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Agent of the Muslim Brotherhood? (Photo: Time)
France's Nouvel Observateur (thanks to Joyce) is reporting that controversial European Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan's move to the United States may be related to talks between Washington and the Muslim Brotherhood. Here is my rough-and-ready translation of the French article:
Surprise: Tariq Ramadan, part-time lecturer at the University of Freiburg in Switzerland, is on his way to the United States. Next September, he will be named a professor at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. This arrangement comes after multiple offers made to him by many American universities for several months, in particular the University of Chicago. In April, he will also give several lectures in California, and according to him, will be invited to the U.S. State Department, which seems interested in him more and more.This information was also confirmed Wednesday by the Genevan daily newspaper Le Temps, which confirms, quoting a spokesman of Tariq Ramadan, that "he will give courses beginning next fall on the relationship between religion, conflict and the promotion of peace." However, according to the paper, the visa application filed by the intellectual is likely to take time, "because there are people who have questions about it."
His departure from Europe is even more surprising since the Genevan theologian (of Egyptian origin) is actively involved in France in the debate over the veil and secularism. Tariq Ramadan is considered, by many European intelligence services, to be one of the clandestine leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, an organization that supports the Palestinian kamikazes of Hamas. Is his departure for the United States a sign, as DST [Territorial Surveillance Directorate, France's domestic intelligence service] officials believe, of an accord between Washington and the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood?
Translation corrections welcome. In any case, the connection that this article makes between Ramadan and the Muslim Brotherhood is significant. In Onward Muslim Soldiers I explain how careful he has been to present himself as a moderate Muslim, although there are numerous questions about his real connection to radicals. The Muslim Brotherhood, of course, is the father of virtually all modern-day Islamic terror groups.
Posted by Robert at January 28, 2004 11:38 AM
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And of course Tariq Ramadan is the grandson of Hassan Al Bana, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. Indeed, Ramadan writes glowingly about his nefarious grandfather- the latter, an unapologetic purveyor of sectarian hatred and violence- i.e., classical jihad and dhimmitude
Posted by: Andrew Bostom at January 28, 2004 12:16 PMJust for curiosity, is there any way to shake up the State Department?
Posted by: Marilyn at January 28, 2004 12:35 PMWhy is he even being allowed to enter the USA and why is he being employed by a Christian University - Notre Dame is certainly playing the fool and showing typical dhimmitude!
jihan
Posted by: jihan at January 28, 2004 6:24 PMWhat "accord between Washington and the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood"?
Posted by: ploome at January 28, 2004 6:57 PMTime to mail ND my shredded ND baseball cap. I graduated from a Jesuit university, and it's been apparent for some years that the Jesuits are basically the radicals of the Catholic faith. From supporting Marxist dictators in Central America to promoting "social justice" in the classroom--in my opinion just another euphemism for "socialist"--to now employing a muslim wolf in sheep's clothing, there is no cause too radical for the Jesuits to support.
Posted by: Doug at January 28, 2004 8:18 PMI'd imagine the State Department in its infinite naivete sees Ramadan in the way that the liberal apologists have hailed him: as a moderate Muslim thinker. His credentials as a moderate are certainly ambiguous if not downright questionable as is evidenced in Onward Muslim Soldiers.
I do admire, however, what I see as the spirit of the offer-ultimately, that the United States should be promoting the agendas of moderate-leaning Muslim figures. Unfortunately, I think that while the offer of good faith would be better given to someone who openly advocates something like itijihad, the State Department is instead going to embrace someone with questioniable "moderate" credentials.
Posted by: Rick at January 29, 2004 5:35 AMThere is no such thing as a moderate Muslim if the person truly follows Islam. A moderate Muslim is a Western Concept which does not exist within Islam.
jihan
Posted by: jihan at January 29, 2004 9:40 AMAmericans are unbelievable! Depressing! At the same time that they are making a lot of difficulties to simple honest people wanting to enter the USA, they offer such a position to such a man! This guy is very dangerous, and he is quite clever. He is a devout and devoted Muslim brother. He deeply believes that at the end Islam will overcome the "rotten" Western civilization.
Beware, Americans! You are to naive. Not everything religious is "good"...
Any speeches of Ramadan's available? Has he written any books/articles/etc? I would like to read what he writes/says before I leap.
Still, it seems a bit - thoughtless? - of ND to hire the guy without providing ample background illustrating how "moderate" he is. Just their say-so won't cut it!
Posted by: Tish at February 9, 2004 6:49 PMhttp://www.awsummit.org/agenda.htm
Tariq Ramadan Key Speaker, invited by the Embassy of the USA Berlin, on January 17, 2004. His subject: “To be an Arab in Europe: Perspectives for an Arab Community in an increasingly pluralist European Society – Learning from the Arab American Community.”
And for those who read German:
http://www.members.partisan.net/sds/sds05803.html
ATTAC - At-Taqiya - Attacke. Der Islamist Tariq Ramadan und die Globalisierungskritiker vereint im Kampf (The Islamist Tariq Ramadan and the anti-globalists united in the fight against the Western System and Israel). By Gudrun Eussner
Have a nice day!
Posted by: Gudrun Eussner at February 15, 2004 11:27 AMRef. posting by Tish, 9 Februar 2004
Any speeches of Ramadan's available? Has he written any books/articles/etc? I would like to read what he writes/says before I leap.
Tish, you please check the Online Bookstore of the Islamic Foundation, close friend of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, who inaugurated their training center in January 2003.
http://www.islamic-foundation.org.uk
There you will find: Tariq Ramadan, Hassan al-Banna, Sayyid Qutb, Abul A'la Mawdudi, several convertites as the German ex-Embassador Wilfried Murad Hofmann etc.
In French you find the Tariq Ramadan works at Editions Tawhid, Lyon.
Posted by: Gudrun Eussner at February 15, 2004 11:41 AMSorry, it's me again:
Bienvenue aux Editions Tawhid, le spécialiste de l'édition musulmane francophone.
LES OEUVRES DE TARIQ RAMADAN
Exceptionnel : NOUS VOUS PROPOSONS TOUS LES OUVRAGES ET K7 DE TARIQ RAMADAN
Jihâd
Foi
De l’Islam
La listes des K7 vidéo
Musulmans d’Occident
Sources du renouveau musulman (aux)
Entre l’homme et son cœur
Être musulman européen
Musulmans dans la laïcité (les)
Spiritualité
Islam en questions (l’)
Peut-on vivre avec l’islam ?
La liste des K7 audio
Islam
Dâr ash-shahâda
http://www.islam-france.com/
ash-shahâda:
The creed of Islam, and one of the religion's five pillars. Shahada is best translated with 'testimony'.
Shahada is not only a testimony of ones belief, but also a legal testimony. "There is no god but God, and Muhammad is his messenger." Shi'is add "...and Ali is his friend."
This statement, so frequently used, is also very consciously used in connection with holy warfare, jihad. A Muslim dying while fighting jihad, is called shahîd (note the long 'i'-sound), which often is translated with 'martyr'.
A person performing Shahada in civil and legal sense, is called shâhid (note the long 'a'-sound), i.e. a term different for the one used for martyrs.
http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?shahada.htm
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