BREAKING NEWS: FBI Cuts Off Relationship With CAIR Over Ties to Hamas
GlobalMB @ January 30, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Investigative Project has reported that the FBI has cut off contact with the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), a part of the U.S Muslim Brotherhood, as a result of the group’s origins in what was described as a “Hamas-support network.” According to the report:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has cut off contacts with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) amid mounting concern about the Muslim… Continue reading
Yusuf Islam Release Song For Gaza; Singer Tied To Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas
GlobalMB @ January 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
An Islamic news agency is reporting that Yusuf Islam, formerly the singer Cat Stevens, is releasing a song to raise money for Gaza. According to the report:
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said that noted singer Yusuf Islam is releasing a song aimed at raising money for UNRWA and the Save the Children charity… Continue reading
Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood Calls For Boycotting The “Enemies Of Islam”
GlobalMB @ January 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
An Internet news portal covering the Mideast has reported that a leader of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood has supported the boycott of gods from countries deemed to be unfriendly to Islam. According to the report:
Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood movement, criticized comments made over the weekend by a leading Saudi cleric, ‘Abd Al-‘Aziz Al Sheikh, who said that boycotting goods from countries hostile to Islam would be of no benefit… Continue reading
MCB Again Boycotts Holocaust Remembrance Day In The U.K
GlobalMB @ January 28, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A U.K NGO has reported that the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), an umbrella group dominated by the U.K Muslim Brotherhood, has decided to boycott the annual Holocaust observance. Accordig to the report:
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has decided to boycott the observance of Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD), held annually on 27 January to commemorate the liberation of Auschwitz. In an official statement, the MCB explains that… Continue reading
Al Jazeera Supports Gaza Appeal Broadcasts Rejected By BBC
GlobalMB @ January 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
An Islamic news agency is reporting that Al Jazeera English is supporting efforts in the U.K. to broadcast announcements for humanitarian aid to Gaza that have been rejected by the BBC and Sky News on the grounds of impartiality in the conflict. According to the report:
Al Jazeera English has contacted the UK’s Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) to support their call to broadcast announcements for humanitarian aid for… Continue reading
New U.S. Office Of Muslim Brotherhood News Portal Interviews U.S. Congresswoman
GlobalMB @ January 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
In one of its first public interviews, the new Washington D.C. Bureau of Islam Online (IOL), the Internet news portal associated with global Muslim Brotherhod leader Youssef Qaradawi, has published what was described as an “exclusive interview” with Conresswoman Eleanor Homes Norton (D-DC) concerning alleged discrimination against Muslims at U.S. airports. According to the IOL report:
Congresswoman Eleanor… Continue reading
U.S. Palestinian Islamic Jihad Leader To Be Tried For Failure To Testify About IIIT
GlobalMB @ January 26, 2009 # No Comment Yet
U.S. media is widely reporting that Sami Al-Arian, a leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the U.S, will stand trial in March on charges of criminal contempt in relation to his failure to testify about the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), a part of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood. According to one report:
A federal judge ruled Friday… Continue reading
ACLU Says U.S. Government “Smears” ISNA With Terrorist Associations
GlobalMB @ January 26, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has issued a statement accusing the U.S. government of a “smear” by associating the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) with terrorism. According to the statement:
There is absolutely no direct evidence that ISNA has any ties to terrorist organizations, including Hamas, and any implication to the contrary is nothing but guilt by association created by the U.S. government through its illegal and… Continue reading
U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Part Of Coalition Asking Obama To Change Isarael Policy
GlobalMB @ January 25, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Four groups representing the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood are part of a coalition that published a full-page ad in The New York Times calling on President Obama to re-evaluate U.S. assistance to Israel. According to one media report:
The ad, published on Obama’s first full day in office, Jan. 21, expresses concern “that our nation’s one-sided approach to the Middle East crisis compromises America’s ability to act as a fair… Continue reading
Qaradawi Wants Obama To Be Loyal To His “African And Muslim Roots”
GlobalMB @ January 25, 2009 # No Comment Yet
In his Friday sermon Sheikh Youssef Qaradawi, perhaps the most important leader of the global Muslim Brotherhood, has suggested that U.S. President Obama be “loyal to his African and Muslim roots.” According to a Gulf media report:
Prominent Islamic scholar Dr Sheikh Yousuf al-Qaradawi yesterday called on US President Barack Obama “to open a new page” in Washington’s policy towards Arab and Muslim worlds and not to follow the… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Global Muslim Brotherhood Send Letter To Obama Complaining of U.S “Injustices”
GlobalMB @ January 22, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Leaders of the global Muslim Brotherhood, including a designated terrorist and an individual who expressed his desire to “destroy Western Civilization from within”, have sent a long letter to President Obama expressing regret “that a large part of the injustices in the world today was either perpetuated or ignored by the US. A report on Islam Online summarizes the letter as follows:
“Civilization cannot flourish and peace and security… Continue reading
Government Minister Says Italian Muslim Brotherhood Supports Fundamentalism And Terrorism
GlobalMB @ January 22, 2009 # No Comment Yet
An Italian news portal is reporting that an Italian Minister has accused a group representing the Italian Muslim Brotherhood of supporting terrorism and fundamentalism. According to the report.
