Egyptian Democratic Coalition Responds to Obama

[Treasure_Hunter]

Egyptian Democratic Coalition Responds to Obama
Friday, 16 Aug 2013 05:01 PM


The National Salvation Front, a coalition of pro-democratic and secular parties in Egypt, set out its objections to remarks made by President Barack Obama Thursday on the escalating violence in Egypt.

Led by Ahmed Said of the Free Egyptians Party, the group issued the following letter:

"Like most Egyptians, we listened with attention to your statement on Egypt's latest developments. As representatives of the non-Islamic political forces in Egypt, we believe in the same fundamental values on which the U.S. was founded. Be we also have 7,000 years of civilization and history that give us a special identity that we are fighting to keep since the Muslim Brotherhood came to power.

"Let us first inform you about who the Muslim brothers are: They’re an unlawful organization operating outside the realm of Egyptian law, receiving foreign funding and laundering money in a flagrant breech of international law. Their aim is to rule the world through a so-called Islamic Caliphate as they believe in their absolute supremacy.


"They pretend they are God’s emissaries and they will not rest until they have forced the whole world into submission. For them, Egypt is the launching pad to achieve their fascist dream. Their international reach spans the globe and they command the hearts and minds of many unsuspecting politicians. They have used deceit, soft speeches, international funds and whenever required, violence,* to impose their will.

"The rule of (deposed President Mohammed) Morsi showed how in less than a year they abused the people, reneged on their promises and overturned the rule of law by issuing constitutional diktats monopolizing the judiciary as well as the legislative arms of the state. This was enough to impeach any president in a democratic nation. Unfortunately, Egyptians couldn’t refer to their Supreme Sourt as it was besieged by thugs for over 60 days back in November of 2012.

"So finally, Egyptians took to the streets and this century’s second Egyptian 'peaceful unarmed' revolution took place in June 2013 to recall the president and reject the rule of the Brotherhood. Egyptians deposed their president not because he was not inclusive, as you so kindly represented, but because he broke his constitutional oath and became another dictator reminiscent of the previous dictator this same great people of Egypt removed in January 2011. This was the will of the people that the West is now trying to bend pretending they are doing so in the name of democracy with no intention of interfering in Egyptian affairs!

"Now, I would like to address a few points in your address:

"Despite the perception, well-intentioned or ill-intentioned, history will tell of a Western media consistently portraying only one side — the Islamist's. We have to let you know some facts and some truth.

"Since July 3, 2013, the day deposed President Morsi was ousted by popular demand of millions of Egyptians, the Western media and prominent emissaries from the U.S. and Europe have consistently described the sit-ins that paralyzed a large part of Cairo as 'peaceful demonstrations.' They chose to ignore what was happening across Egypt from torching churches and killing randomly and destroying private and public properties.

"Mr. President, peaceful demonstrators do not have the capacity to kill more than 50 police personnel in just a few hours.

"Peaceful demonstrators do not attack a police station with RPG and kill the police chief and his deputies, strip them of their clothes and drag their naked bodies down the street.

"Peaceful demonstrators do not threaten Christians with genocide as many of the Muslim Brotherhood declared in hate speeches from the sit-in stage. Peaceful demonstrators do not raise the black flags of al-Qaida while marching with pictures of bin Laden and al Zawahri on their chests.

"While the Western media was focusing yesterday on the clearing of the sit-ins, more than 45 attacks were made on Christian installations across Egypt, resulting in the torching of 19 churches and cathedrals, some built in the 6th Century.

"The list goes on, but your intelligence reports will enlighten you, we are sure. The attached video here will also give you an idea.

"Mr. President, it is important that you see reality, especially that the great American people have themselves suffered from the darkness of Islamists and unfortunately thousands of great Americans died from their terror.
"The Muslim Brotherhood and their jihadist allies have never known and will never know peace. It might be useful to remind you that these same people had a three-week sit-in that started on the next dawn after election day and lasted almost two weeks to declare that they will burn Egypt if their candidate is not declared the winner.
"Mr. President, we are on the side of freedom, we are on the side of human rights. We are on the side of justice for all. We also hurt to see mothers mourn their children and children mourn their parents. Have you seen, Mr. President, the video clip of the Muslim Brotherhood supporter throwing 14-year-old children off the roof of a six-floor building? One mother died of sorrow when she saw the video clip of her son thrown off the building. She did not have time to mourn.

