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Obama State Department hosts Muslim Brotherhood leaders

Jan 29, 2015 4:19 am By Robert Spencer

WaleedSharabyMBStateDeptAfter the recent speech al-Sisi made calling for a reevaluation of the aspects of Islamic thinking that are “antagonizing the entire world,” the State Department should be working closely with him on strategies for teaching against jihad violence and Islamic supremacism in Muslim countries. Instead, it is meeting with his opposition, which is dedicated in its own words, according to a captured internal document, to “eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within, and sabotaging its miserable house.”

“Muslim Brotherhood-Aligned Leaders Hosted at State Department,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, January 28, 2015:

The State Department hosted a delegation of Muslim Brotherhood-aligned leaders this week for a meeting about their ongoing efforts to oppose the current government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt, who rose to power following the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi, an ally of the Brotherhood, in 2013.

One member of the delegation, a Brotherhood-aligned judge in Egypt, posed for a picture while at Foggy Bottom in which he held up the Islamic group’s notorious four-finger Rabia symbol, according to his Facebook page.

That delegation member, Waleed Sharaby, is a secretary-general of the Egyptian Revolutionary Council and a spokesman for Judges for Egypt, a group reported to have close ties to the Brotherhood.

The delegation also includes Gamal Heshmat, a leading member of the Brotherhood, and Abdel Mawgoud al-Dardery, a Brotherhood member who served as a parliamentarian from Luxor.

Sharaby, the Brotherhood-aligned judge, flashed the Islamist group’s popular symbol in his picture at the State Department and wrote in a caption: “Now in the U.S. State Department. Your steadfastness impresses everyone,” according to an independent translation of the Arabic.

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Another member of the delegation, Maha Azzam, confirmed during an event hosted Tuesday by the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID)—another group accused of having close ties to the Brotherhood—that the delegation had “fruitful” talks with the State Department.

“Maha Azzam confirms that ‘anti-coup’ delegation, which includes 2 top [Muslim Brothers], had ‘fruitful’ conversations at State Dept,” Egypt expert Eric Trager tweeted.

Assam also said that the department expressed openness to engagement, according to one person who attended the event.

Trager, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP), told the Washington Free Beacon that the State Department is interested in maintaining a dialogue with the Brotherhood due to its continued role in the Egyptian political scene.

“The State Department continues to speak with Muslim Brothers on the assumption that Egyptian politics are unpredictable, and the Brotherhood still has some support in Egypt,” he said. “But when pro-Brotherhood delegations then post photos of themselves making pro-Brotherhood gestures in front of the State Department logo, it creates an embarrassment for the State Department.”…

Uh, yeah.

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Filed Under: Barack Obama, Egypt, Featured, Muslim Brotherhood Tagged With: Abdel Mawgoud al-Dardery, Gamal Heshmat, Rabia, State Department, Waleed Sharaby


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  1. Angemon says

    Jan 29, 2015 at 5:38 am

    The State Department hosted a delegation of Muslim Brotherhood-aligned leaders this week for a meeting about their ongoing efforts to oppose the current government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt, who rose to power following the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi, an ally of the Brotherhood, in 2013.

    And surprised no one by doing so…

    “But when pro-Brotherhood delegations then post photos of themselves making pro-Brotherhood gestures in front of the State Department logo, it creates an embarrassment for the State Department.”…

    How about NOT dealing with the MB? call it for what it is: a terrorist organization. Problem solved.

    • Darren says

      Jan 29, 2015 at 6:08 pm

      I call the State Department the Islamic State Department for a reason. They even recruit at muslim brotherhood conferences.

      http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2013/01/state-dept-recruits-muslim-foreign-service-officers-at-jihadist-conf/

  2. AJ Liberphile says

    Jan 29, 2015 at 6:32 am

    From mi forthcoming bok:

    According to a former prosecutor with the US Justice Department, John Loftus, “Al-Banna [MB Founder] was a devout admirer of Adolf Hitler and wrote to him frequently. Al-Banna was so persistent in his admiration of the new Nazi Party that in the 1930s, Al-Banna and the Muslim Brotherhood became a secret arm of Nazi Intelligence; with the goal of the Third Reich to develop the Muslim Brotherhood as an army inside Egypt.”

