“Third Jihadist Front” Translation Available
GlobalMB @ February 26, 2009 # No Comment Yet
As promised in a previous post, a full translation is now available of the statement planning a “third Jihadist front” in Gaza issued from a recent conference in Istanbul. As noted in that post, the following individuals were signatories to the statement
- Daud Abdullah ( Deputy Secretary General Muslim Council of Britain)
- Sheikh Rachid al-Ghannouchi (leader in-exile of the Tunisian Islamist movement known as Nahada)
- Muhammad Sawalha (leader in
Senate Hearing To Feature Leaders Of Group Supporting U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Agenda
GlobalMB @ February 25, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A Senate hearing is scheduled for Thursday that features two leaders of the Leadership Group of the U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project, an organization whose report promotes the agenda of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood. The hearing, titled “Engaging With Muslim Communities Around The World” is hosted by Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and includes the following witnesses:
- Madeleine K. Albright Former Secretary of State
U.S. Senators Commend FBI Director On Decision To Sever FBI Contact With CAIR
GlobalMB @ February 24, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Three U.S. Senators have written a letter to Robert Mueller, the Director of the FBI, asking for clarification and offering support for the recently reported decision by the FBI to sever contacts with the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), an important part of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood. The letter, written by Senators Jon Kyl, Charles Schumer, and Tom Coburn states:
Dear Mr. Mueller,
Over the past couple of… Continue reading
U.K. Muslim Brotherhood Conference Features Anti-Israeli Jewish Speakers
GlobalMB @ February 24, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Muslim Association of Britain, a part of the U.K. Muslim Brotherhood, has announced that it was organizing a conference to have been held on Sunday which scheduled prominent Jewish/Israeli critics of Israel together with individuals associated with Hamas. According to the announcement, featured speakers at the conference included:
- Professor Norman Finkelstein
Dr. Finkelstein is probably best known for his book “The… Continue reading
Qaradawi Organization Attempts Somali Mediation; Opponents Skeptical
GlobalMB @ February 24, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Islam Online, the Islamic news portal associated with global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi, has reported that the new Somali President is supporting an initiative of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), headed by Qaradawi, to mediate with groups opposed to his rule. According to the report:
Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed threw his weight behind an initiative by the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) to… Continue reading
Egyptian Brotherhood Leader Condems Cairo Bombing
GlobalMB @ February 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The leader of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has issued a statement condeming yesterday’s bombing of a crowded market in Cairo that killed and wounded a number of foreign tourists. According to the website of the Egyptian Brotherhood:
MB Chairman, Mahdy Akef, issued a statement concerning Al-Husain’s bomb blast on Sunday 22nd Feb 2009, he said, ’ Muslim Brotherhood strongly condemns Al-Husain’s bomb attacks.’ Akef described the blast as… Continue reading
U.S.-Islamic World Forum Includes Global Muslim Brotherhood Leaders; U.S. President Admired
GlobalMB @ February 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Sixth Annual U.S.-Islamic World Forum which concluded last week included many leaders of the global Muslim Brotherhood as well as important current and former members of the U.S. Government. Sponsored by the Qatari foreign ministry and the Brookings Institution’s Saban Centre for Middle East Policy, the annual gathering is described on its website as:
The U.S.-Islamic World Forum is designed to bring together key leaders in the fields… Continue reading
New Book By Former British Former Spy Says Hamas/Hezbollah Not Enemies Of the West
GlobalMB @ February 22, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Former British intelligence agent Alastair Crooke has published a new book which one reviewer says is aimed at reassuring the West that Hamas and Hezbollah are not enemies of the West. According to a review of the book by journalist Seymour Hersh posted on the website of Crooke’s organization:
Crooke’s mission in this erudite and most readable book is to reassure America and the rest of the world… Continue reading
Norwegian Islamic Council Criticizes Qaradawi Statements On Jews And Hitler
GlobalMB @ February 22, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Islamic Council of Norway (ICN) issued the first and only known criticism by a group tied to the global Muslim Brotherhood of statements by global Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi in which he called Adolph Hitler a “divine punishment” for the Jews. According to a translated Norwegian media report:
The Islamic Council of Norway distanced itself from the head of the European Fatwa Council, Egyptian-born Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who said… Continue reading
Muslim Brotherhood Leaders Attend Conference Calling For “Third Jihadist Front” In Gaza
GlobalMB @ February 19, 2009 # No Comment Yet
At least four global Muslim Brotherhood leaders signed a statement resulting from a weekend meeting in Istanbul where religious scholars and clerics met with senior Hamas officials to plan a “third Jihadist front” centred on Gaza. According to a BBC report:
At a weekend meeting in Istanbul, 200 religious scholars and clerics met senior Hamas officials to plot a new jihad centred on Gaza. The BBC’s Bill Law was… Continue reading