"Today Mr. President, you chose to consider one side of the picture and to punish the Egyptians by cancelling Operation Bright Star. Well Mr. President, Operation Bright Star means nothing to most Egyptians, but it is the misunderstanding and misleading of the American people that we care most about. Egyptians have always stood by the American people when attacked by terrorists because we are freedom lovers and individual liberty champions like the American people. The only difference is that we have always been deprived of these great principles and rights.
"Is it too much for Egyptians today to have the support of the American people during our own war on terror? How can the same group be named terrorists in the U.S.A. and peaceful demonstrators in Egypt?
"How can these be the ones the U.S.A. will never negotiate with while the U.S. government demands that Egyptians not only negotiate with them but also partner with them in the building of modern Egypt?



"Mr. President, the interest of peace in the region is served best by truly peace-loving people and democratic values.

"Finally, Mr. President, we hope that this letter will get your attention for, after all, we are now representing the majority. Our present government represents us, the secular, civil and liberal political forces. We hope that you will find it of value to probe more and investigate more and ask more. When you do, we are ready to come to you in a small delegation and discuss and explain more. We are sure that you will realize that, after all, Egyptians are indeed a great people deserving a great future."
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[vpnavy]

Ah, you pro Obama members must be so proud...

 

[thrillathahunt]

The truth is, the Obama administration wants the Muslim Brotherhood to remain in power. What is really amazing is how foreigners can see how Obama is misleading people, and most Americans can't.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

They see the Muslim Brotherhood for what they are, a terrorist organization whose goal is destruction of democracy and freedom and to rule under radical Muslim law. The same group obama has pledged support to....



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[vpnavy]

Back in the day the press would report objectively and put an end to this crap. Unfortunately (imho) the press is now corrupt. By corrupt I am talking about the press doesn't report anything that reflects poorly on their party and/or candidate. Such a shame...

 

[Ammonhotep]

It's impressive how uninformed and misinformed certain American political sectors are is on this topic.

If you missed it, here's the logic:

There is a claim that Obama supports the Muslim Brotherhood via US financing. That US financing to Egypt is the Camp David Accords. That financing goes to humanitarian projects (a few hundred million dollars per year) and to the Egyptian Military (well over a billion dollars per year). Obama--who had just turned 17 at the time of the Camp David Accords--has apparently been supporting the Egyptian Military since 1978. That's the same military that ousted the Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi from the Egyptian presidency and arrested the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood itself. It's also the same military that supported Hosni Mubarak's30-year oppression of the Muslim Brotherhood. (I had no idea Obama's been so influential in Egyptian politics for so long.)

But the real question is this: how is Obama supporting the Muslim Brotherhood again? I must have missed something.

The fact is that the xenophobia in Egypt has created an anti-American sentiment directed at the visible head of the US government: Obama. This xenophobia is part of an unsophisticated, yet successful propaganda machine on BOTH of the major sides of the Egyptian conflict. The propaganda's success in Egypt relies on the fact that people are uneducated and unable/unwilling to check their sources. It's clear that such propaganda is now, ironically, filtering into certain US political sectors.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

It's impressive how uninformed and misinformed certain American political sectors are is on this topic.

If you missed it, here's the logic:

There is a claim that Obama supports the Muslim Brotherhood via US financing. That US financing to Egypt is the Camp David Accords. That financing goes to humanitarian projects (a few hundred million dollars per year) and to the Egyptian Military (well over a billion dollars per year). Obama--who had just turned 17 at the time of the Camp David Accords--has apparently been supporting the Egyptian Military since 1978. That's the same military that ousted the Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi from the Egyptian presidency and arrested the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood itself. It's also the same military that supported Hosni Mubarak's30-year oppression of the Muslim Brotherhood. (I had no idea Obama's been so influential in Egyptian politics for so long.)

But the real question is this: how is Obama supporting the Muslim Brotherhood again? I must have missed something.

The fact is that the xenophobia in Egypt has created an anti-American sentiment directed at the visible head of the US government: Obama. This xenophobia is part of an unsophisticated, yet successful propaganda machine on BOTH of the major sides of the Egyptian conflict. The propaganda's success in Egypt relies on the fact that people are uneducated and unable/unwilling to check their sources. It's clear that such propaganda is now, ironically, filtering into certain US political sectors.

obama has continuously verbally supported the MB since taking office. He has been a stanch supporter of MB...