    The Brotherhood’s main ideological theorist was Sayyid Qutb, whose book Milestones provides inspiration for jihad terror movements to this day. It is useful to understand a few points from the Moslem Brotherhood’s ideology when pondering the movement’s current influence and links.

    As Qutb puts it:
    “Islam cannot accept any mixing with Jahiliyyah [the society and rule of unbelievers]. Either Islam will remain, or Jahiliyyah; no half-solution is possible. Command belongs to Allah, or otherwise to Jahiliyyah; Allah’s Sharia will prevail, or else people’s desires… The foremost duty of Islam is to depose Jahiliyyah from the leadership of man, with the intention of raising human beings to that high position which Allah has chosen for him.”

    Most powerful Islamic organisations today, including terrorist organisations and their financial backers, have or have had close links to the Muslim Brotherhood.

    From its inception, the Moslem Brotherhood engaged in terrorism and deception, with terror attacks and assassinations across Egypt and beyond. In 1948, the Brotherhood assassinated Prime Minister Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha and judge Ahmed El-Khazindar. It continues to attack Coptic Christians and churches to this day.

    In March 2011, The former head of MI6 (from 1999-2004) described the Muslim Brotherhood as being “at heart, a terrorist organization”.

    In March 2014, Even the kleptocracies of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE, keen to head off further Islamicist influence on their fragile rule, followed Egypt’s military rulers in declaring the Moslem Brotherhood a terrorist organisation.

    In response to the UK Government’s investigation into the Moslem Brotherhood, Its UK leader, Ibrahim Mounir, in an interview with the Sunday Times, warned that the government’s investigation “could invite terrorist attacks against civilians. He said that the government’s designation of his organization as a terrorist entity could be interpreted by its followers that violence was an option.

    So what on earth is the US Government doing, associating with terrorists?

    • RonaldB says

      Jan 29, 2015 at 10:28 am

      “So what on earth is the US Government doing, associating with terrorists?”

      Do you remember Warren Harding’s quote:
      “I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my godd*mned friends, they’re the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights!” — Warren G. Harding

      The fact is, modern Western governments can easily keep Islamic countries at bay. Muslims outside are no problem, especially with the modern means of oil production available to the West. Muslims inside the borders are a big problem.

      But, the worst enemy of the West is the West.

      Clinton bombed the Serbians into submission while they were defeating Muslim attackers. The European Union enforces open borders among European countries so Muslim workers and illegal immigrants can move freely. The European Court of Human Rights prevents the deportation of Muslim terrorists because their rights are likely to be ignored in the Muslim countries they would be returned to. The Spanish government tries to return a Muslim apostate face certain death in his Muslim country of origin. The ACLU offers to bring a lawsuit against a gun-range owner who refuses to allow Muslims to practice firearms at her facility. George Bush declares Islam to be a religion of peace.

      The US government opposes the Egyptian government that toppled the Muslim Brotherhood.

      The list can get too long. The point is, the institutions in the West are extremely likely to be the means of their own destruction.

      It’s so common, in fact, that I wonder if it’s not some sort of evolutionary mechanism, where the very success of western society in preventing illness and poverty allows the development of weak and spineless leaders. Or, do the leaders simply lose the edge they need in protecting their own societies, and pursue personal comfort and intellectual dullness, rather than engage in a real battle of ideas and effort?

    • Mark says

      Jan 30, 2015 at 8:02 pm

      Are you serious?
      The Moslem Brotherhood was founded, funded and supported by British MI5 in 1927.
      It is still funded by global bankers (jews) to disturb and disrupt any country who will not bow down and worship the IMF/Federal Reserve system(s).
      Just look at the Zionist invented state called Kosovo. After the genocide of native Whites in the area. The bankers moved in. And now it is a major hub of heroin and weapons smuggling throughout Europe.
      Goat herders in caves do not have the training nor resources to force entire nations to submit to anything. It takes finance and military arms. Which the average Moslem does not have. But guess who does?

