“Allah is our goal; the Messenger is our model; the Quran is our constitution; jihad is our means; and martyrdom in the way of Allah is our aspiration.”
H/T to Bryan for the link to the Muslim Brotherhood’s long term goals in the US, which include replacing the Constitution with sharia law.
Amid the mountain of evidence released in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial, the most provocative has turned out to be a handful of previously classified evidence detailing Islamist extremists’ ambitious plans for a U.S. takeover:
The documents – introduced in recent weeks as part of the prosecution’s case in the trial of the now defunct Holy Land Foundation and five of its organizers – lay out the Brotherhood’s plans in chillingly stark terms.A 1991 strategy paper for the Brotherhood, often referred to as the Ikhwan in Arabic, found in the Virginia home of an unindicted co-conspirator in the case, describes the group’s U.S. goals, referred to as a “civilization-jihadist process.”
“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,” it states. This process requires a “mastery of the art of ‘coalitions,’ the art of ‘absorption’ and the principles of ‘cooperation.’ ”Success in the U.S. “in establishing an observant Islamic base with power and effectiveness will be the best support and aid to the global movement,” it states.
A transcript of a Brotherhood orientation meeting recorded in the early 1980s includes discussions of the need for “securing the group” from infiltration by “Zionism, Masonry : the CIA, FBI, etc. so that we find out if they are monitoring us” and “how can we get rid of them.” Discussions later turn to “weapons training at the Ikhwan’s camps” in Oklahoma and Missouri.
The Muslim Brotherhood is the parent organization of Hamas, formed in 1987 in the Palestinian territories to combat Israeli occupation. The Brotherhood remains active in many parts of the world, dedicated to increasing fundamentalist Islamic influence. A key goal is to place nations under Shariah.
Bryan adds:
“The Muslim Brotherhood is also the organization that attracted Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri to the jihad, and is the ideological fountainhead of al Qaeda. Al Qaeda is the more militant of the two ” the Brotherhood participates in Egyptian elections, for instance, while al Qaeda prefers threatening the Iraqi elections ” but their goals are the same. They want to re-establish the caliphate and usher in an Islam-dominated world.
Hopefully as this information emerges in the Holy Land trial, it’ll wake up a few people in Washington.”
History on the Brotherhood:
The Muslim Brotherhood was formed in Egypt in the 1920s by Islamists seeking to install a fundamentalist government there. Islamist radicals today still idolize the martyr Sayyid Qutb, the Brotherhood’s most influential thinker.
While attending college in the U.S. in the late 1940s, Mr. Qutb was appalled by what he perceived as the nation’s lack of piousness and morality.
In the early 1950s, he was jailed in Egypt, where he had worked to overthrow the secular government of Gamal Abdel Nasser. Before he was executed in 1966, he penned a scathing indictment of American culture that called for worldwide rejection of Western values.
His writings are still credited with radicalizing countless young Muslims, including Ayman al-Zawahiri. He became al-Qaeda’s No. 2 leader and the spiritual guide to Osama bin Laden.
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt says that it broke from its violent past in the 1970s and now favors backing Islamist candidates in the more than 70 countries where it has branches. However, the branches operate as independent groups with differing views on the role of violence, and experts say they frequently squabble over strategy, ideology and direction.
“Al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood are working toward the same goal, but the Brotherhood is willing to work through it politically and take their time,” said Mr. Farah, the counterterrorism consultant. “They want an Islamic state. Does that mean they’re going to pick up a gun and start shooting at the [U.S.] president? No. They’re going to work the system.”
The U.S. is among the countries where the Brotherhood has sought to spread its message, according to Department of Justice prosecutors in the Holy Land case.
Prosecutors say that the Brotherhood was behind the Palestinian Committee, formed in the U.S. in the 1980s.
The Palestinian Committee was led by was Mousa Abu Marzook, former head of Hamas and now its No. 2 political chief. He has been designated as a terrorist by the U.S., and was closely tied to the Holy Land Foundation, according to evidence presented at the trial.
Mr. Marzook provided tens of thousands of dollars to the foundation, which also gave money back to charities that the government alleges are controlled by Hamas.
Mr. Marzook is also related by marriage to former Holy Land board chairman Ghassan Elashi, who along with his brothers has been convicted in prior trials of engaging in illegal business with Mr. Marzook.
The goal of the Palestinian Committee, which trial documents indicate existed in the late 1980s and early 1990s, was to raise money in the U.S. to fund Hamas.
