GlobalMB @ March 31, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Abdullah Hakim Quick
A Swedish news source is reporting that a controversial imam who has made anti-Semitic and anti-homosexual remarks has been invited to speak before a Swedish Muslim youth organization. According to the report:
“An organisation for young Muslims in Sweden has outraged the country’s largest gay rights group by inviting an imam in favour… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 31, 2010 # No Comment Yet
An Egyptian newspaper has reported that a group of Coptic organizations have formed a new international organization and implied that Egyptian government’s fear of the Muslim Brotherhood is responsible for the troubles of Copts in Egypt. According to the report:
Some 9 Coptic Organizations announced on Saturday their withdrawal from the International Coptic Council and the formation of the International Federation of the Coptic Organizations, including the Copts of… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 30, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Center for the Study of Islamic and Democracy (CSID) has published the program for its upcoming annual conference which shows the participation of several leaders of the global Muslim Brotherhood along with State Department and White House officials. According to the program, the following individuals will be giving keynote speeches or participating in various discussions:
GlobalMB @ March 30, 2010 # One Comment
The final uncertified election results for Iraq’s Parliamentary elections have been released indicating that one of the parties tied to the Muslim Brotherhood suffered significant losses while the other continued to perform poorly. According to the results, the Tawafuq party won only six seats. In December 2005, the party won 44 seats, the most for any Sunni Arab coalition. According to a Carnegie Endowment report , the Tawafuq… Continue reading | 1 Comment
GlobalMB @ March 29, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Polish media is reporting on small demonstrations that occurred over the weekend over the planned construction of a Saudi-financed mosque in central Warsaw. According to one report:
Despite a huge amount of coverage in the media, Saturday’s demonstrations for and against the planned mosque in Warsaw attracted only couple of hundred supporters, on either side of the conflict. Though police and media almost outnumbered the protestors, the demonstrations –… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 29, 2010 # No Comment Yet
UK media is reporting on complaints by trustees of the controversial Finsbury mosque that their signatures were forged on mosque legal documents. According to a Time Online report:
A MUSLIM MP brought in to deradicalise the mosque used by Abu Hamza to recruit Al-Qaeda terrorists is to quit as a trustee after complaining his signature was forged on legal documents. Khalid Mahmood has called for a Charity Commission investigation… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 28, 2010 # No Comment Yet
An earlier post discussed the registration of the new US office of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO). As discussed in that post, the registered agent for IIRO USA is Malik Sardar Khan who listed a residential address in Miami and who also serves as IIIRO USA Secretary-Treasurer. This post also noted that the MOTAMAR AL-ALAM AL-ISLAMI (Muslim World Congress), headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan, was also registered at the same… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 28, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Federation of Islamic Organizations In Europe (FIOE) has issued a strong statement of support for the striking employees of IslamOnline. According to the statement:
In a statement issued by the Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe, the Federation expressed its concern over the news that was circulating about the escalation of issues at Islam Online in such a way that foreboded a regression in its role as a… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 25, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has joined many other global Muslim Brotherhood organizations in accusing Israel of acting against the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. According to an MCB announcement:
In view of Israeli actions affecting the sovereignity over East Jerusalem and holy sites in Palestine, the MCB has written to the Prime Minister on 22nd March 2010 conveying the disquiet and concern of Muslims in Britain and seeking a… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 25, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) has released a policy memo recommending among other things that fewer resources be devoted to monitoring the US Muslim community. According to a summary of the report:
MPAC today released its latest policy memo entitled “Data on Post-9/11 Terrorism in the United States,” which compares the incidents of Muslim and non-Muslim terrorism cases in the U.S. since 9/11, both in terms of the number… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 24, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Ahmed El-Tayeb
Global media widely reported last week on the appointment of Sheikh Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed al-Tayeb as head of Al-Azhar, replacing Mohammed Sayed Tantawi who died recently on a trip to Saudi Arabia. According to an Al-Jazeera report:
Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has named Sheikh Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed al-Tayeb as head of… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 24, 2010 # One Comment
The Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm has reported that global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi has been ousted from the board of the governing body which controls Islam Online. According to the report:
The crisis plaguing Doha-based website Islam online has deteriorated in the wake of a decision by Qatar’s minister of social affairs to oust prominent Egyptian-born cleric Sheikh Youssef el-Qaradawi from his position as head of the Qatari… Continue reading | 1 Comment
GlobalMB @ March 23, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The rally and march drew participants from the Midwest, South and East Coast, including organized transportation from over 50 cities in 20 states, from cities as far as Chicago, Bangor, Maine and St. … ; Cindy Sheehan; Mike Ferner, President of Veterans for Peace; Geoff Millard, Chair of National Directors of the Iraq Veterans Against the War; Mara Verheyden-Hilliard of the Partnership for Civil Justice; and Mounzer Sleiman, Vice Chair of National Council of Arab Americans. Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 23, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Christian Century has published a short summary on the role that Rashad Hussain, the new US envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), is playing in the Obama White House. According to the report:
As Obama pursues a “new beginning” between the U.S. and Muslims around the world, he frequently seeks the counsel of Rashad Hussain, a 31-year-old White House lawyer. Hussain briefed Obama before his first interview… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 23, 2010 # No Comment Yet
A Polish blog is reporting that the new Saudi-financed mosque being built in Central Warsaw is officially a cultural center. According to the translated report:
Officially it is claimed to be Muslim Cultural Center, but unofficially by opponents and supporters it is referred to as mosque because the plan includes a praying hall and even a minaret. But it is not the building itself that worries the citizens of… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 23, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood web site has announced an “E- support” campaign for the Egyptian employees of IslamOnline (IOL) who are on strike for the second week. According to the announcement:
For the second week, IslamOnline employees’ open strike continues against the policies of the new administration in Qatar which includes its efforts to shut down the broadcasting of the site from Cairo office, changing its editorial policy and… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 22, 2010 # No Comment Yet
A UK NGO monitoring developments in Kashmir has reported that a Kashmiri leader in exile with ties to the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) has received an award from the Mayor of Luton in Britain. According to the report:
…. a self exiled Kashmiri leader was “honoured” with the award by the Pakistani Mayor of Luton in Britain for his illustrious services to the Kashmir cause. Ironically, the… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 22, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Three organizations tied to the global Muslim Brotherhood have announced a conference titled “The Future Of Faith In The Age Of Globalisation” to be held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from September 18-19, 2010. The conference is described as:
The phenomenon of globalisation has unleashed unprecedented forces in the spheres of politics, culture, economics, science and technology, and international relations. First and foremost, the evolution of the nation-state and… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 21, 2010 # No Comment Yet
A MIddle Eastern news portal is reporting that global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi has intervened in the strike and crisis at Islam Online (IOL) by ordering the firing of two officers of the Al Balagh Cultural Society, the founding and operating body behind IslamOnline. According to the report:
A senior source in IOL says Qaradawi issued a decision to sack Dr. Ibrahim al-Ansari, Vice President of… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 21, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The global Muslim Brotherhood is continuing its longstanding efforts to foment unrest centered on Israel actions at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. GMBDR reporting on this incitement, often led by global Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi, began in November 2007 with a post that discussed a conference held in Istanbul called the “Al-Quds (Jerusalem) International Forum Meeting.” The conference, co-sponsored by the Al-Quds International Institution (AQII) established by Qaradawi, issued… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 20, 2010 # No Comment Yet
MEMRI has produced two video compilations of some of the extremist statements of Youssef Qaradawi. The first collection contains Qaradawi’s statements about Europe and the US as well as about Israel and Jews. Some of these statements have been discussed in previous posts including Qaradawi stating:
GlobalMB @ March 18, 2010 # No Comment Yet
The Investigative Project is reporting on a letter sent to members of Congress by the Department of Justice reaffirming their belief that the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) is part of a Hamas support network in the US. According to the IP report:
There’s another letter circulating on Capitol Hill affirming federal law enforcement’s belief that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is the product of a Hamas-support… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 18, 2010 # One Comment
Youssef Nada
Various media are reporting that the U.N. Security Council has dropped sanctions against Muslim Brotherhood figure Youssef Nada. According to a Newsweek report:
The U.N. Security Council has quietly dropped Youssef Nada, a prominent financial and diplomatic representative of the Muslim Brotherhood, from an international sanctions list directed at curbing the activities… Continue reading | 1 Comment
GlobalMB @ March 18, 2010 # No Comment Yet
A Middle Eastern news portal has announced that US academic John Espositio was scheduled to have appeared in last week at public panels in Beirut co-sponsored by the Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centers and the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). According to the announcement:
As part of the Second Annual Meeting of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centers (March 9-10), the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz Alsaud… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 18, 2010 # No Comment Yet
US media is reporting that global Muslim Brotherhood leader Tariq Ramadan will open his upcoming US tour with a panel discussion in New York that is to include Obama administration faith adviser Dalia Mogahed. According to a New York Times report:
A prominent Muslim scholar barred from the United States for six years under the Patriot Act will speak on a panel at the Cooper Union next month, his… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 16, 2010 # No Comment Yet
According to her Twitter feed, US State Department Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith has received a tour of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in the UK where she had lunch with whom she described as “Fellows at Oxford Centre.” The Oxford Centre describes itself on its website as:
…a Recognised Independent Centre of the University of Oxford. It was established in 1985 to encourage the scholarly… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 16, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Gulf media is reporting a strike being carried out by Egyptian employes of IslamOnline who claim that Qatar plans to control the site and impose a new editorial policy on it. According to a report in the Gulf News:
More than 200 Egyptian employees at IslamOnline, a Qatari-owned Islamic website in Egypt, are on a strike in protest against what they say is an attempt by Qatari owners to… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 16, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Arafat Madi
Islam Online has reported that the chairman of the European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG) has reportedly met with the President of the European Parliament to discuss Israel policy in Gaza. According to the report:
Raising awareness about the impact of the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip, European Muslims are pressing hard… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 15, 2010 # No Comment Yet
Investigative research has determined that the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO), a Saudi charity whose Indonesian and Philippine offices have been designated by the US Treasury in connection with the financing of Al Qaeda, had further ties to the brother of an important US Muslim Brotherhood leader. A post from earlier today discussed the newly opened Florida office of IIRO. As that post discussed, IIRO had ties to… Continue reading
GlobalMB @ March 14, 2010 # One Comment
IIRO USA Office
The International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO), a Saudi charity whose Indonesian and Philippine offices have been designated by the US. Treasury in connection with the financing of Al Qaeda, has registered a new office in the United States. According to Florida State records, the IIRO (U.S.A.) Inc. was registered as a non-profit… Continue reading | 1 Comment