BREAKING NEWS: Sanctions Lifted Against Youssef Nada
GlobalMB @ September 30, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Swiss News Agency is reporting that Switzerland has removed travel and bank account restrictions on Youssef Nada. According to the report:
Switzerland has lifted travel restrictions on an Egyptian-Italian banker once suspected by the United States of having links to al-Qaeda. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) says it has also unblocked bank accounts belonging to Youssef Nada. Nada was banned from… Continue reading
RECOMMENDED READING: “Politics, Terrorism, and the Sunni Divide”
GlobalMB @ September 30, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Samuel Helfont, a Princeton University graduate student and U.S. military intelligence officer, has written an analysis of what he describes as the “Sunni divide” between Wahhabism and the Muslim Brotherhood which he views as the impost important conflict within the Muslim world. The article opens with an explanation of the difference between these two movements:
Wahhabism stems from the theological teachings of Muhammad ibn abd al-Wahhab, the eighteenth century… Continue reading
Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood Meets With Islamist Group To Oppose U.S. Plans For Mideast Peace
GlobalMB @ September 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Muslim World News (MWN) has reported on an Arabic-language news report detailing a private meeting said to have taken place in Beirut where Islamist leaders, including from the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood, met to oppose U.S. plans to solve the Mideast conflict. According to the MWN report:
On Monday (31/8/2009), the liberal Lebanese online media outlet Now Lebanon reported on a recent private meeting which took place in Beirut during… Continue reading
Israel Relaunches Campaign To Block Union Of Good
GlobalMB @ September 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Israeli media is reporting that the Israel has recently relaunched its campaign to block the global Hamas fund-raising network known as the Union of Good (aka Charity Coalition). According to a report in the Haaretz newspaper
The defense establishment recently relaunched its campaign with its Western partners to block Hamas’ fund-raising network, Haaretz has learned. The government, meanwhile, is considering launching an awareness campaign to highlight the link between… Continue reading
Global Muslim Brotherhood Reporting That Jews Attacked Al-Aqsa Mosque
GlobalMB @ September 28, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The global Muslim Brotherhood is reacting to clashes at the Al-Aqsa mosque by repeating claims that the mosque was being threatened by “Jewish extremists.” Western media had generally reported that Western tourists had entered the mosque compound following an earlier group of “religious Jews” that had assembled outside the gates. According to one report by AFP:
Jerusalem’s Old City remained calm on Monday after several people were wounded… Continue reading
U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Participates In U.S. Government Iftar Events
GlobalMB @ September 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Muslim Pubilc Affairs Council (MPAC) is reporting on its participation in various U.S. government iftar events. According to one MPAC report, the organization jointly hosted its first joint iftar with the Islamic Society of North America that was attended by various government agencies and interfaith organizations. According to the report:
More than 70 guests from various governmental agencies and interfaith organizations attended the first joint iftar hosted by… Continue reading
ISNA Uses Saudi Money For Fellowship Program
GlobalMB @ September 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) has reported that it has used money from the Kingdom Foundation headed by Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal to establish a fellowship program for Muslim graduate students. According to the report:
Nonprofits, especially Muslim nonprofits, face a scarcity of trained personnel. In response to this situation, ISNA has used money it received through a Kingdom Foundation grant to establish a fellowship program for… Continue reading
Qaradawi Repeats Charges That Israel Is Trying To Destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque; Calls For “Different Types Of JIhad”
GlobalMB @ September 24, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Sheikh Youssef Qaradawi has given a sermon in which he repeats the charge that Israel is attempting to destroy the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Qaradawi also repeats the inaccurate description of the 1969 arson attack on the mosque as being carried out by a “Jew from Australia.” According to the sermon:
The 40th anniversary of burning the Al-Aqsa Mosque has been observed recently. When a Jew came from Australia to… Continue reading
Muslim World League Journal Features Anti-Semitic Cover Story
GlobalMB @ September 24, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Anti-Defamation League has reported on an anti-semtic cover story feature in a recent issue of the journal of the Muslim World League (MWL). According to the report:
The Muslim World League (MWL), which has been trying to position itself as the leading entity representing Muslims in international interfaith efforts, is tainted by the anti-Semitic themes it promotes through its English-language Journal. The May 2009 issue of The Muslim… Continue reading
British Government Funds Go To Muslim Brotherhood Organization
GlobalMB @ September 24, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Center for Social Cohesion, a U.K non-profit group, has reported that the Muslim Welfare House has received close to 50,000 British pounds ($80,000) in government funds intended to prevent radicalization. According to the report:
The Tax Payer’s Alliance (TPA) has released figures today on every local authority that has received Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) funding and what organisations have benefited from it. The PVE fund has so far… Continue reading
Keith Ellison Speaks At CAIR Fundraising Banquet
GlobalMB @ September 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Local media is reporting that U.S. Representative Keith Ellison, the first Muslim to be elected to the U.S. Congress, spoke last week at a fund-raising banquet for the Arizona chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). According to a report in the Arizona Republic:
The only Muslim in Congress defied criticism from Arizona’s congressional delegation and… Continue reading
FIOE Identifies Israeli Conspiracy To Destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque
GlobalMB @ September 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The President of the Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe (FIOE) has written a letter on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of a fire in the Jerusalem Al-Aqsa Mosque calling on “all Imams, Spiritual Guiders and those in positions of responsibility, to allocate the first Friday in Ramadan to focus on the history and events related to Al-Aqsa and highlight the ongoing conspiracy to destroy it.” The letter… Continue reading
RECOMMENDED READING: Sex, flies and videotape: the secret lives of Harun Yahya
GlobalMB @ September 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
New Humanist magazine has published a new expose on Adan Oktar, a Turkish “creationist” writing under his pen name Harun Yahya and best known for his Islamic theories on evolution. The New Humanist piece describes Mr. Oktar as follows
Operating from Istanbul, Yahya is the founder of the Science Research Foundation, an impressive publishing empire that boasts more… Continue reading
Muslim Brotherhood Anti-Gaza Blockade Group Initiates EU Legal Action
GlobalMB @ September 22, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) has announced that a British MP and the European Campaign to End the Siege of Gaza have launched a legal action directed at the EU in regard to the Israeli blockade of Gaza. According to the announcement:
Clare Short MP and the European Campaign to End the Siege of Gaza have launched a legal action to require the European Union to uphold the… Continue reading
Qaradawi Moderation Center Established
GlobalMB @ September 22, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Gulf media is reporting on the newly established Al-Qaradawi Centre for Islamic Moderation and Renewal. According to a report in the Qatari Gulf Times:
The newly-established Al-Qaradawi Centre for Islamic Moderation and Renewal will conduct research on moderate thinking, spread the ideas surrounding it and fight extremist streams of thought, said the centre’s director Dr Hasan Khalifa. The centre, established by HH Sheikha Mozah Nasser al-Misnad, chairperson of Qatar… Continue reading
IIIT Holds Discussion On Islamic Studies in American Universities.