This was to be accomplished by forming a complex network of seemingly benign Muslim organizations whose real job, according to the government, was to spread militant propaganda and raise money.
The Muslim Brotherhood created some American Muslim groups and sought influence in others, many of which are listed as unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land case.
On the list are several prominent groups, including the Islamic Society of North America, the North American Islamic Trust and the Council on American-Islamic Relations. All have protested their inclusion on the list.
You don’t have to shave below your neck. It was joke 
You know at least 20 ways to open a beer bottle. Its joke 
September 18, 2007 - 08:45 AM on September 18th, 2007
Is the piece of crap from Germany reading and comprehending this post?
Religion of Peace and Tolerance MY ASS!!!!
September 18, 2007 - 09:09 AM on September 18th, 2007
[...] “Allah is our goal; the Messenger is our model; the Quran is our constitution; jihad is our means;… [...]
September 18, 2007 - 06:36 PM on September 18th, 2007
If they want martyrdom, we should grant it!
September 18, 2007 - 06:41 PM on September 18th, 2007
It’s important to remember that - by far - not all muslims believe in this brand of Islam.
Anyone who says that all muslims agree with the M.B. would be like saying that all christians agree with the radical anti-abortionists fundamentalists.
If anyone is “defending” Islam here on the left, its only to help you realize that not all muslims are “bad”.
September 18, 2007 - 07:50 PM on September 18th, 2007
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Long Term Goal for the United States
The Muslim Brotherhood lay out their plans to replace the United States Constitution with sharia law.
Amid the mountain of evidence released in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial, the most provocative has turned out to be a …
September 18, 2007 - 10:26 PM on September 18th, 2007
4- Well that isn’t even a valid comparision. We have laws in this country that protect the abortionist/employees. Our law enforcement are Christians etc., that may not agree with abortion on a religious level, but do their job and arrest the criminals, or as you call them “radical anti-abortionists fundamentalists”.
How come Muslims only get morally outraged when somebody draws a cartoon of Mohammed?
You also are assuming, based on the fact that there is no evidence to support your theory, that it is only the Christians that are committing the acts of violence against abortionists. Are there Christians committing violent acts against them? Yes, and other religious and non religious sects as well.
September 18, 2007 - 11:45 PM on September 18th, 2007
“We have laws in this country that protect the abortionist/employees. Our law enforcement are Christians etc., that may not agree with abortion on a religious level, but do their job and arrest the criminals”
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Egypt, I believe, outlaws the Muslim Brotherhood. Same as Syria.
So there are Muslim Law Enforcement officials who would arrest members of the M.B., in some arab countries.
AND, peejz…M.B. is a Sunni organization. I think it’d be a hard sell to the worlds 200 million Shia.
September 18, 2007 - 11:48 PM on September 18th, 2007
“How come Muslims only get morally outraged when somebody draws a cartoon of Mohammed?”
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Don’t forget they also get morally outraged when somebody tortures/sexually humiliates their males, rapes their females, and murders their children “on accident” from 30,000 feet…
September 18, 2007 - 11:49 PM on September 18th, 2007
“Are there Christians committing violent acts against them? Yes, and other religious and non religious sects as well.”
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What non-religious sects?
I’m curious now…
September 19, 2007 - 06:13 AM on September 19th, 2007
“It’s important to remember that - by far - not all muslims believe in this brand of Islam.”
There was a poll done recently (as little as I believe in THOSE). The survey found 26 percent of younger Muslims believed suicide bombings are often, sometimes or rarely justified, compared with 69 percent who believed such attacks can never be accepted.
By contrast, 13 percent of all U.S. Muslims felt suicide attacks could be justified often, sometimes or rarely.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2244293620070522
Now these are supposed to be the American “moderate” Muslims. The numbers for those is the middle east surely will reflct a more strident view point. If you extrapulate that 13% to all muslims worldwide, the number is still staggering.
I do not believe Islam is what many on this blog paint them as- completely evil. However, I do not believe it is a “religion of peace” either. To compare it to Christianity is specious at best. At this point, Islam is striggling for its identity. I am afraid the radicals are gaining a lot of ground in that struggle and unless the moderates of Islam stand up and fight for that identity, they will soon be in the minority.
September 19, 2007 - 06:15 AM on September 19th, 2007
7,8,9, America hating SFL, You can’t even condemn the evil the MB represents and practices. You pull moral equivalence that missed the mark. Why don’t you move to Zimbabwe and share YOUR wealth?
