Congress Must Take Action. America’s Security is at stake.
The Muslim Brotherhood is a vast and sophisticated international Islamist organization—its dedication to Jihad and participation in terrorism represents a significant threat to the United States.
The Brotherhood, which was founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna, is the most influential Islamist organization in the world, with a mission to topple all non-Islamic governments with rule by Islamic law, or sharia. The Brotherhood’s long-standing motto includes the following: “Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Qur’an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.”
Congress must pass H.R. 377 and S.68 to instruct the State Department to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization.
“Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Qur’an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.”
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MOTTO
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[mc4wp_form id="200853"]THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD’S DEDICATION TO JIHAD—FROM ITS FOUNDING UNTIL TODAY
From its founder, Hassan al-Banna to its modern-day leadership, the Muslim Brotherhood has always endorsed waging Jihad, which they interpret as a holy war against non-believers.
HASSAN AL-BANNA (1928)
Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood
“Jihad [means] the fighting of the unbelievers, and involves all possible efforts that are necessary to dismantle the power of the enemies of Islam including beating them, plundering their wealth, destroying their places of worship and smashing their idols.” [Book of Jihad, 1928]
SAYYID QUTB (1964)
Most Prominent Muslim Brotherhood and terrorist Ideologue
This movement uses the methods of preaching and persuasion for reforming ideas and beliefs, and it uses physical power and Jihad for abolishing the organizations and authorities of the Jahili [non-Islamic] system which prevents people from reforming their ideas and beliefs, but forces them to obey their erroneous ways and make them serve human lords instead of the Almighty Lord.” [Milestones, 1964]
ABDULLAH AZZAM (1988)
Father of Global Jihad,” a founder of al-Qaeda, and a Muslim Brotherhood member
“Jihad means fighting. You must fight in any place you can get. Whenever Jihad is mentioned in the Holy Book, it means the obligation to fight. It does not mean to fight with the pen or to write books or articles in the press or to fight by holding lectures.” [Speech at the Al Farooq Mosque, Brooklyn, New York, 1988]
YUSUF AL-QARADAWI (2000)
Senior Muslim Brotherhood Islamic Jurist
Therefore, the Islamic Movement cannot stand idle and watch Muslim lands being occupied by a foreign aggressor. It is not strange that the general headquarters of Al Ikhwanul Muslimoon [The Muslim Brothers] in Cairo was the home of the mujahideen [Jihadists] and revolutionaries who fought the occupation in all parts of the Arab and Muslim worlds from Indonesia to Morocco.” [Priorities of the Islamic Movement in the Coming Phase, 2000]
Mohammed Badie (2010)
Muslim Brotherhood Suprime Guide
“...that the improvement and change that the [Muslim] nation seeks can only be attained through jihad and sacrifice and by raising a jihadi generation that pursues death just as the enemies pursue life…The United States is now experiencing the beginning of its end, and is heading towards its demise.” [Sermon in Egypt, 2010]
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD OFFICIAL STATEMENT (2015)
Ikhwanonline.com
“It is incumbent upon everyone to be aware that we are in the process of a new phase, where we summon what is latent in our strength, where we recall the meanings of jihad and prepare ourselves, our wives, our sons, our daughters, and whoever marched on our path to a long, uncompromising jihad, and during this stage we ask for martyrdom.” [Ikhwanonline.com, 2015]
“The issue of terrorist financing in the United States is a fundamental example of the shared infrastructure levered by Hamas, Islamic Jihad and al-Qaeda, all of which enjoy a significant degree of cooperation and coordination within our borders.
The common link here is the extremist Muslim Brotherhood—all of these organizations are descendants of the membership and ideology of the Muslim Brothers.”
RICHARD CLARKE, FORMER NATIONAL COORDINATOR
FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND COUNTER TERRORISM, 2003
The Brotherhood’s involvement with and
promotion of terrorism
Beginning with the establishment of the “secret apparatus,” under founder Hassan al-Banna, the Brotherhood conducted bombings and assassinations targeting foreigners and government officials. The Muslim Brotherhood has repeatedly established terrorist wings and organizations to further their agenda.
