Muslim American Society Proclaims Gaza Solidarity Day; Partners Again With International ANSWER
GlobalMB @ May 31, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Muslim American Society (MAS), along with the ANSWER Coalition, has announced a “Gaza Solidarity Day” to take place on June 6. According to the announcement :
MAS Freedom (MASF), as the civic and human rights advocacy entity of the Muslim American Society (MAS) and America’s largest grassroots organization, the ANSWER Coalition, and coalition partners announcing ‘Gaza Solidarity Day’, Saturday, June 6, 2009 in recognition of the 42nd Anniversary… Continue reading
U.S. Islamic Convert Says Islamists Address “Real Grievances”
GlobalMB @ May 31, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Dr. Robert D. Crane, an American convert to Islam with many ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, has attempted to distinguish between “Jihadists”, a term he supports, and “Islamists” on the basis that Islamists “address real grievances” as opposed to the Jihadists who exploit such grievances. According to a new article by Dr. Crane:
Muslims are rightfully sensitive about the… Continue reading
Queen Of Norway Visits Mosque Tied To Jamaat-e-Islami
GlobalMB @ May 28, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Norwegian media is reporting that the Queen of Norway, in the first royal visit to a Muslim community, has visited a local mosque tied to the Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) in Pakistan. According to a translated newspaper report:
The Islamic Cultural Center mosque has never hidden where they get their ideological inspiration: from Jamaat-e-Islami in Pakistan, an organization considered to be an extreme group on the extremist side of the religious… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Holy Land Foundation Founders Receive Heavy Sentences
GlobalMB @ May 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
U.S. media is reporting that two founders of the Holy Land Foundation (HLF) have received heavy sentences in connection with their convictions for the financing of Hamas. According to one report:
U.S. District Judge Jorge Solis on Wednesday morning handed down sentences that will likely mean two founders of the Holy Land Foundation will spend the rest of their lives behind bars for financing the terrorist group Hamas. Shukri… Continue reading
Obama’s Muslim Faith Advisor Speaks At Annual ICNA/MAS Conference
GlobalMB @ May 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Local media are reporting that Dalia Mogahed, one of President Obama’s “faith advisors”, was a featured speaker at this year’s national convention of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) and Muslim American Society (MAS). According to one report:
Dalia Mogahed spoke in Hartford this weekend, during the 34th Islamic Circle of North America annual convention. Dr. Dalia… Continue reading
Bosnian Grand Mufti Barred From Serbia
GlobalMB @ May 26, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Balkan media are reporting that Serbia has declared Bosnian Grand Mufti Mustafa Ceric “persona non grata” in Serbia over his claim that Muslim rights are being violated in Serbia. According to one report:
Serbian Ministry of Religion evaluated that the “controversial” Reis-ul-Ulema of the Islamic Community in Bosnia-Herzegovina Mustafa Ceric, during his visit to the Islamic community in… Continue reading
Father Of U.K. Muslim Brotherhood Leader Elected As Head Of Iraqi Muslim Brotherhood
GlobalMB @ May 26, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Iraqi media is reporting that Osama al-Tikriti has been elected as the new secretary general of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP). According to one report:
The new secretary general of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP), Osama al-Tikriti, on Monday said that the party’s agenda and program will remain unchanged after his election for the position. “I will be… Continue reading
U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Condemns New York Synagogue Plot; Condemnations Follow Standard Brotherhood Strategies
GlobalMB @ May 25, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Several organizations of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood have issued statements condemning a plot by U.S. Muslim converts to blow up two synagogues in New York while at the same time continuing to follow the same rhetorical strategies toward terrorism usually employed by the global Muslim Brotherhood. For example, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued the following statement:
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today applauded efforts by the… Continue reading
Second Istanbul Conference On Palestine To Be Held On Friday
GlobalMB @ May 21, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Various Islamic media are reporting that a two-day conference is planned for tomorrow in Istanbul titled the “World People’s Congress In Support of Palestine.” According to one report, the conference is supported by 13 Arab and Islamic foundations as well as a large number of scientists, opinion makers, and prominent public figures in the Islamic Arab and Muslim worlds. The report identifies the aim of the conference as the… Continue reading
Muslim American Society Subject Of Egyptian Investigation Into Muslim Brotherhood Money Laundering
GlobalMB @ May 20, 2009 # No Comment Yet
An Egyptian newspaper is reporting that that members of the “Foreign Relations Committee” of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood have been charged with with various offenses including money laundering. Names of Muslim Brotherhood leaders and Islamic organizations around the world were identified by an Egyptian court report including the MAS in the United States. According to a Muslim World News translation of the newspaper report:
This is a… Continue reading
Bosnian Grand Mufti Compares Iranian And French Revolutions
GlobalMB @ May 18, 2009 # No Comment Yet
In comments made to the Eurasian Islamic Council, Bosnian Grand Mufti Mustafa Ceric compared the Iranian Revolution to the French Revolution and appeared to suggested that Islam was destined to spread across the world. According to a report carried on a Turkish news portal:
On the last day of the Eurasian Islamic Council, Bosnian cleric Mustafa Ceric said… Continue reading
Cleric Deported From U.S. And Banned From U.K. Annouces Plans For Islamic Union of Companies
GlobalMB @ May 18, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Wagdi Ghoneim, described as a “prominent scholar”, has announced plans for a union of Islamic companies which appears to be at least partly designed to generate revenue for causes supported by the global Muslim Brotherhood including Hamas. The plan was described in a report carried on Islam Online:
Eyeing support for Islamic economies, a group of Muslim scholars are planning a union for Islamic companies to help boost transactions… Continue reading
Muslim Brotherhood In Kuwait Dealt Heavy Blow In Parliamentary Elections
GlobalMB @ May 18, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Global media is reporting that the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait was reduced to a single seat in the Kuwaiti parliament as a result of recent elections. According to on report:
Sunni Islamists lost ground in Kuwait’s general election but women made history by bagging four seats, their first ever in the 50-member parliament, according to results released on Sunday. Official results from the five electoral districts showed that the… Continue reading
RECOMMENDED READING: Muslim Brotherhood Falters as Egypt Outflanks Islamists
GlobalMB @ May 18, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Wall Street Journal has done a featured story titled “Muslim Brotherhood Falters as Egypt Outflanks Islamists” which reports that the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has suffered a reversal of fortune of late. According to the introduction:
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is on the defensive, its struggles reverberating throughout Islamist movements that the secretive organization has spawned world-wide. Just recently, the Brothers’ political rise seemed unstoppable. Candidates linked with the group… Continue reading
Hamas Political Leader Had Origins In Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood
GlobalMB @ May 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A new book on Hamas political leader Kahled Mishal (aka Meshal) details Mishal’s origins in the Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood. According to a review of the book:
[The author] takes a hundred pages to set the background first, tracing Mishal’s life from his birth on the West Bank in 1956 to his family’s flight after the Six Day War… Continue reading
RECOMMENDED READING: ” Al Jazeera and Qatar: The Muslim Brothers’ Dark Empire?”
GlobalMB @ May 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs has issued a report titled “Al Jazeera and Qatar: The Muslim Brothers’ Dark Empire?” discussing the Al Jazeera satellite channel and its relationship to the Muslim Brotherhood. According to the report synopsis:
- There has been a significant presence of the Muslim Brothers (also known as the Muslim Brotherhood) in Qatar since the second half of the twentieth century. The first wave came from
European Muslim Brotherhood Leaders Criticize U.K. Fatwa Hotline
GlobalMB @ May 13, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Al-Arabiya is reporting that prominent members of the European Muslim Brotherhood are criticizing a new telephone “fatwa line” designed to bring British Muslims into contact with scholars from Egypt’s al-Azhar University. According to the report, Nuh al Qadri from the European Council for Fatwa and Research and Kamal Helbawy, a Muslim Brotherhood leader living in the U.K expressed concerns about the relevance of religious rulings issued by scholars living… Continue reading
Islam Online Announces The Year of EU Muslim Family Campaign
GlobalMB @ May 13, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A website hosted by Islam Online (IOL), the Islamic news portal associated with global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi, has announced a campaign called “2009: Year of the Muslim Family in Europe.” The announcement describes the launch of the campaign and its sponsorship by the Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe (FIOE) and other organizations close to the global Muslim Brotherhood:
We are a large coalition of Islamic institutions inside… Continue reading
Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood Leadership Resigns; Likely Caretaker Is Director Of IIIT
GlobalMB @ May 12, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Middle Eastern media are reporting on the resignation of the executive office at the Islamic Action Front (IAF), as the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood. The resignation is said to be the result of criticism of the IAF Secretary-General by more moderate factions in the movement. According to a report in the Jordan Times:
Members of the executive office at the Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political wing… Continue reading
SUPPORT NOTICE: Recommended Posts Out Of Service
GlobalMB @ May 12, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The company that was providing the service behind the GMBDR “Recommended Posts” has gone out of business. As a result, for the time being all posts will show nothing in that box. We are working on a solution and will issue a notice when a decision has been made.