The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928 by teacher and cleric Hasan al-Banna (1906-1949) as a pan-Islamic organization dedicated to uniting all Muslims under a caliphate (Islamic theocracy) governed by the Koran, the Sunnah and sharia law. A secondary goal was to expel westerners in the Middle East and other Islamic regions. Explicitly anti-western and anti-secular in its outlook, the Brotherhood sought not only to unite all Muslims, but to extend Islam's influence over all of humanity. Al-Banna himself stated, "It is the nature of Islam to dominate, not to be dominated, to impose its law on all nations and to extend its power to the entire planet." The centrality of jihad and martyrdom to its ethos was captured in its motto, which the Brotherhood still uses today, "Allah is our objective; the Quran is our law, the Prophet is our leader; Jihad is our way; and death for the sake of Allah is the highest of our aspirations." Al-Banna, a virulent anti-Semite who also hated the British then in control of Egypt, sought to expel both from the Middle East by any means necessary - including violence and terrorism. Ideologically, the Brotherhood belongs to an especially harsh and puritanical branch of Sunni Islam known as Salafism. According to a 2010 report by the German domestic intelligence service, Salafism is the most-rapidly growing Islamic movement in the world.

The Brotherhood grew rapidly; by 1936, it had 800 members; by 1938, it claimed 200,000 adherents. By the end of World War Two, it had two million members across the Islamic world. During the 1930s and in subsequent decades, chapters were opened in Lebanon (1936), Syria (1937) and Trans-Jordan (1946); today there are branches in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Libya and Tunisia and in 70 countries and territories across the Islamic world. Although the Brotherhood originated within Sunni Islam, there is considerable evidence as well that the Ikhwan have substantial influence among Shi'ite Muslims. While estimates vary concerning the present world-wide membership of the brotherhood and its off-shoots, the influence and global reach of the Ikhwan are now beyond dispute.*
During most of its existence, the MB movement has not been a formal political party, but instead a movement tightly-organized along quasi-political lines. It has, however, spun off numerous political parties outside of Egypt, and as of this writing, the Ikhwan are making a unified and concerted effort to seize overt political power in a number of Middle Eastern nations, including Egypt and Libya, as a part of the so-called "Arab Spring" movement. The MB spreads its message and exerts influence through an extensive multinational network of mosques, charitable organizations, madrasas (Islamic schools), clinics/hospitals and various commercial enterprises. It has a communications/propaganda arm, and sponsors websites, newspapers and publishing houses dedicated to its efforts. Members of the Muslim Brotherhood appear regularly on Al-Jazeera, the Arabic cable television and broadcasting network. These are woven into the larger web of trans-national organizations such as the United Nations and Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).* Members are required to tithe (donate) a percentage of their wealth to support the Brotherhood. In the west, the MB utilizes front groups such as CAIR (The Council on American-Islamic Relations) and other not-for-profit groups, as well as a network of Islamic charities, to spread its influence. The Muslim Brotherhood has been in the United States since 1963, when Islamic student refugees from their home nations fled to the U.S. and established the Muslim Student Association (MSA). The Ikhwan established a modern European presence in 1960, when Said Ramadan, the son in law of Hassan al-Banna, founded a mosque in Munich.

The Muslim Brotherhood is well-funded by petro-dollars from the Middle East, in particular contributions from members of the Saudi royal family, who belong to the fundamentalist Wahhabi sect of Sunni Islam (Wahhabism is generally considered a variant of Salafi Islam) common in the Arabic Gulf states.*

Bankrolled by wealthy patrons in the Middle East, the MB has also managed to penetrate deeply into the fabric of* western culture and society, in particular in schools, colleges and universities. The group has also made considerable inroads into the banking and financial industries, where its adherents lobby for sharia-compliant financial services as well as other products oriented to Muslims. Additionally, the Muslim Brotherhood has succeeded in placing members in the United States law enforcement, intelligence and military/national security communities.

Although the present-day leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, when in front of cameras and microphones, are careful to denounce violence and claim that the Brotherhood has no paramilitary wing, the facts tell a different story. Indeed, as we shall see, the Muslim Brotherhood is the fountainhead of the modern Islamic supremacy movement and some of its most violent terrorist groups; it has been linked with the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Hamas, Hezbollah, al-Qaeda and many other similar groups.