An Italian Minister said on Thursday that immigrants who did not want integrate must be deported from the country. “We must fight everything that is related to violence, because our will is to integrate, however, in order to integrate we must… Continue reading
Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood Sends Congratualtions To Obama
GlobalMB @ January 22, 2009 # No Comment Yet
MIddle Eastern media is reporting that the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood has sent a congratulatory message to President Obama. According to the report:
The Islamic Action Front (IAF), Jordan’s largest political party, has sent a congratulatory message to US President Barack Obama suggesting the bases upon which the new administration can bring about a “positive change” in ties with the Arab and Islamic worlds, an IAF statement said Thursday. “We… Continue reading
Global Muslim Brotherhood Donates Gaza Aid To Brotherhood Charities With Hamas Links
GlobalMB @ January 21, 2009 # No Comment Yet
At least two elements of the global Muslim Brotherhood have announced that they are coordinating aid for Gaza through Islamic charities that are also associated with the global Brotherhood and/ or Hamas fundraising. A Serbian news blog has reported that Bosnian Grand Mufti Mustafa Ceric had donated 100,000 Euros to Islamic Relief Worldwide:
Chief Bosnian Imam Mustafa Ceric has donated 100,000 Euros to the Islamic Relief Worldwide to be… Continue reading
Egyptian Cleric Tied To Global Muslim Brotherhood Praises Hamas and Violent Jihad
GlobalMB @ January 20, 2009 # No Comment Yet
MEMRI has reported on remarks by Egyptian cleric Wagdi Ghneim, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on January 12 and which praise violent Jihad and Hamas leader Ismail Haniya as well as criticizing the U.S. and Europe as “Godless” nations. According to the MEMRI translation:
Interviewer: We are used to seeing you in certain clothing, but today, you are… Continue reading
RECOMMENDED READING: “The Union of Good: A Global Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas Fundraising Network”
GlobalMB @ January 19, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The NEFA Foundation has posted a new report on the Union of Good, the charity coalition headed by Youssef Qaradawi, perhaps the most important leader of the global Muslim Brotherhood. According to the report synopsis:
The Union of Good is a coalition of Islamic charities that provides financial support to both the Hamas “social” infrastructure, as well as its terrorist activities. It is headed by global Muslim Brotherhood leader… Continue reading
U.K Muslim Brotherhood Absent From Letter Condemning Antisemitic Attacks
GlobalMB @ January 18, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Leaders of U.K. Muslim Brotherhood organizations were conspicuously absent from a letter denouncing antisemitic attacks and calling for continued Muslim vigilance against antisemitism. The letter read as follows”
In the name of God, most compassionate, most merciful,
Dear Fellow Muslims,
We are deeply saddened to hear about antisemitic assaults on British Jews, and a recent arson attack on a London synagogue. Although the perpetrators are yet unknown, we unreservedly… Continue reading
U.S. Department Of State Sponsors Visits Of German Muslims to U.S Muslim Brotherhood Leaders
GlobalMB @ January 18, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The U.S. Department of State has sponsored three Muslim professionals from Germany in a visit to the headquarters of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), a part of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood. According to an IIIT announcement :
A delegation of three Muslim professionals from Germany, who are visiting the US under the US Department of State International Visitor Program, visited IIIT on Wednesday, January 14, 2009. The… Continue reading
U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Leader To Offer Prayer At Obama Inauguration Prayer Service
GlobalMB @ January 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Associated Press is reporting that Ingrid Mattson, the first woman president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), will be offering the Muslim prayer at the Jan. 21 National Prayer Service capping the Obama inauguration. Mattson, an Islamic convert, became the first female President of ISNA in 2006 having previously served as vice-president. Under her tenure… Continue reading