U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Leader Seeks Virgina House Seat
GlobalMB @ February 19, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Local media is reporting that Esam Omeish, the President of the Muslim American Society (MAS), has joined the race for a vacant seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. According to the report:
Elections for vacant seats in the House of Delegates are always interesting, but the Democratic nomination fight in the 35th District looks like it’ll be… Continue reading
Former FBI Agent Says All U.S. Muslim Organizations Controlled By U.S. Muslim Brotherhood
GlobalMB @ February 18, 2009 # No Comment Yet
U.S. media is reporting that a former FBI agent with expertise in Islamic extremism and terrorism has said that all major U.S. organizations are controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood but that FBI officials are unwilling to act. According to the report:
A former FBI special agent told law enforcement and Homeland Security personnel that a network of Islamic organizations are working to incrementally implement Islamic law in the United… Continue reading
Bridges TV Had Ties To Both U.S. Muslim Brotherhood And U.S. Government
GlobalMB @ February 18, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Further details are available on connections between the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood, the U.S. government, and an Islamic cable TV station whose founder has been charged in the beheading of his wife. As reported yesterday by the New York Times:
A man who founded a Muslim-American television station to help fight Muslim stereotypes is to appear on Wednesday in a suburban Buffalo court on charges that he decapitated his wife… Continue reading
U.K. Muslim Brotherhood Coalition To Celebrate Gaza “Victory”
GlobalMB @ February 17, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Quds Press has reported on a U.K. Gaza “victory celebration” scheduled for this week that shows an interesting coalition of participants tied to the global Muslim Brotherhood. According to a Muslim World News translation of the report :
Palestine Forum Britain (PFB), headed by Dr. Hafiz al-Karmi [Mayfair, Finsbury Park mosques and more] will be celebrating tommorow ‘at the heart of London’ Gaza’s victory featuring writers… Continue reading
U.K. Muslim Brotherhood Will Participate In London G20 Demonstrations
GlobalMB @ February 17, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A U.K. far-left website has reported that the U.K Muslim Brotherhood will be part of demonstrations against the G20 meeting scheduled for London in April. According to the report:
The leaders of the world’s most powerful nations will meet in London in April. They come together against a backdrop of world slump, war and rising anger at the nightmare they have created. The point of the G20 is meant… Continue reading
ISNA Responds To Wife Beheading By U.S. Muslim Leader
GlobalMB @ February 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Vice-President of the Islamic Society of North America, a part of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood, has written an open letter to the leaders of U.S. Muslim communities in response to the charging of the Chairman of a prominent Islamic cable TV station with the beheading of his wife. The letter, titled “Responding to the killing of Aasiya Hassan”, opens as follows:
The Islamic Society of North America… Continue reading
Tony Blair Faith Foundation Includes Muslim Brotherhood
GlobalMB @ February 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A U.K. newspaper has reported that the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, whose advisory council includes prominent individuals tied to the global Muslim Brotherhood, has allocated £550,000 for interfaith work and may be funded in part from “benefactors” in the Middle East. According to the report:
The potent mix is already paying handsome dividends. Recently filed accounts for the Tony Blair Faith Foundation reveal that the charity, which aims to… Continue reading
Founder of Muslim TV Station Charged With Beheading Of Wife
GlobalMB @ February 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Global media is reporting that the Chairman of Bridges TV, once described as “the first English-language cable television channel aimed at U.S. and Canadian Muslims”, has been charged with the beheading of his wife. According to a local media report:
Orchard Park police are investigating a particularly gruesome killing, the beheading of a woman, after her… Continue reading
First British Muslim Lord Tied To Global Muslim Brotherhood
GlobalMB @ February 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Jerusalem Post has reported on some of the Islamist connections and anti-Semitic activities of Lord Nazir Ahmed, who became the United Kingdom’s first Muslim life peer in 1998. According to the report:
Previously, Ahmed used his influence to introduce the lord high chancellor to Sheikh Suhaib Hasan to discuss introducing Islamic divorce laws into the UK… Continue reading
IIIT Reports Continuing Visits Of Foreign Muslims Sponsored By U.S. State Department
GlobalMB @ February 12, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), a part of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood, has reported two more visits to its headquarters by foreign Islamic leaders sponsored by the US Department of State International Visitor Program. According to the first report:
A delegation of seven Saudi and Egyptian scholars visited IIIT on Friday, January 16, 2009. The visit was part of the State Department International Visitor Program intended to… Continue reading
U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Groups Meet With New York Mayor Over Gaza Comments
