This is actually a Bump Up from yesterdays posting. I’m bumping it up because I just spent some time following links to the Global Jihad group and they have an interesting tab in their Domain with a reference page agout the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Here it is in its entirety:
The Muslim Brotherhood, entitled “the Brotherhood” was founded by an Egyptian Islamic Sufi scholar, Hassan al-Bana, in 1928. Although Egypt was, nominally, independent, practically the proud Muslim Egypt with its rich history was ruled by the Christian British Empire. Not only Egypt, all the Arab, Muslim Middle East was under the direct or indirect rule of Western, Christian, Imperial, foreign super powers, mainly UK and France.
The slogan of the Muslim Brotherhood was and still is – “Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. Qur’an is our law”. The final ultimate goal of the Muslim Brotherhood is the recreation of a new Caliphate, unified Muslim state in the Middle East. The Muslim Brotherhood, in the beginning, opposed violent means to achieve its goals. Later events in the Middle East, such as the creation of Israel in 1948, the Socialist Arab regimes in the Middle East that oppressed Islamic political organizations, especially the Baath party in Syria and Iraq, and the ongoing Western interference in the Middle East promoted a change. Sayyid Qutb, a famous Islamic writer and the most prominent ideologist figure in the Muslim Brotherhood, wrote that physical power is sometime necessary in order to abolish the heretic system that opposed Islam – meaning the Western Christian, democratic culture and their allies in the Muslim World. (It is known that Osama Bin Laden was deeply influenced by Sayyid Qutb s’ books).
The Muslim Brotherhood laid the ideological basis to the more violent Global Jihad against the West and became the natural habitat for many radical and violent Islamic organizations.
A. True Islam implemented in a unified Muslim state in the Middle East is the real solution to the problems of the Muslims in the World and particularly in the Middle East.
B. Western Christian, democratic culture is a major threat on the Muslim world as it poisoned the mind of the young generation. It is deliberately imposed on the Muslim World in order to weaken the Muslim Arab society, to prevent the Muslim to be united against the Western Culture and enable the exploitation of the Muslim s’ natural sources.
C. The use of physical power in order to protect Muslim followers and their interests can be justified if other means failed.
Summary
Today (06/2007) the Muslim Brotherhood is outlawed in Egypt and many other Muslim countries. Brotherhood activists continue to operate in deferent front organizations with other cover names. Many political commentators agree that if the election in Egypt would be free and secret the Muslim Brotherhood could win the majority in parliament. The organization has, still, a great influence on the young generation all over the Muslim World and especially in the Arab World in the Middle East.
Even though this is dated June 2007 you can see how pertinent it is to todays’ 2011 considerations. Again, these are their words, not the Wests interpretation of their words. Nor are they filtered. The link is HERE if you want to visit yourself and check it out. Their words stand for itself. What will it take for the Western media to wake up and realize the issues faced in egypt. There will be NO western viewed democracy. Islam and Democracy are diametrically in opposition to eachother.
—————————- Previous election thread below ————————
Egyptians have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a package of constitutional amendments, according to official results released on Sunday evening. Slightly more than 77 per cent of voters endorsed the amendments, the country’s supreme judicial committee has announced. Roughly 18 million Egyptians went to the polls on Saturday, a 41 per cent turnout.
It’s a better result than many past elections: The country’s fraud-plagued parliamentary ballot last year had less than 25 per cent turnout, and possibly as low as 10 per cent, according to some sources.
The committee said that 171,190 votes were invalidated, though it did not say why. There were reports on Saturday that some ballots did not carry the required official stamp. Voters approved a package of nine amendments, about half of which deal with elections. One loosens the requirements for independent candidates seeking the presidency; another restores full judicial oversight for elections.
Other provisions limit the presidency to two four-year terms (currently, there is no limit), and require a public referendum for any state of emergency that lasts longer than six months (the country has been under one for the last 30 years).
Quick elections:
The “yes” vote also paves the way for a quick parliamentary election, which the ruling military junta has said will be held in June. Egypt’s two main political forces, the former ruling National Democratic Party and the Muslim Brotherhood, both urged a “yes” vote on the referendum. Critics say that’s because they benefit from the quick timetable for elections. As established political parties, they will have an edge in mobilising resources and fielding candidates. The rest of the country’s opposition parties all pushed for a “no” vote, as did the coalition of youth activists who led the revolution that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak.
One of the provisions, the revised article 189, requires the new parliament to appoint a constitutional assembly within six months of taking office. That group will be responsible for drafting an entirely new constitution, which – if approved in a separate referendum – would take effect next year. Egypt’s existing constitution, though amended, remains suspended: It does not allow for military rule, so the junta suspended it shortly after taking power. (read more at aljazerra)
Meanwhile if you want an idea of how this election is going to turn out all you need to consider is the screams within the Egyptian Streets for Sharia now ! Sharia now !… Hundreds of Islamists Hurl Stones at ElBaradei, Prevent Him From Voting on Constitutional Referendum: CAIRO (AFP) — Hundreds of Islamists hurled stones at secular opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei as he went to cast his ballot in a referendum in Egypt’s capital on Saturday, an AFP reporter said. “We don’t want you,” they shouted, forcing the former UN nuclear watchdog chief to retreat to his car and leave, but not before being hit by at least one stone in the back and drenched with water.
ElBaradei is widely respected on the world stage for his work as an international diplomat, but under the ousted regime of Hosni Mubarak, he came under repeated criticism for his frequent trips abroad. He was also accused of being out of touch with the reality of Egyptian life. ElBaradei went to vote in Saturday’s referendum on constitutional reform after returning from a speaking engagement in New Delhi sponsored by a leading Indian English-language newspaper.