We apologize for the inconvenience.… Continue reading
Yemeni Muslim Brotherhood Leader Says Violence Is Part Of Foreign Plan To Dvidie Country
GlobalMB @ May 12, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Global media are reporting that Sheikh Abdul-Majeed al-Zendani has claimed that violence in the south of Yemen is part of a foreign plot to divide the country. According to one report:
An influential Islamist leader on Saturday claimed there were “foreign plans” aimed at dividing Yemen and called for a peace dialogue amid a wave of violence… Continue reading
European Jewish Organizations Boycott EU Meeting Over Inclusion Of European Muslim Brotherhood
GlobalMB @ May 11, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Various media sources are reporting the two major European Jewish organizations boycotted a meeting of EU officials and European religious leaders over the inclusion of leaders of the European Muslim Brotherhood. The meeting was co-hosted by the presidents of the European Commission and the European Parliament. According to one report:
…the conference of European Rabbis (CER) declined the invitation to attend the interfaith gathering with the support of the… Continue reading
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Says Obama Speech Is Part Of Plan To Serve “Zionist Interests”
GlobalMB @ May 10, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A Saudi English-language newspaper is reporting that the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has called President Obama’s planned speech to the Muslim world part of a plan to serve American and “Zionist” interests. According to the report:
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood dismissed on Saturday U.S. President Barack Obama’s plan to deliver a speech to the Muslim world from Egypt as part of a plan to keep Arab and Muslim states divided… Continue reading
CAIR Co-Founder Retires From Board
GlobalMB @ May 10, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has announced that co-founder Omar Ahmad is retiring from the CAIR board after serving for 15 years. According to the announcement :
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced today that board member and co-founder Omar Ahmad is retiring from CAIR’s board of directors after 15 years of service to the American Muslim community. “We thank… Continue reading
Pakistani Terrorist Group Thanks Youssef Qaradawi For Declaring Jihad In Kashmir
GlobalMB @ May 7, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A Kashmiri nationalist website reports that the terrorist group known as Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) has thanked global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi for declaring that Kashmiris were fighting a “Jihad” against the Indian Army. According to the report:
Lashkar-e-Toiba Wednesday thanked the international Islamic clerics for their support to Kashmir’s freedom movement. A spokesman of the LeT Dr Abdullah Gaznavi called Rising Kashmir office and said LeT welcomes the statement… Continue reading
Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood Calls on Government To Withdraw From U.N. Treaty On Rights Of Women
GlobalMB @ May 7, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A Jordanian newspaper has reported that the JOrdanian Muslim Brotherhood has called on the government to withdraw from a U.N. treaty governing the rights of women. According to the report:
The Islamist movement on Sunday called on the government to withdraw from the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) on grounds that the treaty will lead to a myriad of social… Continue reading
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Leader Provides Details On “International Organization”
GlobalMB @ May 6, 2009 # No Comment Yet
In a recent interview with London Al-Quds al-Arabi Online, Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohammed Mahdi Akef provided some new details about the composition of it’s so-called “International Organization.” In the interview, Mr. Akef discusses the International Shura Council as well as the International Guidance Bureau:
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Murshid-General (Guide), Muhammad Mahdi Akif, said that it is likely that his successor would be a non-Egyptian, but that depends… Continue reading
U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Meets With U.S. National Security Officials At Delaware Conference; U.S. Brotherhood Shifting To Coalitions
GlobalMB @ May 6, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) has reported on a recent conference that brought together leaders of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood with representatives from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). According to the announcement :
The University of Delaware Center for Islamic Studies organized a conference on “The American Muslim Community and the US Government: the Need for Constructive Engagement”, on… Continue reading
Italian Muslim Brotherhood Leader Gives Prayers At Earthquake Funerals
GlobalMB @ May 5, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Italian media has reported that Mohammad Nur Dachan, a leader of the Italian Muslim Brotherhood, gave an Islamic blessing during the funerals of the recent Italian earthquake. According to a report posted on an Italian news portal:
A brief final moment at the end of the funerals of the victims of the earthquake in L’Aquila was dedicated to… Continue reading
Controversial Muslim Brotherhood Figure On List Of Persons Banned From The U.K.
GlobalMB @ May 5, 2009 # No Comment Yet
U.K. media is reporting that Wadgy Abd El Hamied Mohamed Ghoneim is one of sixteen individuals on a Home office list of people banned from the U.K. According to one report, Mr. Ghoneim is described on this list as follows:
A prolific speaker and writer. Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or… Continue reading
