GlobalMB @ July 30, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A left-wing news agency has reported that the director of Al-Jazeera, Wadah Khanfar, is in Washington this week for the first time, as part of a U.S. tour where he pans to meet with Obama administration officials. According to the report:
The director of the Arab satellite television network al-Jazeera, Wadah Khanfar, is in Washington this week for… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The German Press Agency has reported that the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood has called Israeli actions in Gaza “the ugliest crime in history.” According to the report:
Some Arab countries are actively complicit in blocking rebuilding efforts in the Gaza Strip, alleged Jordan’s largest political party on Thursday. ‘There are indications that some Arab governments are implementing with precision the rules of blockade on the people of the Gaza Strip,’… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A Palestinian journalist frequently carried on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood website has written another in a series of articles comparing Israel to Nazi Germany. In this piece, titled “Israel and Nazi Germany, Tweedldee and Tweedldum”, Khalid Amayreh writes:
…we can’t really ignore the absolute similarity between the Zionist ethnic conquest of Palestine and the implanting therein of ‘Jewish settlers’ at the expense of the native Palestinian Muslims and Christians… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 28, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A group known as United Voices has announced that it holding a three day “Civics and Political Summer School for Young Leaders” in early August. According to the announcement:
2009 Capitol Leadership Academy Tampa-A 3-Day Civics and Political Summer School for Young Leaders
Starting August 03, 2009 08:30 AM Ending August 05, 2009 01:30 PM
Capitol Leadership Academy is a three-day intensive summer program to introduce young minorities to… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The American Muslim has announced that three U.S. organizations tied to the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood have published a directory listing “sixty-five top experts on Islam and Muslim affairs”:
Three American Muslim organizations have published a directory listing sixty-five top experts on Islam and Muslim affairs for the use of government, media, policymakers and academia. The directory is the product of a collaboration of two Washington DC area think tanks, the… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Egyptian weekly Al Ahram has published an analysis of the economic history of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. The introduction to the piece provides the background for the analysis:
The recent confrontation between the regime and the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood (MB) once again sees the spotlight focussed on the financial practices of the largest and most powerful Islamic group in Egypt. In April 2008 40 MB leaders were convicted by… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 26, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Jewish magazine Forward has reported on the recent controversy concerning anti-Semitic remarks made by a speaker at the recent annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America. According to the report:
Efforts to bring together Jewish and Muslim communities hit another snag when an imam at a major Muslim conference gave an incendiary speech in which he said Jews were to blame for the Holocaust. The speech… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 26, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has issued a fatwa (religious ruling) titled “on the 42nd Anniversary of the Occupation of Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa Mosque. The fatwa declares that “liberation of all the Palestinian occupied territories” is an Islamic obligation as well as spelling out various actions considered “traitorous to Allah”:
The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS), which includes in its membership many Muslim scholars and many… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The website of global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi has posted a report on the annual meeting of the European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR) that was held in Istanbul during the first week of July. According to the report, notable topics that were discussed included:
GlobalMB @ July 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Local media is reporting on a House Ethics Committee review into U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison’s trip to Mecca that was paid for by the Muslim American Society. According to a report in the Star Tribune:
Days after his return from an unannounced pilgrimage to the Islamic holy site of Mecca, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison talked about it as… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 22, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Palestinian media is reporting that the Viva Palestina aid convoy has arrived in Gaza where British parliamentarian George Galloway met with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyah. According to one report:
Around 200 American, the crew of Viva Palestina aid convey, meet on Thursday the deposed Palestinian Prime Minsiter Ismal’el Haniyah, of Hamas. Haniyah welcomed the crew in Gaza… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 22, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm has reported that Wagdi Ghoneim (aka Wagdy Mohamed Ghoneim, Wagdi Ghuniem) has been added to a list of 90 leaders of the “International Organization of the Muslim Brotherhood”. Mr. Ghoneim is an Egyptian cleric known for his anti-Semitic speeches. In January 2005, Mr. Ghoneim agreed to be voluntarily deported from the U.S. based… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 21, 2009 # No Comment Yet
U.S. media is widely reporting on the arrest of the former CEO of a software company with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. According to a report by the Investigative Project (IP):
The former chief operating officer of a Massachusetts software design company was arrested Wednesday on a two-year-old indictment accusing him of failing to disclose a $10 million investment in his company from a suspected terror financier. Buford George… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 21, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A London-based Saudi daily newspaper has reported that Saudi cleric has denied Egyptian government accusations that he is part of the international organization of the Muslim Brotherhood. According to the report:
Awad al-Qarni has asserted to Asharq Al-Awsat that he was surprised by media reports citing Egyptian authorities’ accusations that a number of well-known Arab personalities are leading the… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 20, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Israeli media has reported that Youssef Qaradawi has provided $21 million to a Hamas charity intended for support of infrastructure in Jerusalem. According to a report in the daily newspaper Haaretz:
Qatar-based Sheikh Yousuf Qaradawi has allocated $21 million to a charity funded by Hamas to allow the Palestinian group to buy land and set up the organization’s infrastructure in Jerusalem, Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin said on Sunday… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 20, 2009 # No Comment Yet