The Ikhwan has a long history of supporting extremist causes, and on numerous occasions has directly-employed violent methods or supported them through proxies. In November, 1948, after a wave of bombings and assassination attempts, the Egyptian government arrested many of the group's top leaders and banned the Brotherhood. In subsequent months, a member of the Ikhwan assassinated the prime minister, and al-Banna himself was slain in retaliation. In 1952, the pro-western monarchy of King Farouk I was toppled by Egyptian nationalist General Gamal Abdel Nasser following a successful coup d'état. The Muslim Brothers initially favored Nasser, but relations between the government and the Muslim Brothers soured when Nasser governed in too-secular a manner for the Ikhwan.

Following an attempt on Nasser's life in 1954, the MB was again outlawed and many of its most prominent and influential members - such as Sayyid Qutb - were imprisoned or executed. The Brothers learned many important operational lessons from this episode and others like it across the Middle East - especially the need for better compartmentalization and security. Starting in the 1960s, the Ikhwan preferred to take a lower profile and remain in the shadows while direct-action terrorist and paramilitary operations were undertaken by proxies, such as the PLO-Fatah and similar groups. This allowed the MB itself to maintain a degree of plausible deniability for violent actions, while supporting them covertly, through its many and varied operations internationally.

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/a-brief-history-of-the-muslim-brotherhood


The identity of today's Muslim Brotherhood, in many ways, parallels the lives of just three influential men, who founded and shaped the Brotherhood as it grew into the largest and most-influential Pan-Islamic movement in the world today. The three men were Hasan al-Banna, Mohammed Amin al-Husseini, and Sayyid Qutb. In the previous installment of this series, we examined the life of the founder of the movement, Hasan al-Banna. In this, the second installment, we turn our attention to a second key figure - Haj Mohammed Amin al-Husseini.

Mohammed Amin al-Husseini was born in 1895 in Jerusalem in what was then British Mandatory Palestine into an influential, politically-powerful clan. Young al-Husseini was indoctrinated by his father and other clan members, who hated the British and the Jews. He attended a Koranic primary school and then a Turkish-funded secondary school, where he learned the language of that nation. He matriculated briefly in 1912 at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, where he learned Islamic (sharia) law. In 1913, he made the pilgrimage to Mecca required of all Muslims, and thereafter appended the prefix "Haj" to his name.

With the start of World War One in 1914, al-Husseini joined the Turkish army and became an artillery officer. He was on disability leave in Jerusalem in 1916 when British forces captured the city. During the period 1916-1918, al-Husseini participated in the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire.

Immediately after the war, al-Husseini's views remained those of an Arab nationalist, but his political and ideological views shifted towards overt anti-Semitism and a greater Muslim consciousness. Other Palestinian Muslims began to look to him for leadership. Al-Husseini then participated in efforts to destabilize the British mandatory government; he also became a hardline opponent of Jewish immigration into Palestine. In 1920, during the implementation of the Balfour Declaration, violent rioting between Jerusalem's Jews and Arabs broke out; al-Husseini was charged with incitement for his role in the uprising and received a ten-year prison sentence from a military court. He fled to Trans-Jordan before being apprehended.

In 1921, his brother Kamel, the mufti of Jerusalem, died - and fate intervened on Amin's behalf; in a move designed to placate Palestinian Arabs, British High Commissioner Herbert Samuel pardoned al-Husseini, and appointed him the new Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and head of the Supreme Islamic Council. Hoping to neutralize growing discontent among the Arab population, Samuel appointed *members of the rival Nashashibi clan to the council, in addition to those selected from the Husseini clan. For a time, this gambit worked, as infighting among the two clans prevented a united front. Al-Husseini, however, led an international Muslim effort to restore the site of the al-Aqsa and Dome of the Rock mosques (Haram ash-Sharif), upon the Temple Mount - a site claimed as a holy place by both Jews and Muslims. Husseini's efforts rallied other Arab Muslims to his cause, and strengthened resistance to the influx of Jews into Palestine and Jerusalem.

Tensions between Jews and Muslims mounted over the next few years, and inevitably, finally burst into the open in August 1929. On August 17, a Jewish boy was stabbed to death while retrieving a football and a young Palestinian Arab was subsequently badly beaten by a group of Jews. From 23-29 August, civil unrest and violence broke out in the Old City of Jerusalem in a dispute over access to the "Wailing Wall" at the foot of the Temple Mount, as Muslims attacked Jewish families and businesses, and British police and Jewish defenders retaliated.

Casualties and property damage were extensive; 133 Jews were killed and 339 injured, while 110 Arabs were killed and another 232 injured, mostly by British police. Some accused al-Husseini with inciting the riots, but he emerged from the episode unscathed and with his credibility as a leader much-enhanced among his own people.

