The Muslim Brotherhood: Very active in the current mid-east turmoil
Posted: Wednesday, March 02, 2011
by Joel Hendon
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The Society Of Muslim Brothers (Often called Muslim Brotherhood, or The Brotherhood, or simply MB) was founded in 1928 by an Islamic scholar and school teacher, Hassan al-Banna. It is the world’s oldest and largest political group. And it is the most influential Islamist movement according to the Wikipedia online free encyclopedia.
Their activities have come to the forefront recently in the areas where political protests have become strong and in a number of cases, violent revolt. Just what are the implications of this and how will it affect the western world and democracy worldwide? At present, many people are joining in voicing approval for the revolution against “oppressive” governments.
The Muslim Brotherhood opposes secular tendencies of Islamic nations and wants return to the precepts of the Qur'an, and rejection of Western influences. They also reject extreme Sufism. They organize events from prayer meetings to sport clubs for socializing.
The organization's motto is as follows: “Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. Qur'an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.”
An important aspect of the Muslim Brotherhood ideology is the sanctioning of jihad such as the 2004 fatwa issued by Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi making it a religious obligation of Muslims to abduct and kill U.S. citizens in Iraq. (The Muslim Brotherhood: Jewish Virtual Library)
Not too many nations have Shariah law, and some of those have a certain amount of secular traits, and do not strictly enforce all of the tenets of Shariah. Most of the current unrest and turmoil are from those who wish to have a representative form of government, similar to a democracy. No one can find much disagreement with that. But whether or not that is to be the final result from the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood is the question.
A headline appearing today in a Washington publication says: Muslim Brotherhood sees opportunity in Jordan. Jordan has, for years, been a moderate nation and has cooperated with western powers in a number of ways. The current unrest continues to spread and it is suggested that some of it is being fomented by the MB. It appears that those who are revolting primarily are seeking freedom from oppression, not the installation of Shariah law. Here is another quote which might also be enlightening:
One might wonder how an organization can be thought to have renounced violence when it has inspired more jihadists than any other, and when its Palestinian branch, the Islamic Resistance Movement, is probably more familiar to you by the name Hamas — a terrorist organization committed by charter to the violent destruction of Israel. Indeed, in recent years, the Brotherhood (a.k.a., the Ikhwan) has enthusiastically praised jihad and even applauded — albeit in more muted tones — Osama bin Laden. None of that, though, is an obstacle for Mr. Riedel, a former CIA officer who is now a Brookings scholar and Obama administration national-security adviser. Following the template the progressive (and bipartisan) foreign-policy establishment has been sculpting for years, his “no worries” conclusion is woven from a laughably incomplete history of the Ikhwan . (Fear the Muslim Brotherhood: National Review Online)
The Muslim Brotherhood professes to accept and abide by the government in place wherever they reside. And they profess to advocate non-violence and not to make effort to take charge of any government by force, but that their intent is to spread Islam by teaching it on it’s merits until nations are taken by the majority having turned to Islam. If, indeed, this is fact, then it seems they should have free reign to do so as long as they did not try to stifle other faiths. But a number of sources indicate that their profession of these things do not always match some of their actions.
For instance, Russian officials state that the Muslim Brotherhood was behind the massive problems they have had with the Chechen revolt and the December 27, 2002 suicide car bombing of the headquarters of the Russian-backed government in Grozny, Chechnya.
It is suggested that those who have interest or concern of this situation, to visit the links above to those articles and also to enter the name Muslim Brotherhood into a Google search engine and read some of the numerous documents found there.
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