U.S. media is widely reporting that a U.S. federal appeals court has revered a lower court decision upholding the right of the U.S. government prevent Tariq Ramadan from entering the U.S. According to one report:
A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday reversed a lower court ruling that had upheld the U.S. government’s right to bar Swiss Muslim… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 19, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe (FIOE) has carried a statement by Youssef Qaradawi indicating that the organization has commissioned him to do a study on Islamic doctrine as it applies to the Muslim Minorities of Europe. According to the statement:
The General Secretariat of the European Assembly requested that I undergo a study on Nation and Citizenship, and the perspective of Shari’ah on the issue, in the… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 19, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Russian news agency Interfax is reporting that a Kuwaiti organization known as “Moderate Islam” will be opening a branch in Russia. According to the report:
Cherkessk, July 1, Interfax – The Kuwaiti organization, Moderate Islam, is to open a branch in Russia to explain the canons of true, traditional Islam, Ismail Berdiyev, chairman of the Coordinating Center for the North Caucasus Muslims, told the press. “The Kuwaiti Religion… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Scottish Islamic Foundation (SIF) has called for Scottish cultural and business events to be organised in Muslim countries next year. According to the report:
A call has been made for Scottish cultural and business events to be organised in Muslim countries next year. It’s come from the Scottish-Islamic Foundation in the publication of their first annual report. The SIF want to take their Scottish events this year into… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) has reported a visit by the Spanish Special Envoy for Muslim Communities and Organizations. According to the report:
On Wednesday, July 8, 2009, IIIT welcomed Ambassador José María Ferré, Special Envoy for Muslim Communities and Organizations, the Government of Spain. Ambassdor Ferré is visiting the United States for meetings with leaders of the American Muslim community and others who are concerned with… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood website is reporting that a delegation from an anti-Gaza blockade campaign was expected to meet with high-ranking EU official Javier Solana,. According to the report:
A high-level delegation of the European campaign for ending the siege is expected to meet on Wednesday with Javier Solana, the European Union (EU) high representative for the common foreign and security policy, to explore ways of lifting the Israeli… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet
An Egyptian blogger has published an English translation of the statement issued at the conclusion of the annual meeting of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) in Istanbul. The statement supports Iran’s “right to nuclear energy for peaceful purposes”:
At the conclusion of their 5th annual meeting in Istanbul, around 50 Islamic Scholars, with Dr. Youssef al-Qaradawi at their head, called on Europe and the West to take… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 14, 2009 # No Comment Yet
MEMRI has reported on anti-Semitic comments made by a Hamas MP and cleric. According to the report:
Following are excerpts from an address by Hamas MP and cleric Yunis Al-Astal, which aired on Al-Aqsa TV on May 15, 2009
Yunis Al-Astal: It is well known that the Jews are bent on spreading abomination, depravity, and all types of corruption on the face of the Earth. Given that the diseases… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 14, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) has announced that it held a forum on the promotion of Islam and Shariah law sponsored by a Saudi Arabian juice company. According to the announcement:
The World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), an Islamic educational organization which provides a platform for Muslim youth to gather in an Islamic environment, recently held its second forum in Mecca to emphasize the vital role of… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 13, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Global media widely reported that the English language channel Al Jazeera was launched on July 2 in the Washington D.C. area representing the station’s first entry into a major U.S. commercial market. According to a report carried on a Lebanese Mideast news portal:
The English-language cousin of the Qatar based news channel Al Jazeera launched yesterday in the Washington D.C. area after signing its first major U.S. cable deal… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 12, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Farah Pandith, the newly appointed U.S. Representative to Muslim Communities, has given an interview which suggests she will likely continue the State Department policy of assisting U.S. Muslim Brotherhood leaders in networking with their European counterparts. Here, Ms. Pandith explains her activities over the last 18 months:
I’m glad you brought that up because it’s one of… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 9, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Muslim Public Affairs Council has joined other U.S. Muslim Brotherhood organizations in calling for new rules on charitable giving. According to one report:
While President Barack Obama conceded in his speech in Cairo last month that U.S. rules on charitable giving “have made it harder for Muslims to fulfill their religious obligation,” civil rights advocates are pressing the president to turn his words into action. The Muslim Public… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 9, 2009 # No Comment Yet
On July 8, The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood issued a statement concerning the U.S. withdrawal of troops from Iraq. The statement in its entirety:
The Muslim Brotherhood, like other citizens of the Arab and Islamic nation witness scenes of the U.S. occupation forces pulling out of Iraqi cities… There is no doubt that these scenes have raised a lot of concerns and grief over what happened to Iraq during the… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 8, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Islam Online is reporting that the European Muslim Brotherhood is supporting a proposal to create a “World Hijab (headscarf) Day” in connection with the recent murder in Germany of an Egyptian woman in a German courtroom. According to the report:
The gruesome murder of a hijab-clad Egyptian woman by a German racist last week is continuing to send shockwaves among Muslims, while inspiring many to make a stand. A… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ July 8, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) has issued a summary of its activities during last weekend’s national convention of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). According to the report:
The International Institute of Islamic Thought, in its continued efforts to reach out to community leaders and scholars, added new features to its activities during this year’s ISNA annual convention at the Convention Center in Washington DC on… Continue reading