During the 1930s, al-Husseini consolidated his leadership position and expanded the Pan-Islamic movement. He founded the World Islamic Congress and supervised the creation of a number of clandestine organizations, including the "Holy Struggle" youth movement (al-jihad al-muqaddas) and the paramilitary al-Futuwwah, and helped funnel arms and equipment to them. He traveled widely in the Middle East and interacted with his counterparts in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere. Among his associates was the Syrian-born leader of the militant anti-Zionist "Black Hand" group (al-Kaff al-Aswad‎), Izz ad-Din al-Qassam.

In November, 1935, after killing a police officer, al-Qassam and three of his men were surrounded by British security forces and all were killed in a gun battle. On April 15, 1936, Arab gunmen attacked a truck convey, killing two Jews. The next day, in retaliation, Irgun (Jewish paramilitary) gunmen killed two Arab workers. Thus began the second Arab revolt of 1936-1939. Al-Husseini quickly formed and headed a coalition of Muslim leaders called the Arab High Command (AHC), which demanded a series of strikes, boycotts of British and Jewish businesses, and similar measures. Thousands of Jewish farms and orchards were burned or otherwise destroyed, and many rural Jews had to flee to safer areas. Under the threat of more-substantial British military intervention, and the arrival of a British Royal Commission of Inquiry, the AHC called an end to the general strikes in October 1936.

In the summer of 1937, British security forces attempted to arrest al-Husseini for his part in the revolt, but - tipped off by an informer - the mufti fled into the protection of a haram (religious sanctuary or mosque). After the assassination of a British official in September, al-Husseini was deposed from his post on the Supreme Islamic Council, and warrants issued for the arrest of a number of its members. Husseini fled to French-controlled Lebanon. Husseini became increasingly paranoid over the prospect of betrayal by friends and associates, and on his orders, a number of them were executed.

In 1941, by then living in Iraq, al-Husseini participated in the coup d'état against Prime Minister Nouri al-Said and pro-British regent Crown Prince Abdullah, and the abortive Anglo-Iranian War of 1941. After escaping to Persia, al-Husseini made his way to Italy and arrived in exile in Berlin in November, 1941 - where he spent the remainder of the Second World War as a guest of the Nazi Party.

http://www.familysecuritymatters.or...slim-brotherhood-part-ii-haj-amin-al-husseini


After escaping Iraq ahead of pursuing British security forces and making his way to fascist Italy, Amin al-Husseini arrived in Germany in November 1941. Upon reaching Berlin, al-Husseini was treated as visiting royalty; a head of state in exile. The Nazi Party supplied him with several luxurious homes staffed with servants, a chauffeured Mercedes limousine, a monthly stipend equivalent to $10,000, and suites in two of Berlin's most-prestigious hotels. He was also allocated a generous entertainment allowance, intended for his use in influencing the substantial Arab expatriate community then in Berlin.
Seeking support for Arab pan-nationalism and Muslim causes, al-Husseini had been in contact with members of the Nazi regime as early as 1933.* He presented the Nazi leadership with a draft proposal of German-Arab cooperation, under which Germany would recognize the legitimacy of an Arab state encompassing Palestine, Syria, Trans-Jordan and Iraq, in return for Arab support of the Axis Powers in the Middle East. These views found favor in the highest reaches of the Nazi Party. On November 28, 1941, after meeting with Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, al-Husseini was granted an audience with Führer Adolf Hitler.

In Hitler, al-Husseini found a soul mate. Although Hitler had written years before in Mein Kampf of the "racial inferiority" of Muslims, the Führer's views had modified considerably since that time. Indeed, in the blond-haired, blue-eyed and light-complexioned al-Husseini, Hitler found a fellow Aryan. The Mufti and he shared a passionate hatred of the Jews and the British. Thus united, they formed a new strategic partnership.

In the months following his successful meeting with Hitler, al-Husseini formed a number of close relationships with members of the Nazi inner circle, including friendships with Reichsfuhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Schutzstaffel (SS), Hitler's elite body guard and the chief paramilitary force of the Reich; and SS- Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) Adolf Eichmann. The Grand Mufti remained close with Reichsminister von Ribbentrop. Soon, al-Husseini and these men discovered a shared passion for the extermination of Jews.