Numerous Muslim Brotherhood organizations and leaders have been designated as terrorist organizations or specially designated global terrorists, or convicted on terrorism charges.
FOUNDED IN EGYPT
The Muslim Brotherhood, which was founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna, remains headquartered in Egypt but operates throughout the world.
FORMS SECRET TERROR WING
Al-Banna founds the “Special Section” or “Secret Apparatus”, an armed terrorist wing capable of committing attacks on Egyptian government officials and foreigners.
CONDUCTS BOMBING CAMPAIGN
The Brotherhoods “Secret Apparatus” is accused of a December 24, 1946 bombing campaign targeting Cairo establishments.
ASSASSINATES JUDGE
Muslim Brothers kills Judge Ahmed Al-Khazinder Bey. Al-Khazinder Bey is targeted after he sentenced a Muslim Brotherhood member who attacked a British soldier to life imprisonment.
BROTHERHOOD BATTALION FIGHTS AGAINST ISRAEL
The Brotherhood organizes its paramilitary “battalions” to fight against Israel during its War of Independence in 1948.
ASSASSINATES EGYPT’S PRIME MINISTER
In December 1948, a Muslim Brother assassinates Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmud Fahmi al-Nuqrashi, who had ordered the Brotherhood dissolved.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF GAMAL ABDEL NASSER
On October 26, 1954, Muslim Brother Mohammed Abdel Latif opens fire on Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser but fails to kill him. The Muslim Brotherhood is again dissolved, and a crackdown begins.
BANNED IN SYRIA
Following a wave of assassinations targeting government officials and the June 16, 8 1979 massacre of 83 military cadets in Aleppo, Syria bans the Muslim Brotherhood from the country; and makes membership in the organization punishable by death.
THE BROTHERHOOD FOUNDS HAMAS
The Muslim Brotherhood founds the Hamas movement, as “one of the wings of the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine.”
BROTHERHOOD/AL-QAEDA LEADER ARRESTED FOR 1993 WORLD TRADE CENTER PLOT
Mohammad Jamal Khalifa, a veteran of the Soviet-Afghan wara and senior Muslim Brotherhood leader, is arrested in California in December 1994 on charges related to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.
BROTHERHOOD IN SUDAN HOSTS MANY DIFFERENT TERRORIST ORGANZIATIONS AT CONFERENCE
Sudanese MB leader Hassan al-Turabi hosts a conference featuring representatives from several Islamic terrorist organizations including Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Iranian intelligence. The conference also hosts the International Muslim Brotherhood and numerous Brotherhood branches including Hamas, Jordan’s Islamic Action Front, and Tunisia’s Ennahda Movement. The participants agree to cooperate in a campaign to attack U.S. interests in the Middle East and the U.S. homeland.
PALESTINIAN BROTHERHOOD BRANCH DESIGNATED IN THE UNITED STATES
The terrorist group Hamas, is designated as a foreign terrorist organization by President Clinton on January 23, 1995 by Executive Order 12947, and by Secretary of State Madeline Albright on October 7,1997, under section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)).
KUWAITI BROTHERHOOD BRANCH DESIGNATED IN THE UNITED STATES
Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood’s Lajnat al-Daawa al-Islamiya (‘‘Islamic Call Committee’’), which includes Al-Qaeda operations chief Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef as leader, is designated as a foreign terrorist organization by President Bush on September 23, 2001 and by Secretary of State Powell on January 9, 2003. It was designated as a foreign terrorist organization for serving as a financial conduit for Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda; funding terrorist groups in Chechnya and Libya.
SUDANESE BROTHERHOOD/AL-QAEDA LEADER ARRESTED
Sami Al-Hajj, an Al-Qaeda member and senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Shura Council, is imprisoned as a detainee at the Department of Defense facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for his work as a money and weapons courier for Al-Qaeda.
BROTHERHOOD BANNED IN RUSSIA
In a February 14, 2003 court decision, the Russian Supreme Court describes the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization; and bans the organization from operating in Russia.
