“Brotherhood” Invited To Obama Speech By U.S.
The Atlantic
A sign that the Obama administration is willing to publicly challenge Egypt’s commitment to parliamentary democracy:
Various Middle Eastern news sources report that the administration insisted that at least 10 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s chief opposition party, be allowed to attend his speech in Cairo on Thursday.
The brotherhood is a Salafist/ Islamist party with branches in many countries, and it does not have a reputation for liberalism and has supported violent campaigns against Israel (and Egypt’s own government).
It has deep roots in the region and traces its intellectual lineage to Sayyid Qutb, a top American-educated Islamic intellectual who was executed — or martyred — by the Egyptian government in 1966.
The Brotherhood has direct links with Sunni groups like Hamas in the Palestinian territories.
Its standing in Egypt has suffered as of late because of a crackdown by the Egyptian government and a growing frustration that it is too conservative (anti-women’s rights, the whole gamut) for a modern Middle East. Still, it’s the largest Sunni opposition party in the world, and it’s clear that the Obama administration wants to engage the Sunnis — even the less moderate Sunnis — in his “Mutual Respect” tour. Hoping to tamp down criticism that by speaking in Egypt, Obama is giving legitimacy to Hosni Mubarak’s quasi-dictatorship, the administration also invited leading human rights activists to the speech.
Wild Thing’s comment……..
This is very troubling considering the Muslim Brotherhoods stated mission of overtaking America from within. Obama is waging the war against his own country Obama is betraying his oath of office to defend this nation.
Information about the MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD !
“Founded in 1928 by the Egyptian activist Hasan al-Banna, the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood is one of the oldest, largest and most influential Islamist organizations. Egypt has historically been the center of the Brotherhood’s operations, though the group maintains offshoots throughout the Arab-Muslim world — including in Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, the Palestinian territories (Hamas), Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Sudan — and is also active in the United States and Europe. Islam expert Robert Spencer has called the Muslim Brotherhood “the parent organization of Hamas and al Qaeda.”
” It also aspires to make Islamic (Shari’a) law the sole basis of jurisprudence and governance. Toward this purpose — encapsulated in the Brotherhood’s militant credo: “God is our objective, the Koran is our Constitution, the Prophet is our leader, struggle is our way, and death for the sake of God is the highest of our aspirations” — the Brotherhood since its founding has supported the use of armed struggle, or jihad.”
Outside the Middle East, the Brotherhood has expanded its operations to the United States.
It was also noted in a TV broadcast yesterday morning that Muslims will be paying “special attention to his exact words” citing interviewed Egyptian citizens. We should as well — if you don’t understand something why he phrases things in a certain way, don’t attribute it to stupidity or “nerves”. Obama is a Muslim through and through. By their fruits ye shall know them — Obama is NOT CHRISTIAN by any stretch of the imagination.
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I beginning to think, quite frankly, that Obamanation’s little idiotic speeches and actions are trying to get us ready for the day he turns us over to our enemies and claims there is nothing we can do about it and to resist it is futile.
No surprise here. I bet that one of Saul Alinsky’s teachings is to support the most radical and militant groups in opposition to a stable and democratic government. Kinda like Chicago politics but on a big time international level.