September 19, 2007 - 08:30 AM on September 19th, 2007
9- Well, provide me the evidence that all the acts were committed by Chrsitians…
September 19, 2007 - 08:40 AM on September 19th, 2007
7- No it isn’t illegal in Egypt or Syria.
September 19, 2007 - 08:57 AM on September 19th, 2007
7- “AND, peejz:M.B. is a Sunni organization. I think it’d be a hard sell to the worlds 200 million Shia.”
SFL,
these people only know two kinds of muslims: terrorists and the ones that don’t permanently walk around with “we hate terror” signs…
September 19, 2007 - 08:59 AM on September 19th, 2007
13-
What do you care about which weird organizations are not forbidden somewhere? In the US you also have the NSDAP/AO and the Ku Klux Klan and nobody gives a shit…
September 19, 2007 - 09:00 AM on September 19th, 2007
Egypt, I believe, outlaws the Muslim Brotherhood. Same as Syria.
So there are Muslim Law Enforcement officials who would arrest members of the M.B., in some arab countries.
Not so SFL…..they say they denounce these organizations only until the west is not looking. They support them, harbor them and fund them. Anyone who disagrees with that gets killed….think Anwar Sadat.
September 19, 2007 - 09:02 AM on September 19th, 2007
SFL…you are also wrong the Sunni/Shia difference. It’s true they don’t like each other. Sunni’s are more secular and Shia more religious but they are all muslims and this mentally supercedes that difference and the commonality of hate in for the west prevails.
September 19, 2007 - 09:10 AM on September 19th, 2007
What? No comment on post 10?
September 19, 2007 - 09:53 AM on September 19th, 2007
The outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt (the leading opposition group there).
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/27/news/egypt.php
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2e497826-4b45-11da-aadc-0000779e2340.html
Here is s good overview of them:
http://www.globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=3050&cid=11&sid=109
Note that they exist as a power in Syria still.
September 19, 2007 - 10:05 AM on September 19th, 2007
Of Egypt:
The Brotherhood, which describes itself as a moderate Islamic organization, has been outlawed since 1954.
It holds more than a fifth of the seats in parliament, but its representatives sit as independents because of its illegal status.
September 19, 2007 - 11:34 AM on September 19th, 2007
10. Ted. I do not paint all muslims as evil. Having said that I do believe there is an evil element and the muslims who don’t feel that way don’t speak because they would be assasinated. Aside from the radical elements there is a pathetic apathy among the rest where I think they keep a mindset of letting the chips fall where they may. Perfectly content to be in the majority if the radicals succeed. Remember too that the women (1/2 the population) do not even have a voice.
September 19, 2007 - 12:16 PM on September 19th, 2007
I happened to listen to Rush for a few minutes at lunch. Rush was talking about Podhoretz’ book on WW4 the long war with Islamofascism, and about the Syrians having had an accident with a Sarin gas tipped Scud missle.
Do you wonder why Israel made an air raid into Syria, and the Syrians muted reaction to it?
This, and Rush read a report of an Iranian Big Mouth predicting “the final answer to Zionism” at the end of Ramadan. Sounds like the religion of peace through violence is tipping off an atrocity against Israel.
The piece of crap from Germany had better keep his mouth shut this time. I’ve had it with his defenses of the evil aggessors in this world because he and his wife are afraid of being finally silenced by them.
September 19, 2007 - 01:06 PM on September 19th, 2007
At Liberty Pundit I found more on this story. I wonder how the piece of crap from Germany, SFL, and the other libs are going to excuse the Religion of Peace through Violence and use of WMDs. Remember the missing WMD in Iraq and the slightly mentioned truck convoy to Syria during the 17 months Bush tried to get the UN to act?
http://www.libertypundit.com/2007/09/19/hug-a-terrorist-you-get-an-armed-thug/
September 19, 2007 - 01:08 PM on September 19th, 2007
Important trial evidence: Muslim Brotherhood’s pla
A most interesting development in the Holy Land Foundation trial in Texas has taken place: As the Dallas Morning News reveals, the Muslim Brotherhood’s goals in the US included replacing the Constitution with Shari’a law (Hat tip: Hot Air):
September 19, 2007 - 01:44 PM on September 19th, 2007
I never had any doubt they went to Syria. Did the Liberals?