U.S. Army War College Professor Says Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas Are Moderates
GlobalMB @ January 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Sherifa Zuhur, Research Professor of Islamic and Regional Studies at the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) at the U.S. Army War College, recently authored a study for SSI that labels Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood as moderates, asserting that Hamas has no interest in “global jihad.” According to the study:
HAMAS shares an acceptance of the scientific rational traditions of the West along with moderate Islamist groups like the Muslim… 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
Former CAIR Official Indicted On Charges Of Working For Iraqi Intelligence Under Saddam
GlobalMB @ January 14, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Muthanna Al-Hanooti, the founder and former head of the Michigan office of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), has been indicted on charges of working with former Iraqi intelligence officials to influence U.S. policy in return for the right to buy 2 million barrels of oil. According to a local media report:
Muthanna Al-Hanooti, 49, a former… Continue reading
Youssef Qaradawi Calls For The Death Of Jews; Predicts Collapse Of The U.S.
GlobalMB @ January 13, 2009 # No Comment Yet
In his Friday sermon aired on Al-Jazeera TV, global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi delivered his most incendiary remarks on Jews to date, calling “Oh Allah, count their numbers, and kill them, down to the very last one.” According to a MEMRI translation:
But Allah lies in wait for them, and He will not forsake this nation. He… 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
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Denies “Organizational Relationship” With Hamas
GlobalMB @ January 12, 2009 # No Comment Yet
An Internet news portal has reported on a dispute between Egypt’s official press and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood over the organizational relationship between the two organizations. According to the report, the Egyptian press is claiming that such a relationship exists:
Egypt’s official press has recently alleged an “organisational relationship” between the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB) opposition movement and Palestinian resistance group Hamas, currently facing the brunt of Israel’s war… Continue reading
Gaza Update: Continuing Reactions Of the Global Muslim Brotherhood
GlobalMB @ January 11, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Youssef Qaradawi, perhaps the most important leader of the global Muslim Brotherhood, gave an inflammatory sermon on Friday in which he he declared it was the duty of all Muslims to give donations and boycott “the goods of enemies.” According to a Gulf media report, Qaradawi said:
“I wonder what is the use of the arms which Arab regimes buy for billions of dollars and stockpile until they rust… Continue reading
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
Former U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Figure Makes Anti-American And Anti-Semitic Comments On Egyptian TV
GlobalMB @ January 8, 2009 # No Comment Yet
MEMRI TV is reporting on anti-Semitic and anti-American comments on Egyptian TV in late December by Dr. Solah Sultan (aka Sallah Sultan), a former figure in the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood. According to the MEMRI transcript, Dr. Sultan made the following remarks:
The arch-murderer who commanded the campaign against Jenin in 2003 went to America a few months… Continue reading
Georgetown Academic Joins Global Muslim Brotherhood In Accusations Of Israeli “Massacres”
GlobalMB @ January 8, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Writing in a London-based Arabic online newspaper, Georgetown University academic John Esposito joins the chorus of global Muslim Brotherhood leaders and organizations in espousing the theme of Israeli massacres in Gaza:
Reports have been circulating for sometime in the Israeli press that the Israeli military was planning for and looking for a pretext or provocation to strike… 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