GlobalMB @ February 12, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Elements of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood have reported meeting with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to express their concerns about the mayor’s comments on the Gaza crisis that were supportive of Israel. According to an announcement by the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC):
Today, the Muslim Public Affairs Council – New York City (MPAC-NYC), together with other community groups, met with Mayor Michael Bloomberg to express their concerns… Continue reading
Bosnian Grand Mufti Says Obama Election Was “Gift From God”
GlobalMB @ February 10, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Grand Mufti of Bosnia, a figure close to the global Muslim Brotherhood, has said that the election of Barack Obama was “a gift from God.” According to a Reuters report:
The Grand Mufti of Bosnia thinks the election of Barack Obama as American president is a gift from God that could help foster greater international tolerance of Muslims. “I believe that Obama is a divine sign to… Continue reading
Muslim Brotherhood Spokesman Says Brotherhood Orchestrated World Protests Against Israel
GlobalMB @ February 10, 2009 # No Comment Yet
In two different media reports, a self-describe spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood has claimed that the Muslim Brotherhood was part of a coalition with Jewish and Christian groups that orchestrated the mass demonstrations in Europe and the U.S. against Israeli actions in Gaza. Kemal Al-Halbawy (aka Kemal Halbawi, Kemal Helbawy) was reported to have made the claim in a report carried by Al-Aribya:
In a seemingly counterintuitive example of… Continue reading
Pakistani Ally Of Global Muslim Brotherhood Invited To China By Communist Party
GlobalMB @ February 9, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A Pakistani news source has reported that a delegation of Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) Pakistan will be visiting China at the invitation of the Chinese Communist Party. According to a MEMRI translation :
According to a report in the Urdu-language newspaper Roznama Mashriq, a high-level delegation of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan has left for China on a week-long visit. The visit came at the invitation of the ruling Communist Party of China. Senior… Continue reading
Qaradawi Organization Congratulates New Somali President
GlobalMB @ February 9, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A Somali news portal has reported that the International Union of Muslim Scholars, headed by global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi, has issued a statement calling on the Somali people to support its new, Western-backed President. According to the report:
The International Union of Muslim Scholars, headed by Shaykh Dr Yusuf al-Qaradawi, has called on the… Continue reading
ISNA President Says Cites Relationship With U.S. Government As Defense Against Critics
GlobalMB @ February 8, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Ingrid Mattson, the President of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) has cited “collaborative work with the Bush Administration” as refutation of charges that ISNA had links to Hamas as alleged by U.S prosecutors who named the group as one of the unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land terrorism financing case. According a report carried on the ISNA website:
Mattson said the Islamic Society is fighting both the… Continue reading
Global Muslim Brotherhood Thanks Turkish Prime Minister Over Gaza Remarks
GlobalMB @ February 8, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Elements of the global Muslim Brotherhood have been reported to have expressed gratitude over Turkish Prime MInister Erdogan’s remarks strongly criticizing Israeli actions in Gaza that were made at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. A Turkish news portal reported that members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood were among a delegation of Egyptian parliamentarians who visited the Turkish Ambassador in Cairo to express their thanks. According to… Continue reading
CAIR Reports Meetings With D.C. Officials
GlobalMB @ February 5, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Despite recent reports that the FBI has cut off contact with the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), a part of the U.S. Muslin Brotherhood, the organization is reporting that it recently held over 80 meetings with “elected officials and their staffers on Capitol Hill.” According to the CAIR announcement :
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today announced that its advocates recently completed more than 80 meetings with… Continue reading
Islam Online Endorses Holocaust Denial
GlobalMB @ February 5, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Islam Online, the Islamic news portal associated with global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi, has published an article which legitimatize Holocaust denial stating that the figure of six million victims “has been questioned by many European historians and intellectuals.” According to the report:
Pope Benedict XVI bowed on Wednesday, February 4, to Jewish criticism, asserting that bishop Richard Williamson must “unequivocally and publicly” recant his denial of the Holocaust… Continue reading
Candian Muslim Brotherhood Wants Return of Guantanamo Detainee
GlobalMB @ February 4, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Canadian media is reporting that group representing the Canadian Muslim Brotherhood have signed a letter seeking the return of Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadrsought. According to one report:
Advocates seeking the return of Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadrsought to pressure the Conservative government today with the release of a letter signed by 185 groups and individuals, representing a range of Canadian community leaders, academics, human rights advocates and civil liberties organizations… Continue reading