ANALYSIS: Some Reflections On The Rashad Hussain Affair
GlobalMB @ February 28, 2010 # One Comment
Now that the controversy over Rashad Hussain, the newly appointed U.S. envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), seems to have died for lack of further interest, it may be useful to reflect on how in the words of one of Mr. Hussain’s supporters,”an all-too-familiar script began to play out.” Indeed there was such a script, but the performance looked quite different to us from where we sit… Continue reading | 1 Comment
BREAKING NEWS: Qaradawi Ill; Reportedly Underwent Surgery
GlobalMB @ February 28, 2010 # No Comment Yet
An Asian-Pacific new source has reported that global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi underwent surgery on February 19 for unknown reasons. According to the report:
Over the weekend, I attended the ‘International Dialogue Between Islam & Oriental Religions’, which was attended by more than 60 participants including from Qatar, Nepal, Pakistan and India. Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, an Islamic scholar, was to attend, but had to be operated on, on… Continue reading
CAIR Washington State Chapter Sending Muslim Volunteers To Work In State Prisons
GlobalMB @ February 26, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Investigative Project is reporting that the Washington State Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is seeking religious Muslim volunteers to work with state prison inmates. According to the report:
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) chapter in Washington State is seeking religious Muslim volunteers to work with state prison inmates. That has veteran corrections official Patrick Dunleavy concerned that the program could result in the radicalization… Continue reading
Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood Leader Says “We Ready To Sacrifice Lives And Money” In Israeli Heritage Sites Controversy
GlobalMB @ February 26, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The leader of the Islamic Action Front (IAF) in Jordan has stated that his movement is willing to sacrifice “our lives and money” for the sake of holy sites, referring to a recent Israeli government decision to include two sites on the West Bank as Israeli National Heritage sites. According to a report in the Jordan Times, Ishaq Farhan stated;
“Holy sites are worth more to us than… Continue reading
Dar Al-Hijrah Hosts Fundraiser For “Virginia Jihad” Cell Member; U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Leader Featured Speaker
GlobalMB @ February 25, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Various media have reported that Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center in Northern Virginia was scheduled to have hosted a fund-raising dinner in mid-February for the ongoing legal fees of Sabri Benkahla, sentenced in 2007 to 10 years in prison for lying to authorities about training with militants in Pakistan. One of the three featured speakers was Jamal Badawi, a leader in many of the most important organizations of the… Continue reading
European Muslim Brotherhood Youth Organization To Hold Media Training Seminar
GlobalMB @ February 25, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations (FEMYSO) has announced that in April, it will be holding a media training seminar in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. According to the announcement:
We are very happy to inform you that FEMYSO has launched a new exciting training seminar called “Finding Our Voice: How to Engage with the Media”, which will take place from the 14th to the 19th of April… Continue reading
CAIR News Conference Says Reaction To IRS Attack Example Of “Double Standards”
GlobalMB @ February 24, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) held a news conference today to complain about “double-standards” in the use of term terrorism. According to a CAIR press release
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), along with other national Muslim organizations, today held a news conference in Washington, D.C., to express concerns over a perceived double standard on the use of the label “terrorism” as it relates to acts of… Continue reading
Muslim Council of Britain Dinner Features Tariq Ramadan; Prominent U.K. Politicians In Attendance
GlobalMB @ February 24, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has announced that global Muslim Brotherhood leader Tariq Ramadan as well as prominent U.K politicians were featured at its first Muslim Leadership Dinner in Central London. According to the MCB announcement:
More than 500 guests from all areas of British Muslim civil society attended the Muslim Council of Britain’s first Muslim Leadership Dinner in Central London. The occasion focused on strengthening and inspiring… Continue reading
GMBDR Charged With Being Part Of “Smear” Campaign
GlobalMB @ February 24, 2010 # One Comment
George Washington University academic Marc Lynch has written an article for Foreign Policy blog in which he appears to charge the Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily report with writing a “hit piece” on Rashad Hussain as part of he calls a smear campaign against Rashad Hussain, the new U.S. envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference. Mr Hussain has recently been at the center of a controversy involving remarks he made… Continue reading | 1 Comment
Qaradawi Reiterates Support For Suicide Bombings Against Israel
GlobalMB @ February 23, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Sheikh Youssef Qaradawi, perhaps the most important leader of the global Muslim Brotherhood, has reiterated his support for suicide bombings against Israel in an interview which aired on BBC Arabic on February 8. According to a MEMRI translation:
Sheik Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: I supported martyrdom operations, and I was not the only one. Hundreds of Islamic scholars supported these operations. When the Islamic Jurisprudence Council convened in Kuwait, hundreds of… Continue reading
U.K. Muslim Brotherhood Sponsors Viva Palestina Celebration Day
GlobalMB @ February 23, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) is co-sponsoring a “Viva Palestina Convoy Celebration Day” scheduled for this evening in London. According to the announcement:
The Program will include:
– Keynote speech by George Galloway MP
– A pictorial slideshow and presentation of the Viva Palestina convoy and the desperate humanitarian situation in Gaza
– An award ceremony to the representatives of the Viva Palestina Convoy.
