[Originally published by PJ Media via RaymondIbrahim.com]
Yet one more piece of evidence tying the United States to the Islamic State recently came to light. In a new video interview, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, one of the most authoritative clerics in the Muslim community who has his own program on Al Jazeera and is chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, asserted that the leader of the head-chopping, infidel-crucifying Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was once a member of the Brotherhood, which the U.S. government, especially the Obama administration, has been allied with.
Indicators of a U.S./Brotherhood alliance are too many to list here and have been on open display from people like Hillary Clinton, former U.S. ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson, and Sen. John McCain (who may have taken pictures not only with known Islamic terrorists, but with al-Baghdadi himself).
According to Sheikh Qaradawi, “this youth [al-Baghdadi] was from the start among the top ranks of the Brotherhood, but he was inclined to [positions of] leadership and so forth… Then, after he spent years in prison [for Brotherhood activities] he came out and joined with them [nascent Islamic State],” eventually rising to be its “caliph.”
Egyptian Minister of Religious Endowments (Awqaf), Dr. Muhammad Mukhtar Gom‘a said that “Qaradawi’s confession [concerning al-Baghdadi] confirms that the Brotherhood is the spiritual father to every extremist group.”
Even so, Qaradawi’s revelation was not meant to cast aspersions on the Brotherhood, especially as he is one of its spiritual fathers. More likely he was invoking the idea that imprisoning and suppressing “moderate Islamists,” namely the Muslim Brotherhood—most recently in Egypt’s last revolution—only leads to their “radicalization” and turn to violence.
This is a widely accepted meme, especially in the West. Al-Qaeda’s Ayman Zawahiri is another former Brotherhood member who is regularly portrayed as turning to “radicalism” and jihad after being imprisoned in Egypt in 1981—though any evaluation of the facts of his life demonstrate that he was a “radical” well before he was incarcerated, that he was imprisoned precisely because he was radical.
The idea that it is best to cooperate and ally with the “moderate” and “nonviolent” Muslim Brotherhood lest, aggrieved, it turns to “extremism, radicalism, and terrorism” has been swallowed by many Western academics and politicians hook line and sinker.
To understand this phenomenon, one need only turn to the “good cop, bad cop” routine and see how it captures U.S. behavior towards “moderate/nonviolent Islamists” (“good cops”) on the one hand, and “radical/violent Islamists” (“bad cops”) on the other.
According to the CIA Human Resource Exploitation Training Manual (as cited in the book Social Protest in Contemporary China, 2003-2010),
Good cop/bad cop, also called joint questioning and friend and foe, is a psychological tactic used for interrogation. “Good cop/bad cop” tactics involves a team of two interrogators who take apparently opposing approaches to the subject. The interrogators may interview the subject alternately or may confront the subject at the same time. The “bad cop” takes an aggressive, negative stance toward the subject, making blatant accusations, derogatory comments, threats, and in general creating antipathy between the subject and himself. This sets the stage for the “good cop” to act sympathetically, appearing supportive, understanding, in general showing sympathy for the subject. The good cop will also defend the subject from the bad cop. The subject may feel he can cooperate with the good cop out of trust or fear of the bad cop. He may then seek protection by and trust the good cop and provide the information the interrogators are seeking…. Keep reading
jihad3tracker says
HELLO REZA — HOW IS THE LIFE OF A “CREATIVE WRITING” ACADEMIC THESE DAYS — Getting enough respect from your students ?
I always say howdy to you because ( Shhh !! I won’t tell a soul !! ) you obsessively read Jihadwatch several times a day. That’s why you are seeing THIS . . .
Please, sincerely, clue me in about the clownish stalker posts sent by you to Robert Spencer in the last several years. Personality disorder ? That’s my guess.
But our readers here can decide for themselves if your name is typed in the search box.
mortimer says
No doubt, Reza’s students read Jihad Watch as well to learn how ‘creative’ their prof is with facts.
terry says
The good cop/bad cop routine, to explain the dynamic of the relationship between the west on one hand with the so called”moderates” and “extremists” of the Muslim world, on the other hand, is utterly brilliant!
Bravo Raymond Ibrahim.
Myxlplik says
I’ve suspected for about the last four months or so, that Reza = Rezali
Who started out as Dave7**, who was Iraninan and bragged about his open marriage, about 6 years ago.
I forget the last 2 digits btw…
Maria says
Reza, if you read this, you know Islam is a fraud and so was Muhammad.
Muhammad believed he was possessed by demon jinn in the cave and tried to commit suicide. His wife Kadijah lied to him to stop him from harming himself…but what if Muhammad was right in the first place and Muhammad WAS possessed by a demon.
Also the Quran says that the sun sets in a muddy pool on earth. If the Quran is directly from God…why did God say that?
Also the Quran says that Alexander the Great is a Muslim yet he was a pagan bisexual. Proving the Quran is false.
mortimer says
Islam is a hoax. The 60-year gap in the historic and archeological records ends with Caliph Abd al Malik and his lieutenant Hajjaj who both admitted they created the Koran.
Beagle says
Reza is neither a good cop nor bad cop unless the academy is recruiting bitchy sorority girls now.
As for the actual topic, this is quite relevant again:
http://www.answeringmuslims.com/2012/01/three-stages-of-jihad.html?m=1
Stage 1: CAIR grievance-mongering ‘good cops’
Stage 3: IS head-hackers
Both groups are practicing Islam from the Quran and Sunnah.
Beagle says
NOTE: In the stages of jihad video by David Wood he uses a cut scene in which Obama repeatedly says “The Holy Quran tells us…”
Look at the gesture Obama makes with his right hand.
I am sure that is coincidental, right? Right?!
Maria says
Even Muslim scholars know that it is not the “Holy” Quran. It is not supposed to be called the “Holy” Quran, but I believe it is the Generous Quran.
The Quran is not holy and even Muslim scholars know that.
Salah says
“..the leader of the head-chopping, infidel-crucifying Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was once a member of the Brotherhood, which the U.S. government, especially the Obama administration, has been allied with.”
Thank you Raymond for pointing this out.
I’ve always said that ISIS is a creation of the Muslim Brotherhood, the true masters of the W.H.
In other words, ISIS was MADE IN THE U.S.A., by the Muslim Brotherhood, under the nose of their puppets, the Obama gang.
Neil Jennison says
I think that article sums up the situation very well.
It points out that the problem is not radical Islam as opposed to cuddly, nice peaceful Islam, the problem is just Islam.
The fact there are some Muslims who are non-violent, decent members of society is despite the Koran not because of it.
Where people adhere to the message in this awful book then violence and intolerance and supremacism will flourish.
Jack Holan says
I read both the JW & RI article. So, this is our (USA) plan?! G-d help us! The lack of thinking behind this must have been thought up at 20000 feet without oxygen. Why not use a model that has worked; the Israeli one.
dumbledoresarmy says
In the comments to the Ibrahim article at his website, someone commented that the Islamic State/ Muslim Brotherhood badcop/ goodcop game was like the Hamas/ Fatah game.
And once one wakes up to the fact of that game, the proper response is to refuse to be sucked in.
Refuse to negotiate with *both* entities; treat *both* as the Enemy that they are.
And the same approach should be taken by all Infidel governments, everywhere, when dealing with the Mohammedan Mob…whether within or without the gates.