  3. duh_swami says

    Jan 29, 2015 at 6:44 am

    Committing acts of treason every day, committing acts of treason in every way…
    Certain depts in the US gov should be dismantled and it’s agents arrested.
    The State Department is one of them…

    • Ross says

      Jan 29, 2015 at 12:22 pm

      If that were ever going to happen, Eric Holder would be swinging from a tree, as we speak.

      Trying to get our government to do the right thing is like asking a bully to quit beating us up and taking our lunch money. As long as there are millions to be made, our leaders will continue on the same path.

      Check out all the corruption allegations against Harry Reid. Look at Bundy Ranch and the Chinese solar project. Look at how they moved the “endangered turtle border” so the Chinese could move in.

      This is what organized crime looks like. The Sopranos is a cliche’.

  4. Spot On says

    Jan 29, 2015 at 8:09 am

    Muslim Brotherhood…good WH friends. Netanyahu…. WH doesn’t like and will not see. Might there be some anti-Semitism here? Who is our ally?

  5. noellsq says

    Jan 29, 2015 at 8:58 am

    WHAT THE F–K IS GOING ON. IF THIS IS TRUE THEN IT IS TIME TO SEND THE POTUS TO HELL.

  6. Kasey says

    Jan 29, 2015 at 8:59 am

    I often wonder how many “front” groups really exist with the avowed aim to over-throw
    Western nations and its civilization from within and without. Obama must be crazy if he ever thinks the Muslim Brotherhood believes in democracy. They’re like Nazis, use the system to gain power then hold on by any means[ as long as the Army is on side] For MB,luckily for Egypt, it wasn’t

  7. mortimer says

    Jan 29, 2015 at 10:18 am

    Rather similar to ‘shooting the finger’ at the United States, wouldn’t you say?

  8. Dave J says

    Jan 29, 2015 at 10:54 am

    Not only should they be rejecting the MB plan to take over the United States, but:

    Where is the support for al-Sisi – one of the few brave voices for realism and reform in the Muslim world?

    Our leaders are playing for the opposing team.

    • Alarmed Pig Farmer says

      Jan 29, 2015 at 1:12 pm

      al-Sisi – one of the few brave voices for realism and reform in the Muslim world

      Not to quibble, but isn’t realism and reform in Islam a non sequitur? At the best, Al-Sisi is an apostate. That ain’t a bad thing, in fact it’s great, but the prospect of success for proposal are nil.

  9. Jay Boo says

    Jan 29, 2015 at 10:58 am

    A supposedly Christian Obama meeting with a coalition of church burners.
    “Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? “

  10. Salah says

    Jan 29, 2015 at 11:33 am

    The average American still don’t get it; the Muslim Brotherhood thugs are ACTUALLY running the country, they are the true MASTERS in the White House. Obama and his gang are their PUPPETS, nothing more, nothing less.
    There is no legitimate government in the US. NONE.
    The constitution is dead, the rule of law is dead, and most importantly, the average American doesn’t really care, he’s so self absorbed, he has lost his virility, his sense of honor, his great values. He has already submitted.
    The old republic is dead, a new one has to see the light…at a very high cost.

  11. Peter says

    Jan 29, 2015 at 11:39 am

    Given the documented Muslim Brotherhood objective of destroying Western civilization, as revealed by the FBI during the Holy Land Foundation trial, the Obama administration’s collaboration with the Brotherhood constitutes TREASON.

    • Alarmed Pig Farmer says

      Jan 29, 2015 at 12:00 pm

      I wonder if the Ivy League Morons at State even brought that up. Just kidding, of course they’d never do that. I also wonder if they even care about American interests, as in do they care about freedom.

      But what I know without question is that these envoys from the Mo-Bro-Hood do care deeply about the interests of Islam.

    • Clare says

      Jan 29, 2015 at 12:55 pm

      “Sharaby, the Brotherhood-aligned judge, flashed the Islamist group’s popular symbol in his picture at the State Department and wrote in a caption: “Now in the U.S. State Department. Your steadfastness impresses everyone,” according to an independent translation of the Arabic.”