At al-Husseini's request, Von Ribbentrop ordered that no Jews within German-controlled territory be allowed to leave Europe to enter Palestine. He also directed the formation of a special bureau within the Foreign Ministry devoted to extermination of Jewry abroad, called the "Anti-Jewish Action Abroad."
With the assistance of Nazi Propaganda Minister Josef Goebbels, al-Husseini began pro-Axis Arabic-language radio broadcasts from Berlin to the Middle East as early as December, 1941. In these broadcasts, he called upon his Arab brethren to commit acts of sabotage against the British and to kill Jews and other infidels at every opportunity. Assisted by Iraqi fellow exile Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, the Mufti called upon Muslims worldwide to wage jihad against the Allies. In one such broadcast on March 1, 1944, al-Husseini urged his listeners, "Kill the Jews wherever you find them. This pleases God, history and religion."

The Grand Mufti collaborated actively with Himmler and Eichmann in the conduct of the "Final Solution" to exterminate the Jews of Europe. He toured Auschwitz concentration camp with Eichmann, and according to later testimony at the Nuremburg Trials by top Eichmann aide and SS-Hauptsturmführer Dieter Wisliceny, al-Husseini constantly urged greater haste in the killing of the Jews.
In 1943, Himmler asked for al-Husseini's assistance in recruiting Muslims into the SS for use in the Balkans; under the Mufti's enthusiastic direction, the notorious 13th Mountain Division "Handschar" of the Waffen-SS was formed from some 20,000 Croatian Muslim volunteers. It later saw action against Yugoslav partisans under Marshall Tito, and participated in ethnic cleansing operations against Jews and other "undesirables" in the region. Over 800,000 Yugoslav Serbs, Jews and Roma (gypsies) were exterminated, many by the cruel members of the Handschar division.

At the conclusion of WWII, al-Husseini escaped to neutral Switzerland aboard one of the last flights out of the Third Reich. Unable to secure political asylum there, he fled to France - where he was placed under house arrest in a residence near Paris. The British, French and Yugoslav governments all considered criminal charges and/or extradition requests; despite overwhelming evidence of his complicity in numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity, these governments - for their own reasons - declined to press the issue. Moreover, despite being one of the few members of the Nazi inner-circle to have had definitive knowledge of the "Final Solution," and testimony by Wisliceny and other captured members of the SS confirming his role in the Holocaust, al-Husseini managed to escape being brought before the bar of justice at the Nuremburg Trials.
When a series of investigative reports on his wartime activities - authored by New York Post reporter Edgar A. Mowrer - appeared in print in 1946, pressure mounted on al-Husseini to leave France.

Using a false identity and posing as a member of the Syrian diplomatic delegation, the mufti slipped out of France aboard a midnight flight bound for Cairo, where he received political asylum and a hero's welcome from Egyptian King Farouk. Over the coming weeks and months, al-Husseini met with many friends and associates as he renewed old ties to such figures as Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna, and influential commentator and theorist Sayyid Qutb. During this time, he also made the acquaintance of young firebrand and Cairo native Yasser Arafat.

Arafat, the future leader of the notorious Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), was in fact a distant cousin to al-Husseini. The mufti quickly became the younger man's mentor, a role al-Husseini welcomed and was to hold until the end of his life. Aware of his advancing years and the taint of the numerous intrigues in which he had been involved, al-Husseini sought to pass his vision to the next generation, even as he sought to re-establish his power in the region by reactivating the Muslim Supreme Council and Arab High Committee.

With the formation of the state of Israel in May 1948 and its subsequent diplomatic recognition by the United States and other powers, al-Husseini and his supporters devoted their energies to forming an all-Palestinian Arab government seated in Gaza, Palestine.* In October, 1948, the governments of Syria, Lebanon and Egypt recognized the new government, but Jordan did not;*
King Abdullah - who held a profound distrust and hatred of al-Husseini - told the other members of the Arab League that he would oppose utterly any government headed by the mufti, whom he saw as a threat to Jordanian control of Arab Palestine. Unable to obtain western recognition and approval for his unelected government-in-waiting, support for al-Husseini gave way. In May, 1949, over al-Husseini's angry opposition and with the concurrence of the Second Palestinian Congress, Jordan assumed formal control over Palestine. King Farouk - his confidante and ally only two years earlier - ordered al-Husseini to leave Gaza, then under Egyptian control, and return to Cairo. Al-Husseini's aspirations of national leadership had been dashed; he governed no territory and held no concrete power.