Organisers:
Palestinian Forum of… Continue reading
Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood Attempts To Resolve Differences Over Relations With Hamas
GlobalMB @ February 22, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has reported on the ongoing divide within the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood about its relationship with Hamas. According to the report:
The Muslim Brotherhood Shura council has attempted to bridge the divide among members over links with Hamas. In a meeting on Thursday, members of the movement’s so-called “dovish camp” insisted the body dissolve relations with Hamas at the Shura council level. Opposing figures from the “hawk… Continue reading
Bosnian Grand Mufti To Speak At International Islamic University In Pakistan
GlobalMB @ February 22, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Pakistani media is reporting that Bosnian Grand Mufti Mustafa Ceric will deliver the keynote address on Saturday at the International Islamic University in Islamabad, Pakistan (IIUP). According to one report:
As part of the Karvaan-e-Amn campaign for peace in Pakistan built on Islamic concepts of justice and tolerance, Reis ul Ulema and Grand Mufti of Bosnia, Dr. Mustafa Ceric, will be arriving in Pakistan on February 20th for a… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: White House Expresses Confidence In Rashad Hussain
GlobalMB @ February 22, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Politico is reporting that the White has expressed confidence in Rashad Hussain, newly appointed as the U.S. envoy to the Islamic Conference (OIC), despite Mr. Hussain having changed his story about controversial comments he made in 2004 suggesting that Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Sami Al-Arian and other terrorism cases were “politically-motivated persecutions.” According to the Politico report:
The White House is expressing its confidence in a White House… Continue reading
CSID Annual Conference To Feature Tariq Ramadan And State Department Official; Senator Kerry Invited
GlobalMB @ February 21, 2010 # One Comment
The Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) has announced its 11th Annual Conference to be held in April and which is scheduled to feature prominent representatives of the U.S. government along with global Muslim Brotherhood figures including Tariq Ramadan, recently cleared for entry into the U.S. by the U.S. State Department. According to the CSID announcement the conference, titled “U.S. Relations with the Muslim World… Continue reading | 1 Comment
BREAKING NEWS: CAIR Board Member Ordered Deported
GlobalMB @ February 20, 2010 # No Comment Yet
U.S. media is reporting that a former member of the national board of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) was order deported on Friday. According to a Dallas Morning News report:
A Richardson man with links to the defunct Holy Land Foundation and the Palestinian militant group Hamas was ordered deported Friday at a hearing in Dallas. Immigration… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Rashad Hussain Admits Making Controversial Comments; Says He Complained About Coverage
GlobalMB @ February 20, 2010 # 2 Comments
Rashad Hussain, the newly appointed U.S. envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference, has admitted that he both made the 2004 controversial remarks about convicted terrorist leader Sami Al-Arian and that he had complained about the reporting of those comments to a magazine on Middle East issues which were later deleted by the magazine. Both issues were first reported by the GMBDR on Sunday. Mr. Hussain made the acknowledgement… Continue reading | 2 Comments
Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood Supports President In Upcoming Elections; Fields Large Number Of Candidates
GlobalMB @ February 19, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has reported that the Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan is backing the current President Omar Al-Bashir, who has been charged with war crimes by the international criminal court over the Darfur conflict, and the first sitting head of state issued with an arrest warrant. According to the Brotherhood announcement which also notes the large number of candidates fielded by the Sudanese Brotherhood:
In an unprecedented… Continue reading
ANALYSIS: Old Charges Against GMBDR Recycled
GlobalMB @ February 19, 2010 # No Comment Yet
In connection with our reporting on Rashad Hussain, the new Obama administration envoy who has a history of participation in events connected with the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood, Media Matters for America (MMA) has recycled old charges directed against the Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report made in 2008 by a single blog. According to the MMA report:
In an August 2008 post, Foreign Policy’s Joshua Keating wrote: “The Report… Continue reading
U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Defends Students Arrested At University Of California
GlobalMB @ February 18, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Several U.S.Muslim Brotherhood organizations have defended the 11 students who were arrested Monday night for disrupting the speech of the Israeli Ambassador to the United States at the University of California at Irvine (UCI). For example, the Muslim Public Affair Council (MPAC) has sent a letter to UC and UCI officials calling for an investigation into the arrests:
Today, the Muslim Public Affairs Council sent a letter to UC… Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton Speaks At Saudi College Founded By U.S. Designated Terrorist