      What is Sharaby saying? “[The Muslim Brotherhood is] now in the United States State Department.” The blackguard is boasting. The despised MB Hood anti-American “freedom go to hell” pirate four-fingered flag symbol has been seen on our streets and here it is in the very halls of our governance. “Your [the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt?, the moles in the US government that made this appearance possible?] steadfastness impresses everyone [US citizens? MB Hoods in Egypt? MB Hoods and their supporters in the US?].” This photo and caption should turn our blood cold. Yes, this constitutes TREASON.

  12. usa retired says

    Jan 29, 2015 at 12:03 pm

    This Nation and our Government are becoming our worst enemy by befriending Muslims! No Muslim/Islamist can be a law abiding resident of our Nation, as heathens there beliefs will not allow them so!

  13. Sam says

    Jan 29, 2015 at 4:54 pm

    Well do we have any way to push our military leaders to do something? Like generals getting together and telling Obama that he is “acting” like a traitor by sucking up to the enemy. Or just telling him that he is a traitor and the military will not support him. Can’t they do it behind closed doors or they are gone to the la la land of the liberals?

    • Bezelel says

      Jan 29, 2015 at 7:53 pm

      obola has been purging any military leadership that he and his co destroyers have seen as a threat.

  14. reuben says

    Jan 30, 2015 at 5:40 am

    Soon US will have to change their punchline

    From

    “We do not compromise with the terrorist. ”

    To

    “Sorry, we work with them”.

  15. Clifford Hall says

    Jan 30, 2015 at 7:22 am

    Cynical opportunism and incitement to terrorism. And they shot Kennedy?

  16. Martin Vink says

    Jan 30, 2015 at 8:01 am

    Congress can impeach Obama for not upholding the Constitution or for having a possible conflict of interest in serving Islam and/or the Brotherhood.

    However, if Congress is too weak to act, then the People can mount a change to the Constitution.

    Should we not do everything possible to stop sharia from being considered anywhere in the USA?

    How difficult would it be to organize a group like the Tea Party or Veterans to collect sufficient signatures in each State to drive a referendum that simply asks “Should sharia be banned under the Constitution of the USA?”

    Muslims go from municipality to municipality, overwhelming each municipality in turn, to obtain concessions. They do this through concentration of force using well prepared plans and all the resources of a much larger geographic area to ambush the People of the targeted area. They don’t really need to win each time. They just need to keep winning enough fights to eventually change the Constitution. They are winning a lot because each is a well-orchestrated surprise attack. I have seen it in Australia and I have read about it in Europe and in the USA. They are continually devouring Christianity, Democracy and Freedom like Zombies out of a horror flick.

    We are always on the defensive even if we have the larger numbers by far.

    A constitutional barrier to sharia would be an effective way for all communities to combat sharia and Islam. It would even remove the stigma associated with criticism of Islam.

    In addition to continue to expose the threats to our nation, we should mount a referendum challenge to Islam that will cause issues to be debated openly for two years. If we have the facts and the truth behind us, that debate will not go well for Islam.

    Let us go to the offense.

  17. Lioness says

    Jan 30, 2015 at 10:47 am

    No surprise there. Muslim Brotherhood financed the election of Obama and they are always going to be welcomed in Washington, as long as this traitor is the president.

  18. RJ says

    Jan 30, 2015 at 12:43 pm

    Amazing they meet with the State Dept and 2 days later they call for Jihad against Egypt. Did the State Dept promise support to the Muslim Brotherhood? That’s the biggest question I think we should have answered, since we know Obama is a supporter of them.

  19. Nam Marine says

    Jan 31, 2015 at 5:17 am

    YOU voted for this Muslim…….now live with it !

  20. George says

    Apr 8, 2015 at 4:04 pm

    And almost 8 years ago…..

    http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2007/ss_egypt_06_27.asp

    Thursday, June 28, 2007
    U.S. approves contacts with Muslim Brotherhood: ‘Region is going Islam’

    WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has been quietly engaging the Muslim Brotherhood movement.
    Officials said the State Department has approved a policy that would enable U.S. diplomats to meet and coordinate with Brotherhood leaders in Egypt, Iraq, Syria and other Arab states. They said the program would first be restricted to elected officials from the Brotherhood and eventually be extended to their political chiefs.

    “The region is going Islam,” an official said. “We see this in nearly every country in the Middle East. We either understand it and engage with it or find ourselves completely out of the picture.”

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