A Muslim Brotherhood mosque suing to have a Wahhabi imam removed is rather like the Tattaglias killing Sonny Corleone: that killing didn't make the Tattaglias anti-Mafia, and this action doesn't make the Brotherhood anti-"fundamentalist." The Brotherhood, after all, is the direct forefather of both Al-Qaeda and Hamas. This 2004 Chicago Tribune expose about the Brotherhood operating in the U.S. paints a very different picture of the Brotherhood from that in the AP story below. From the Trib:
Indeed, because of its hard-line beliefs, the U.S. Brotherhood has been an increasingly divisive force within Islam in America, fueling the often bitter struggle between moderate and conservative Muslims.Many Muslims believe that the Brotherhood is a noble international movement that supports the true teachings of Islam and unwaveringly defends Muslims who have come under attack around the world, from Chechens to Palestinians to Iraqis. But others view it as an extreme organization that breeds intolerance and militancy.
"They have this idea that Muslims come first, not that humans come first," says Mustafa Saied, 32, a Floridian who left the U.S. Brotherhood in 1998.
While separation of church and state is a bedrock principle of American democracy, the international Brotherhood preaches that religion and politics cannot be separated and that governments eventually should be Islamic. The group also champions martyrdom and jihad, or holy war, as a means of self-defense and has provided the philosophical underpinnings for Muslim militants worldwide.
That's the group suing to have this imam removed.
And by the way: why does the Brotherhood own a mosque in New Jersey in the first place? Why isn't the Brotherhood banned from the U.S. altogether?
"Trenton mosque sues to have leader ousted," from AP, with thanks to Marked Manner:
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ The founders of a Trenton mosque have sued in Superior Court in Mercer County to have their religious leader removed, claiming he is trying to make the congregation more fundamentalist.The suit, filed by the International Muslim Brotherhood Inc., the mosque's owner, as well as three founding members, claims that Imam Sabur Abdul Hakim has recently adopted stricter views of Islam and is planning to beam in lectures by satellite from a conservative sect in Saudi Arabia.
The suit also alleges that Hakim began changing religious practices at the Masjid As-Saffat mosque three years ago and appointed his son-in-law, Shalby Akbar Shalby, as "ameer" last August without an election by the congregants....
"They have this idea that Muslims come first, not that humans come first," says Mustafa Saied, 32, a Floridian who left the U.S. Brotherhood in 1998".
Islam is just another of the many rationalization systems in history that are covers for imperialism. What Pizzaro did in Peru, Muslims have done in India, Constantinople, Persia, and elsewhere. It's history everywhere. The difference is that Muslims never apologize for their crimes against "indigenous people", "indigenous cultures". Islam is at its core the engine of Arab Imperialism.
"They have this idea that Muslims come first, not that humans come first," says Mustafa Saied, 32, a Floridian who left the U.S. Brotherhood in 1998.
Well put. People come first in a proper and Modern belief system. It is fascism to hold yourself above others to the point of repressing other people. To make the modern world work we need to have a basic respect for other poeple.
Islamic societies consistantly fail at this.
Smoke and Mirrors, Islamic style.
Pay no attention to my left hand picking your pocket as I point to the "thief" next to you with my right hand, and yell at him (distracting you) to leave you alone.
An old "shift the attention" trick used by organized thieves snce the invention of the purse.
Hamas and Fatah.
Salafists and Wahhabis.
Even Sunni and Shi'ite.
It's all Jihad, by every other name.
Does it matter it they kill you with a sword or a bomb?
I think the court will throw it out. It is outside the scope of a court to decide which kind of religious teaching may be taught. Religious freedom in the US, is both a blessing to Islam, and a curse to it at the same time. In regard to Islam, freedom of religion is also a curse and a blessing at the same time, for the rest of us. Islam needs to be reclassified by the IRS as a 'political entity', not a religion. It's religious tax status should be revoked. Mosques should considered political/military meeting places. Because praying also goes on there, it is still a political headquarters.
"Why isn't the Brotherhood banned from the US altogether?"
Simple...political correctness.
More specifically, their 5th column attack dogs like ramsey clark will go ballistic, scream bloody murder about us like they've gotten away with for years now...and the MSM will run interference for them with coddling coverage.
Like the old CI adage goes...
"Keep your friends close...and your enemies closer."
(big hint)
" Why isn't the Brotherhood banned from the U.S. altogether?"
Because we have a lot of stupid people in Washington, D.C. period.
Amen to that...and they reek of political correctness-that's THE problem.