"The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928 and sought to instill Islamic values into everyday life. It later evolved into a popular social and political organization and became Egypt’s leading opposition party. It has since inspired similar movements in countries such as Indonesia, Turkey, Jordan and Morocco. The Brotherhood disavowed violence <http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/03/world/africa/egypt-muslim-brotherhood-explainer/> long ago, and noted scholars have emphasized <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-l-esposito/the-muslim-brotherhood-te_b_9329246.html> that it has fostered democratization and moderation in the Middle East. Two previous U.S. administrations concluded that it does not engage in terrorism, as did a recent report <https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmfaff/118/118.pdf> by the British government."
Yet if the group is designated as a terrorist organization, a growing $57 million Islamophobia machine <https://islamophobianetwork.com/>, backed by large funders, well-organized institutions and junk scientists, will be ready to lead an effort to link the Muslim Brotherhood to groups here. This industry demonizes Islam through fake news, ersatz reports and hateful rhetoric; fearmongers and peddles falsehoods about Sharia law; and encourages lawmakers across the country to criminalize Muslim and Arab communities through bans, registries, watch lists and the like. They have helped introduce <https://islamophobianetwork.com/consequences#mapping-anti-sharia-legislation> more than 100 anti-Sharia bills in state legislatures and encouraged and trained law enforcement <https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/religion/reports/2015/02/11/106394/fear-inc-2-0/> to see Islam as a religion of violence." https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/02/08/calling-the-muslim-brotherhood-a-terrorist-group-would-hurt-all-american-muslims/?utm_term=.c5a651f30c60 On Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 2:44:33 AM UTC-5, btdt100 wrote: > > Maybe you are the one who needs to get out more > > > Egypt declares Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group > Announcement criminalises all activities, financing for and membership of > group from which ousted President Morsi hailed > This article is *3 years old* > Shares > 595 > > Associated Press in Cairo > > Wednesday 25 December 2013 12.22 EST > > > > https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/25/egypt-declares-muslim-brotherhood-terrorist-group > > > On Monday, February 20, 2017 at 8:15:48 PM UTC-6, Pittalum wrote: >> >> You fellows should really try to get out more... >> >> "Like issuing a blanket ban on allowing in nationals from seven >> predominantly Muslim countries, designating the Muslim Brotherhood does >> nothing to thwart terrorism and imposes unnecessary burdens on large >> numbers of people mainly to satisfy a clutch of fanatics here at home. >> Worse, wrongly designating nonviolent groups as part of a terrorist >> organization feeds into jihadist propaganda and potentially encourages >> political violence. The administration’s main “counter-terrorism” >> initiatives so far have nothing to do with countering terrorism and >> everything to do with indulging excessive fear of people that do not pose a >> threat to the U.S." >> >> >> http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/the-cost-of-designating-the-muslim-brotherhood-as-terrorists/ >> >> >> On Monday, February 20, 2017 at 6:41:25 PM UTC-5, btdt100 wrote: >>> >>> If they elect him, there won't be a democratic party in the forever. I >>> hope they do elect him. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Monday, February 20, 2017 at 5:03:07 PM UTC-6, Travis wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> [[ If they elect him they will forever be known as the >>>> Democrap-Muzzieshit-Traitor Party. ]] >>>> >>>> >>>> -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
