The Muslim Brotherhood is a global entity, so the latest reaffirmation against it by the UAE is beneficial, despite the reasons for this new declaration. Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s ruling family view the Brotherhood “as an ideological competitor and sees its promotion of political activism, including support for elections, as a direct threat to its dynastic system of rule.” Yet despite differences in the political systems of these Gulf states with those of the West, the modus operandi of the Muslim Brotherhood is similar in them to its strategy in Western countries, where the Brothers engage in political activism and the manipulation of Western identity politics. They also pose a significant threat to free societies. The strategic goal for the Muslim Brotherhood in North America is:
The process of settlement is a “Civilization-Jihadist Process” with all the word means. The Ikhwan must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and “sabotaging” its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and God’s religion is made victorious over all other religions. Without this level of understanding, we are not up to this challenge and have not prepared ourselves for Jihad yet. It is a Muslim’s destiny to perform Jihad and work wherever he is and wherever he lands until the final hour comes, and there is no escape from that destiny except for those who chose to slack. But, would the slackers and the Mujahedeen be equal.
Although the Fatwa Council of the UAE urged Muslims to steer clear of the MB, the situation is just the opposite in Western countries, where Muslim Brotherhood affiliates have managed to position themselves as the chief representatives of Muslims. A lengthy list of Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated organizations (designated “unindicted co-conspirators” in the Holy Land Foundation trial, see the list HERE) was discovered to be funding the violent Muslim Brotherhood offshoot Hamas. These groups nevertheless have been heavily involved in Leftist government initiatives, as was seen in the Obama administration.
Last year, there were attempts by the Trump Administration to designate the Muslim Brotherhood in America a terrorist organization, which would serve to ends its affiliated groups’ persistent political interference, including their lobbying against the freedom of speech and promotion of the “Islamophobia” subterfuge. Ultimately, however, this was not done. The failure of this initiative was unsurprising given the complex dynamics of the Muslim Brotherhood and its influence, which can be seen at almost every level of society, and the ever-shifting role of Muslim Brotherhood operatives from country to country, as they continue to manipulate the rule of law against the West in both the public and private sectors.
The Fatwa Council of the UAE reiterated that “’it is not permissible to pledge allegiance to anyone other than the ruler,’ and said the community should show ‘respect and commitment’ to leaders.” This reasoning in itself demonstrates the difference between Western states and the centralized governments in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and illustrates one reason why it is difficult in Western countries to make a similar decision of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. Nevertheless, Western countries would be ill-advised not to continue to try to stymie the Muslim Brotherhood’s multifarious efforts. For instance, once any group is discovered to be linked to foreign terrorist groups, it shouldn’t just be declared an “unindicted co-conspirator” and allowed to continue as before; all government contacts with this group should be ended and funding stripped from it, if it isn’t closed outright.
As the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt disavow the Muslim Brotherhood, Turkey and Qatar are strengthening and arming it, and the stability of Western countries continue to be eroded by it, while they have no plans to limit its influence.
“Government led UAE Fatwa Council designates Muslim Brotherhood a ‘terrorist group,'” Middle East Monitor, November 25, 2020:
The UAE Fatwa Council, a state led religious body which critics say is used by the repressive Gulf monarchy to rubber stamp its policies, has declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation.
The highly controversial decision came during a virtual meeting on Monday led by Sheikh Abdullah Bin Bayyah, chairman of the council. The move follows a similar pronouncement earlier this month by Saudi Arabia’s Council of Senior Scholars.
Eighteen scholar and ulama unions, including the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), issued a joint statement against the decision of the Council of Senior Scholars rejecting the designation of the Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation.
Meanwhile, Israel’s Foreign Ministry Arabic Twitter account hailed the Saudi council’s statement and said that it was “pleased” with the decision.
In its decision, the UAE Fatwa Council declared its full support for the Saudi council statement and called on all Muslims to reject the Brotherhood which they claimed “works to divide the ranks and inflame discord and bloodshed”.
The movement has strenuously denied these allegations. “The Brotherhood… is far from acts of violence and terrorism, and the dissemination of division within the [Muslim Ummah],” said spokesman Talaat Fahmy. “It is a reformist advocacy group that calls for obedience to Allah through sharing wise and pious advice without excess or negligence.”
In response to the decision, activists have circulated previous fatwas (religious opinions) to highlight the political motives behind the move and to suggest that the scholars designating the Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation have become a tool for Gulf autocrats to justify their repressive policies.
A previous fatwa by Saudi Arabia’s most eminent scholar Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Baz (1910-1999), who was the Chairman of the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Iftaa, described the Brotherhood as “the most righteous Islamic groups and the closest to the teachings of the Prophet are Ahl Al-Sunnah, including Ahl Al-Hadith, Jamaat Ansar Al-Sunna and then comes the Muslim Brotherhood.”…
mortimer says
If leading mullahs of Muslim religious bodies can perceive that the Muslim Brotherhood is a political terrorist organization, then Western governments equipped with dozens of secular political scientists should be able to deduce the same thing using secular scholarship.
Indeed, the MB has been and still is a TERRORIST organization from its outset.
Nancy says
Exactly. Can you believe Barack had a dozen or so as his as odors and they were running around the White House r to our secrets. ?
Michael Copeland says
“Jihad in the way of Allah is not terrorism.”
Qazi Hussain Ahmed
a former president of Jamaat-e-Islami
https://www.tr.news/china-bends-the-knee-to-radical-islamist/?mc_cid=dece45b7b2&mc_eid=9fdbda6cc8
b.a. freeman says
i take anything from a “fatwa council” with a boulder of salt, even if it *IS* correct, and regardless of the reasoning. the “reasoning,” BTW, is always suspect, unless it is written in a non-european language. the f***ing lying pious muslims say one thing in european languages to further their lies, and the *truth* – or as close as they ever get – is reserved for pious muslims.
joe bidn, comma laharris, et al., will totally ignore this, and invite all the poor muslim brotherhood personnel who are thrown out of the UAE into the u.s.
terry sullivan says
is mb proscribed in uk?
patriot eagle says
The globalist cabal use Marxism and Islam to implement the New World Order, so they will work with the Muslim Brotherhood. Trump needs to see this and evict them. General Michael Flynn sees it. But Trump is distracted by the election fraud and combating the attacks by the Democrats for 4 years. Most all or not all 57 Muslims elected to office are Democrats. The Democrats vote for the Muslim candidates. We need to educate voters about the carriers of Sharia. Why not Senate hearings on the evidence from Phase II of the Holy Land Foundation to educate the public. The FBI likes working with the Muslim Brotherhood. Can;t keep them apart. See the Arkansas and Louisiana Resolutions on breaking up CAIR working with local police. We need to promote this Resolution or even Laws to put a restriction on CAIR/police relationship on the state level. MB breeds jihadis.
gravenimage says
UAE Fatwa Council denounces Muslim Brotherhood as ‘terrorist group,’ urges Muslims to steer clear of it
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The UAE just doesn’t want Jihad in their own land. Dar-al-Harb is a different matter, though…