GlobalMB @ February 17, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Global media are reporting that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has addressed students at the Dar El-Hekma women’s college in Saudi Arabia, known to have been co-founded and patronized by an individual designated as a terrorist by the U.S as well as by important Saudi bankers and members of the Bin Laden family. The college website describes itself currently as follows:
Dar Al-Hekma College as a learning community… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: White House Reacts To GMBDR Story On New Obama Envoy
GlobalMB @ February 17, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Fox News has reported on White House reaction to the controversy over comments made by President’s Obama’s new envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) defending convicted terrorist leader Sami-Arian. According to the Fox report:
President Obama’s new envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference, Rashad Hussain, is at the center of a controversy over remarks attributed to him defending a man who later pleaded guilty to conspiring… Continue reading
2010 U.S.-Islamic World Forum Concludes; Global Muslim Brotherhood In Attendance
GlobalMB @ February 16, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The U.S.-Islamic World Forum concluded yesterday and was described on the conference web site as follows:
The 7th edition of the U.S.-Islamic World Forum concluded in Doha on Monday evening . The event was attended by an outstanding elite of politicians , intellectuals, and specialized experts from the two sides who gathered in the qatari capital to discuss a wide range of political, economic , technological , cultural … Continue reading
ISNA Meets With White House National Security Official
GlobalMB @ February 16, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) has announced that it has facilitated a meeting with the Assistant to the President on National Security for homeland security and counter terrorism. According to the announcement:
The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) facilitated a meeting with John Brennan, Assistant to the President on National Security for homeland security and counter terrorism. The meeting was intended to start a dialogue between… Continue reading
Qaradawi Says Qatar Leader Keeps Him Off U.S. Terror List
GlobalMB @ February 16, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Gulf media has reported that global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi has said that the Emir of Qatar has been responsible for keeping his name off of the U.S. list of designated terrorists. According to a report in the Gulf Times:
Islamic scholar Dr Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi has expressed thanks to Qatar and the people of Qatar “for… Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: New Obama Envoy Has History Of Engagement With U.S. Muslim Brotherhood; Called Al-Arian Case “Politically Motivated Persecution”
GlobalMB @ February 14, 2010 # 2 Comments
Rashad Hussein, White House official and President Obama’s newly appointed Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference, has a history of participation in events connected with the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood as well as support for Brotherhood causes, once having called prosecution of the U.S. leader of a Palestinian terrorist organization one of many “politically motivated persecutions.” Mr. Hussain’s… Continue reading | 2 Comments
Fiqh Council of North America Publishes Fatwa On Full-Body Scanners
GlobalMB @ February 12, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA) has published what appears to be a fatwa (Islamic ruling) on the issue of full-body scanners at airports. According to the statement published on Islam Online:
The Full Body Security Scanners (also called Nude-body scanners) are being installed at various airports in United States and Europe. Several human rights and religious groups have expressed their concerns and disapproval of such scanners on… Continue reading
RECOMMENDED READING: “Why Are So Many Would-Be Terrorists Engineers?”
GlobalMB @ February 12, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Israeli scholar Emmanuel Sivan has published an article titled “Why are so many would-be terrorists engineers?” which, as many analysts have noticed, applies to much of the global Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas leaderships as well as to people such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (who also says he joined the Brotherhood at an early age). According to the article:
What links the following people: the Nigerian who wanted to blow… Continue reading
Hamas Political Leader Meets With Russian Mufti Council
GlobalMB @ February 11, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Russian news agency Interfax has reported that the Hamas political leader Khaled Mashal met with the head of Russia’s Mufti Council who agreed on “mutual help and cooperation” with HAMAS. According to the report:
Head of Russia’s Mufti Council Ravil Gainutdin agreed on “mutual help and cooperation” with the HAMAS Palestinian movement, the Council’s website reports. “Muslims of Russia take the situation in Palestine with sore heart. We… Continue reading
U.K. Ministers Attend Conference With Muslim Activist Who Defended Killing British Troops; Global Muslim Brotherhood Leaders Also Featured
GlobalMB @ February 11, 2010 # No Comment Yet
U.K. media has reported on the recent “Progressive London Conference” which also featured a Muslim “activist” who once defended the killing of British troops in Iraq. According to a Daily Mail report, two British cabinet ministers were in attendance:
Two Cabinet Ministers are facing questions over their judgment after appearing at the same event as a Muslim activist who once suggested that the killing of British troops in Iraq… Continue reading