Despite the setback, al-Husseini remained influential within the Arab Muslim community during the post-war period and into the 1950s. In 1951, the mufti gained a measure of revenge against King Abdullah of Jordan, when the latter was assassinated by a member of the Husseini clan during a visit to the al-Aqsa Mosque. Protected by allies in the Muslim Brotherhood, the ever-elusive al-Husseini was able to avoid implication in the murder, despite his direct involvement in the plot. The mufti was also consoled somewhat by the increasing influence of protégé Arafat within the Muslim High Council, and he continued to meet and cultivate a who's-who of current and future Middle East leaders, whose ranks included future Egyptian President and fellow Muslim Brotherhood member Anwar al-Sadat. Al-Husseini and Sadat had met during the war years, when Sadat had worked for the mufti and the Nazis as a spy against the British. The mufti also inspired a young Iraqi named Saddam Hussein, the future president and dictator of Iraq.

Saddam's uncle, Khairallah Talfah, had been one of al-Husseni's most-trusted subordinates during the abortive pro-Nazi coup in Iraq during WWII.

In 1959, Amin al-Husseini left exile in Heliopolis, Egypt and moved to Lebanon. Two years later, in May, 1961, agents of the Israeli Mossad captured wanted Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and flew him to Jerusalem to stand trial. Despite efforts by Israeli interrogators to uncover the truth, Eichmann steadfastly denied his relationship with Haj al-Husseini, and lied on his behalf to hide the mufti's role in the Holocaust. After Eichmann's execution, daily newspapers throughout the Middle East and Arab world printed tributes to him penned by members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Writing his memoirs, the Haj later thanked Eichmann profusely for his protection.**

Throughout the 1960s and into the early 1970s, Husseini remained an elder statesman figure within the Muslim world, albeit a sometimes controversial one. Overlooking the mufti's role in the death of his grandfather, King Hussein of Jordan received Haj al-Husseini as an honored guest in 1967. The Haj lived to see his circle of protégés and acolytes attain considerable power within the Middle East; by 1970 - with al-Husseini's consent - Yasser Arafat headed the PLO and assumed de facto leadership of the Palestinians; Anwar Sadat was Egyptian President and Saddam Hussein was president and dictator of Iraq. All, at various times, publicly-acknowledged the ideological debt they owed to al-Husseini and his beliefs (including those of National Socialism). The mufti, his hatred of the Jews undimmed, also lived long-enough to see the Black September/PLO terrorist attacks at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany, and the subsequent deaths of eleven Israeli athletes and a German policeman.

Al-Husseini's granddaughter married Ali Hassan Salameh (aka Abu Hassan), one of the founders of Black September. Haj Amin al-Husseini died in Beirut, Lebanon in 1974. Among the thousands of mourners at his funeral was a visibly grieving Yasser Arafat.


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[packerbacker]

I just want to know where those Egyptians got all those automatic weapons.....Holder??

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

Egypt | History | U.S. Agency for International Development

 

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TH, great post, and thank you for that.

Mr. O will never have read it, how dare they question him or dispute him... O has children praying to him now....

And probably some of our naysayers......

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Egypt: We're Saving World from a Terror Organization
Monday, August 19, 2013
[h=2]Chris Mitchell[/h]CBN News Middle East Bureau Chief


JERUSALEM, Israel -- After days of street battles between the army, the Muslim Brotherhood, and other supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, Egypt's cabinet announced it's considering banning the Islamic group.

The move comes after the worst bloodshed in Egypt's modern history. More than 79 died over the weekend and the overall toll in four days of violence is nearly 900.
As Egyptians wonder what's next, the debate over what to do extends to the United States.

Is the Muslim Brotherhood behind the violence against Egypt's Christians? CBN News Terrorism Analyst Erick Stakelbeck addresses that question and more on "The 700 Club," Aug. 19.
On Sunday, Egypt's chief military leader Gen. Abdel El-Sisi made his first public statement. He reached out to the Muslim Brotherhood, but said the army would oppose them if necessary.
Gen. Sisi said the army was the guarantor of Egypt's stability and a presidential spokesman said despite Western media reports, most Egyptians were united.
"I think Egypt is saving the world from a terrorist organization," he said.

In a recent interview, one Egyptian politician expressed what most Egyptians feel. They rejected the Muslim Brotherhood who divided Egypt into two camps: the house of Islam and the house of war.
Is an all-out civil war in store for Egypt? Cliff May, president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, explains more, on CBN Newswatch, Aug. 19.