U.S. CONGRESS HEARS TESTIMONY THAT MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SUPPORTS TERRORIST GROUPS
Former National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism Richard Clarke testifies that terrorist organizations including Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and al-Qaeda continue to operate within the United States and that the Muslim Brotherhood has been assisting these groups since the 1980s.
U.S. CONVICTS “THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD’S BANKER”
In 2003 The Federal government convicts Soliman Biheiri, on immigration charges, after referring to him in court as “the United States banker for the Muslim Brotherhood.” Biheiri’s company Baitul Mal Incorporated had close ties to both Al Qaeda and Hamas leaders.
YEMENI BROTHERHOOD LEADER DESIGNATED IN THE UNITED STATES
Shaykh Abd-al-Majid Al-Zindani, a leader of the Yemeni Muslim Brotherhood’s Al-Islah political party and spiritual leader for Osama Bin Laden, is designated by the Secretary of the Treasury as a specially designated terrorist for support of Al-Qaeda, including assisting in recruiting members and procuring weapons. Al-Zindani is also identified in a Federal lawsuit as a coordinator of the October 2000 suicide attack targeting the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen
HOLY LAND FOUNDATION MEMBERS FOUND GUILTY
The leaders of the Holy Land Foundation (HLF), the largest Islamic charity in the United States, are found guilty on all counts on charges of providing support to Hamas. During trial the U.S. government submits evidence proving the Muslim Brotherhood founded the Holy Land Foundation in order to support Hamas in the United States.
SUPREME GUIDE DECLARES WAR ON AMERICA
In September 2010, the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie calls on Arab and Muslim regimes to confront Israel and the United States, declaring, “Resistance is the only solution against the Zio-American arrogance and tyranny.” He goes on to call for jihad saying “that the improvement and change that the [Muslim] nation seeks can only be attained through jihad and sacrifice and by raising a jihadi generation that pursues death just as the enemies pursue life.”
FBI DIRECTOR SAYS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ENGAGES IN INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
Testifying before Congress FBI Director Robert Mueller notes that the Muslim Brotherhood activities within the US include engaging in international terrorism while testifying before Intelligence Committee of the House of Representatives.
BANNED IN EGYPT
An Egyptian court banned the Muslim Brotherhood from Egypt; and the Government of Egypt officially declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization.
RIOTS TARGET COPTIC CHRISTIANS
The clearing of Muslim Brotherhood protests in Egypt resulted in attacks by Muslim Brotherhood supporters against Coptic Christian citizens, and included 70 churches and more than 1,000 homes and businesses destroyed.
ALIGNS WITH TERROR GROUPS IN LIBYA
Militias of the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood join forces with designated terrorist organizations including Al Qaeda-linked Ansar al-Sharia, as part of the Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries and Libya Dawn forces fighting against the military forces of the internationally recognized Libyan government.
BANNED IN SAUDI ARABIA
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia designated the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group on March 7, 2014.
DESIGNATED IN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES & BAHRAIN
The Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates has published a list of terrorist organizations, which includes the Muslim Brotherhood and its local affiliates. On March 21, 2014, the Foreign Minister of Bahrain backed the terrorist designations of the Muslim Brotherhood by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
THREATENS EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT
The Muslim Brotherhood publishes an online statement that the organization was entering a "new phase" asking its followers to prepare for a "long, uncompromising jihad" against the Egyptian government.
SCHOLARS ENDORSE VIOLENCE
Muslim Brotherhood-associated scholars endorse violence in response "to a war against Islamic principles," and justify “retribution punishment" against judges, police, military, religious figures, and media members who support the government.
Backgrounders
The Brotherhood in Europe
Many Brotherhood their leaders immigrated to Europe because the group was suppressed in Egypt following their attempt to overthrow the Nasser government. Foolishly, the CIA saw them as a partner in the Cold War against a godless Soviet Bloc.
A History of Violence & Jihad
“Allah is our objective; the Koran 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.” (The Brotherhood's Motto)
BREAKING NEWS & RESEARCH
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