From: "Mario Profaca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: June 28, 2007 8:15:08 AM PDT
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Subject: [SPY NEWS] Warnings in Egyptian Press: The Muslim
Brotherhood in Egypt Is Going the Way of Hamas
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Special Dispatch-Egypt/Palestinian Authority/Jihad & Terrorism Studies
Project
June 28, 2007
No. 1638
Warnings in the Egyptian Press: The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt Is
Going
the Way of Hamas in Gaza
In the wake of Hamas' takeover of Gaza, some in the Egyptian press
have
expressed fears that the Muslim Brotherhood may seize power in
Egypt. They
expressed concern at the similarities between Hamas and the Muslim
Brotherhood, and said that lessons should be learned from the
Palestinian
experience in Gaza.
The following are excerpts of articles from the Egyptian press:
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is Trying to Reproduce Hamas'
Experience in
Gaza
Tariq Hasan, a columnist for the Egyptian government daily Al-
Ahram, wrote:
"In Egypt there are those who are trying to reproduce what Hamas
did in
Gaza... For anyone who has the slightest doubt about this and wants
proof,
it is sufficient to consider statements by Brotherhood
representatives in
parliament... They said that Egypt waved the Zionist flag, despite the
people's opposition to this. This means that Egypt, like the
Palestinian
Authority, deserves that a revolution should take place in it.
"The Brotherhood, like Hamas, does not recognize the legitimacy of the
parliament that ratified the peace treaty with Israel, nor the
legitimacy
of the state that ratified these agreements, since [in its view] it
is a
traitorous state that works for foreign interests and that does not
represent its people. From these statements we understand that the
Hamas
problem is not [limited to] just Gaza, but it is also in Egypt, and
that
the Brotherhood holds the same positions and uses the same ideas and
statements with which Hamas conducted a putsch against the
[legitimate]
government, and through which it declared Gaza a rebel region under
its
rule.
"Here in Egypt the Brotherhood brought out the masked militias in
Al-Azhar
University, and there in Gaza Hamas put them to use. Here they
changed the
Egyptian flag and removed the eagle of the Republic from it, and
there they
took down the Palestinian flag and waved the green flag of Hamas.
What can
we expect?...
"In light of this severe threat, it is not enough for us to say to
people
'look at what Hamas did in Gaza' in order to warn them about the
Brotherhood in Egypt. We must learn the lessons without delay.
"Hamas won the game it was playing, and the Brotherhood is doing
the [same]
thing. There, there was a government that allowed them to take part in
elections without their recognizing the legitimacy of that
Authority [i.e.
the PA] and without their being made to accept the state's
constitution and
its laws. Hamas used the elections and democracy as an instrument
[in order
to take power], and then they turned the matter over to the armed
militias
in order to conduct a putsch against everyone.
"Here, there are [Muslim] Brothers who do not recognize the
legitimacy of
the state and oppose the constitution and the law, and despite
this, we
find people who say that [the Brotherhood] represents them and
speaks in
their name in parliament... Whoever ignores this [matter] will
bring us
into the gates of hell that we saw in Gaza..."(1)
The Egyptian People Feel There is a Danger From Within
Chairman of the executive council of the Egyptian weekly Roz Al-
Yousef,
Karam Gabar, wrote in his column: "Hamas is the Brotherhood of
Palestine –
the Palestine branch [of the Brotherhood]. They hold a place at the
top of
the list of members of the international organization of the banned
group
[i.e. the Muslim Brotherhood]. This means that this is a worldwide
movement
that does not recognize national identity, the flag, or the anthem.
They do
not recognize a homeland that must be defended and for which one
must give
one's life. The homeland for them includes any plot of land on
Earth on
which the flag of the Brotherhood may be flown... Hamas is the same
thing.
Whoever does not share their faith is [considered] outside of
Islam, and he
is treated like one of the infidels...
"For Hamas and the Brotherhood, democracy is just dancing with
Satan. The
people who harbor the most enmity for democracy are those same
groups who
think that they have a divine mandate to rule and to implement the
shari'a
they see fit, and not Allah's shari'a. Democracy for them is just a
means
to take power; afterwards, they whip democracy with lashes and
behead it
with the sword... No one can raise their head and speak up without
becoming
an infidel who must be punished. Their democracy is worse than
dictatorship...
"In the history of Hamas and the banned [Muslim Brotherhood] there are
incidents that are blacker than black: murders, torture... Hamas
and the
banned [Muslim Brotherhood] have no written law, [and both
movements] do
not recognize the this-worldly judicial system or secular judges.
"Their judicial system is speedy, and it has a special law [taken]
from the
worst exegetical texts from the days of the ridda,(2) separatism, and
darkness. The end of [their trials] – which last no longer than a few
minutes – is swords, or a traitorous bullet, without fair trial.
The banned
[Muslim Brotherhood] recognizes the law of the country in cases
where it
serves their interests, and afterwards it rebels against the law,
casts
aspersion on the judicial system, and does not honor the legitimate
[government] or the constitution...
"For the first time, the Egyptians felt dread when they saw the
students of
Al-Azhar University conducting combat displays with the same
methods as
Hamas, and in the same clothing, with the same slogans and tools. The
public felt the danger growing under [its] skin, flowing in [its]
blood,
and touching on [its] nerves – a real danger flowing from the
depths, and
not something imported from abroad..."(3)
Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood are Dragging the Entire People to
Suicide
In his daily column, the editor of the Egyptian daily Al-Gomhouriya
Muhammad 'Ali Ibrahim wrote: "Hamas is the Palestinian side of the
Egyptian
Muslim Brotherhood, which has become the heart and the brain of the
world
organization of the Brotherhood, and whose Supreme Guide has become
the one
who motivates, advises, and guides all of the Islamist currents in the
world...
"I imagine myself a Palestinian living in Gaza, or an Egyptian
living here
[in Egypt] if, God forbid, the Brotherhood had a majority in
parliament.
First, if what Hamas did against Fatah were to happen anywhere in
the Arab
homeland... the result would be, quite simply, that people would not
receive salaries, schooling, [medical] treatment, or services...
"I imagine that when Hamas considers murdering Mahmoud Abbas, it
will in no
way ask the people, since it [already] received a mandate at the
ballot
box... It is possible that Hamas will receive orders from Iran and
will
carry them out, and then it will drag the region into a destructive
total
war. It is also possible that Tehran will convince the Hamas
leaders to
repeat Hizbullah's experience...
"In short, the victory of Hamas and the Brotherhood at the ballot
box does
not mean that they are politicians and that they are capable of
running the
state, with all of the political [implications] and the
responsibility that
this entails. All that Hamas is capable of doing is to be crack
troops of
suicide. Unfortunately, however, they are not committing suicide
alone.
They are forcing the entire people to commit suicide, and I fear
that this
is the same tactic and path that the Brotherhood in Egypt is
taking..."(4)
Endnotes:
(1) Al-Ahram (Egypt), June 23, 2007.
(2) In Muslim tradition, the ridda (apostasy) wars were fought
between the
Muslims and Arabs who renounced Islam following Muhammad's death.
(3) Roz Al-Yousef (Egypt), June 23, 2007.
(4) Al-Gomhouriya (Egypt), June 23, 2007.
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