"They divided the society who belongs to them and supports them [from those who do not]," he said. "He [Morsi] belongs to the house of Islam. Who is out of that? -- Christians, liberals, liberal Muslims, [and] secular Muslims. They are in the house of war. And that's what they [the Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi supporters] are doing these days. They are fighting Egyptians. They are fighting against the Egyptian army."

Meanwhile, some Egyptian Christians made their way to Sunday services over the weekend, despite violent attacks on them earlier in the week.

"I was constantly verbally abused for being a Christian, even on the public buses they would insult me for being Christian and accused us of being infidels and that we as Christian people deserve to be wiped off the face of this country because they believe that we do not deserve to live in this country," one Coptic Christian said.

Christians bore the brunt of retaliation by the Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi supporters, following the army's crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood last week.
Dozens of churches, an orphanage, and Christian institutions, like Egypt's Bible Society, were attacked or burned.

Egypt: We're Saving World from a Terror Organization - Inside Israel - CBN News - Christian News 24-7 - CBN.com

 

[austin]

You know, I wouldn't be too surprised to learn that Obama is a member of the MB and not just a supporter. Think I'll call him up and ask him when the "Death to America" picnic is...

 

[pat-tekker-cat]

Funny you say that Austin. His brother IS MB. From what Chris Hayes reported on MSNBC, many in Egypt are saying O is backing the MB because of his brother. His brother has recently started some type of MB investment (plan/company)(?). I wasn't able to find anything else on the net about it.
I only caught a blip of it, so I can't be certain, but that seemed to be the gist of it.

 

[Dave44]

Oh yeah, this guy.


He is a great scam artist in his own right. It helps that this administration gives him legitimacy.
Probably gives him guidance on the how-to's.
Lois Lerner approved exemption for Obama brother's 'charity' | The Daily Caller

 

[Bum Luck]

obama has continuously verbally supported the MB since taking office. He has been a stanch supporter of MB...

Examples?

 

[loco oro]

i cant believe that there is even a debate, of course he supports mb .there is no question his agenda and theirs are one and the same . now i am going outside to wave at the drones circling my house,probably red flagged now that i ve spoken against the (man) .waiting for my audit to come,i hear the irs works for him now and not the people. i am pretty sure the people arent a part of the equation anymore,just look at the last election.my vote doesnt count either ,just my taxes.

 

[loco oro]

just pay attention for examples , he says mb must be included in new gov, are you kidding the majoity want this violent repressive group gone from power .what arrogance to want them included ,how quikly people forget history.

 

[Crispin]

I thought this was going to be a pro-Obama article when I clicked on the link. My bad, can anybody direct to the pro-Obama section on TNet? I have some articles there people might find interesting.

Crispin

 

[pat-tekker-cat]

Hey crispin,
I guess the flavor wasn't to your taste. Sorry if I don't feel the need to apologize...... I do hope you find some palatable food-for-thought.
I am sure there may be some good things that O has done, perhaps start a new thread with some positive things, that he was wrought.
You know though, be prepared for staunch criticisms and rebuttals. I hope it wouldn't get ugly.
Good to see you, too!

 

[Crispin]

Hey crispin,
I guess the flavor wasn't to your taste. Sorry if I don't feel the need to apologize...... I do hope you find some palatable food-for-thought.
I am sure there may be some good things that O has done, perhaps start a new thread with some positive things, that he was wrought.
You know though, be prepared for staunch criticisms and rebuttals. I hope it wouldn't get ugly.
Good to see you, too!

I admit, you got me thinking on that whole apologizing for not feeling the need to apologize thing. I will have to spend some time thinking on that one. Does that mean that you are sorry that you don't feel sorry, sorry that you don't feel the need to be sorry, or sorry that the need is not there to feel sorry? Really, there are many different ways one could take that.

We all know that it would get ugly if I started a pro-Obama thread. Not from you, but from others. As much as I would like to go golfing in the middle of a thunder storm I will have to pass on that suggestion at this time. I don't mind getting clobbered from time to time but I should probably wait until we are closer to Friday.

One more question, can somebody have positively wrought something in the past? I would think the word "wrought" is so loaded with negative connotation that statement would be slightly redundant. Perhaps 'forged' might be a better choice of words.

Good chatting with you PTC,
Crispin

Ps. Please do let me know if you found the pro-Obama section. I have been looking for it everywhere.