Reaching out in friendship to those who have determined in their own words to work toward "eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within."
"US official meets with Egypt's Islamists," from the Associated Press, January 12 (thanks to Kenneth):
CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns has met with leaders of Egypt's largest Islamist group, the Muslim Brotherhood, poised to dominate the country's new parliament.The meeting marks an effort by the U.S. government to reach out to the Brotherhood after decades of shunning the movement.
The Brotherhood's party has won more than 40 percent of the seats in the incoming parliament, scheduled to convene on Jan. 23. Its main task is to appoint a 100-member panel to write a new constitution.
Mohammed Morsi, head of the Brotherhood's political party, told Burns during the Wednesday meeting that there is a consensus on civic freedoms and rights for the new constitution, according to a statement from Morsi's office....
Pull my other leg, Morsi.
Bargain with a tiger for its skin !!
Well, it is the job of the US Department of State to talk with the political players in foreign countries. The only reason I'm worried about reports like this one is that this is the administration which missed the world's best teaching opportunity about the First Amendment.
OBAMA = IDIOT TRAITOR OF AMERICAN PEOPLE. This administration is either really out of touch or really a group of Muslim spies. One can not be that stupid to outreach to Muslim Brotherhood, sworn enemy of infidels. So OBAMA has to be doing this on purpose. OBAMA = MUSLIM SPY
"there is a consensus on civic freedoms and rights for the new constitution"
What you say Robert is "pull the other one, mate - it's got bells on..."
"there is a consensus on civic freedoms and rights for the new constitution"
What you say Robert is "pull the other one, mate - it's got bells on..."
I suppose the "whoever allies with them is one of them" verse in the Qur'an didn't click in the heads of the Muslim Brothers.
Tafsir al-Tabari:
قال أبو جعفر: اختلف أهل التأويل في المعنيِّ بهذه الآية، وإن كان مأمورًا بذلك جميع المؤمنين
"Abu Jafar said: Though people are disagreed upon the meaning of the verse, it's obvious it's application is to all of the believers.'"
قال ابن جرير :والصواب من القول في ذلك عندنا أن يقال: إن الله تعالى ذكره نهى المؤمنين جميعاً أن يتخذوا اليهود والنصارى أنصاراً وحلفاء على أهل الإيمان بالله ورسوله
"Ibn Jarir said: 'The Almighty God has forbidden his followers to have as supporters, allies, friends etc. with an affinity to them over those who believe in Allah and His Messenger.'"
I recently saw a college-age woman in a major US city wearing a button that said "Islam is not our enemy". I felt like telling her "That may be true, but we are Islam's enemy, like it or not."
Jamie Glazov interviews David P. Goldman on matters such as Obama's favoritism toward Islamists. It is engaging.
Mahoundians know as much about civic freedoms as my cat knows about quantum mechanics.