by the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), a group closely tied to the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood. According to the report:
The billboard sits along the eastbound side of Interstate 4, just west of McIntosh Road. But unlike other signs hawking fast food joints, gas stations or… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 15, 2008 # No Comment Yet
New Zealand media is reporting global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi may have issued a fatwa which could damage the country’s meat industry. The report indicates that a local halal (Islamically approved) meat worker sought the fatwa from Qaradawi in connection with a campaign against New Zealand’s methods for slaughtering cattle:
A Muslim slaughterman’s attempts to discredit the New Zealand meat industry have drawn the attention of the country’s… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Based on government documents, a newspaper in Zimbabwe has reported that the African countries of Namibia and Botswana have deported several members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. According to the report:
NAMIBIA and Botswana have arrested and deported several members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, which has links with the al Qaeda movement, in a highly sensitive and secret operation. The Namibian is in possession of a highly confidential… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 12, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a former Jihadist and now counter-terrorism consultant and attorney, has analyzed several papers issued by the Aal al-Bayt Institute which is best known for its sponsorship of the “Amman Message”, a document signed by a large number of Islamic scholars on the subject of Islamic unity. One of the papers Gartenstein-Ross examines is titled ” Jihad and the Islamic Law of War” and is described as follows:… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In his opening remarks at the annual fund-raising dinner for the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), a part of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR leader Nihad Awad alleged that American Muslims were being denied the right of “giving legitimate charitable work for needy people.” Awad also echoed other familiar Brotherhood themes- that American Muslims are being “targeted” and should be included in the… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 10, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Egyptian media is reporting that the Muslim Brotherhood is demanding that Mohamed Tantawy (aka Tantawi), Grand Sheikh of the Islamic Al Azhar University, be “questioned” in connection with his suggestions that Israeli officials would be welcome at Al Azhar. According to one report:
Mohamed Sayed Tantawy, Grand Sheikh of the Islamic Al Azhar University in Egypt, has sparked… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 9, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Pakistani media have reported on a 3-day Islamic conference held in late October in Lahore that brought together leaders of the Pakistani Islamist group Jamaat–e-Islami (JEI) with leaders in the global Muslim Brotherhood, closely allied to JEI. According to various reports, the following persons of interest were in attendance:
GlobalMB @ December 8, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe, the umbrella group representing the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe, has issued a statement Gaza accusing Israel of “terrorizing civilians” According to the statement:
The Israeli war machine continues to do its deed, inflicting death, devastation, siege, and starvation on the people of Gaza and the West Bank. All this, despite well-publicised and repeated worldwide appeals by non-governmental, as well as official and… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 7, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The Washington Times is reporting that a Pentagon aide who had reportedly been involving U.S. Muslim Brotherhood groups in a Pentagon outreach program will be leaving along with his boss. According to the report:
The special assistant to Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England and a key player in the Pentagon’s Muslim community outreach program is leaving with his… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 7, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Gerry Connolly, a recently elected Democratic U.S. Congressman from Virginia has once again been accused of accepting campaign contributions from leaders of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood. The latest accusation was made by Frontpage Magazine, an online conservative political magazine, in connection with a the Islamic Saudi Academy which has been reported to have been using textbooks containing passages that were anti-Semitic… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet
U.S. media is reporting that a federal court has upheld a $156 million judgement against three U.S. Islamic groups, all part of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood, that were accused of financing Hamas terrorism in the death of an American teenager in Israel. According to an Associated Press report:
A federal appeals court upheld a $156 million judgment Wednesday against three U.S.-based Islamic groups accused of bankrolling terrorism in a… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ December 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Mustafa Ceric, the Grand Mufti of Bosnia and one of the leaders in the European Muslim Brotherhood, was recently one of three recipients of a prestigious German prize for religious tolerance based on the “Common Word” Project. According to a report in the Jordan Times::
HRH Prince Ghazi, Personal Envoy and Special Adviser to His Majesty King Abdullah and Chairman of the Royal Al al Bayt Institute of Islamic… Continue reading