GlobalMB @ September 14, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) has reported that it has held a discussion on “the status and future of Islamic Studies in American Universities.” According to the announcement:
Over twenty scholars from different disciplines ranging from religious studies to history to law, science and literature participated in the two weeks event that started on July 27 and ended on August 7th, 2009….The program included a session dedicated… Continue reading
Minnesota State Officials To See If State Money Used For Mosques On School Campuses
GlobalMB @ September 13, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Local media is reporting on whether public money has been improperly used to pay for Islamic mosques on school campuses operated by a controversial Islamic school in Minnesota. According to a report in the Star Tribune:
Chas Anderson, deputy commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Education, said officials will study Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy’s (TiZA) use of state “lease aid” grants, which were created more than a decade ago… Continue reading
Document Says Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Considering Closer Ties To Russia
GlobalMB @ September 10, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A blog called “Estonian Life” has posted a report on a document said to be authored by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood discussing the possibilities of ties with Russian in order to combat the U.S. and Israel. The following is the report reprinted in full from Eesti Elu (Estonian Life):
The Muslim Brotherhood, which dispatched fighters to defeat Soviet forces in Afghanistan and more recently has been accused of supporting… Continue reading
Jamal Barzinji Condems Attack On Saudi Prince
GlobalMB @ September 9, 2009 # No Comment Yet
In a rare public statement to the media, Dr. Jamal Barzinji condemned last week’s attack on a member of the Saudi royal family responsible for Saudi Arabia anti-terrorism program. According to a report in the Washington Times:
Jamal Barzinji, a Muslim scholar living in the Washington area, condemned the attack on the Saudi prince and said there is no place in Islam for terrorism. “It is against Islam at… Continue reading
Congressman Andre Carson To Be Featured Speaker At MPAC’s 9th Annual Convention
GlobalMB @ September 8, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Muslim Public Affairs Council has annouced that Congressman Andre Carson (D-IN) will be a featured speaker at its 9th annual convention in December. According to the announcement:
The Muslim Public Affairs Council announced today that Congressman Andre Carson (D-IN) will be a featured speaker at its 9th annual convention on Saturday, December 5th. Centered around the theme of “With… Continue reading
Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood Leaders Attend Hamas Funeral In Amman
GlobalMB @ September 7, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The German press agency reported that leaders of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood participated in the funeral proceedings in Amman for the father of Hamas political leader in exile Khaled Mashaal. According to the report:
The Politburo chief of the radical Hamas group Khalid Mashaal on Sunday pledged that his faction would continue struggle for the “liberation of Palestine.”….He vowed to work to end the feuds with Hamas’ rival, Fatah… Continue reading
Scottish Islamic Foundation Forced to Return Government Funds
GlobalMB @ September 6, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Center for Social Cohesion reported in August that the Scottish Islamic Foundation (SIF) was forced to return £128,000 of public money in connection with an event that was never held. According to the CSC report:
The Scottish Islamic Foundation (SIF), Scotland’s primary Islamist pressure group, was forced this week to return £128,000 of public money. The SIF is headed by Osama Saeed, who I have written about before… Continue reading
California State Political Leaders Will Not Be Attending CAIR Dinner
GlobalMB @ September 3, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Investigative Project has reported that prominent California state political figures reported by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)-California as co-hosts or an Iftar dinner will not be attending the affair. According to the IPT report:
As we reported Tuesday, an all-star lineup of California state political figures was touted as co-hosts for an Iftar dinner organized by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)-California chapter at the state Capitol… Continue reading
U.S. Muslim Brotherhood In Attendance At White House Ramadan Dinner
GlobalMB @ September 2, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The media is widely reporting that President Obama is hosting a White House “Iftar dinner” to celebrate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. According to a report in the the Washington Post:
President Obama will host a White House dinner Tuesday night celebrating Ramadan, the Muslim holy month during which the faithful fast from dawn to sunset each day. Obama will be joined at the dinner by three Cabinet… Continue reading
Hamas Spiritual Leaders Says Teaching The Holocaust To Palestinian Students A “War Crime”
GlobalMB @ September 1, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Global media is reporting that a Hamas leader has called teaching Palestinian children about the Nazi murder of 6 million Jews a “war crime.” According to one report:
A Hamas spiritual leader on Monday called teaching Palestinian children about the Nazi murder of 6 million Jews a “war crime,” rejecting a suggestion that the U.N. might include the Holocaust in Gaza’s school curriculum. A senior Israeli official said such… Continue reading