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DNI Clapper: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood 'largely secular'
2011-02-10
During a House Intelligence Committee hearing Thursday, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper called Egypt's branch of the Muslim Brotherhood movement "largely secular."

"The term 'Muslim Brotherhood'...is an umbrella term for a variety of movements, in the case of Egypt, a very heterogeneous group, largely secular, which has eschewed violence and has decried Al Qaeda as a perversion of Islam," Clapper said. "They have pursued social ends, a betterment of the political order in Egypt, et cetera.....In other countries, there are also chapters or franchises of the Muslim Brotherhood, but there is no overarching agenda, particularly in pursuit of violence, at least internationally."
Where do they get these people?
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#20  No comment from Anwar Sadat?
Posted by: SteveS   2011-02-10 22:01  

#19  What is taqiyyah but a disinformation campaign? The Muslim Brotherhood long ago planned how to manage kufr governments and opinion makers while waging the soft jihad of the law.
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-02-10 20:56  

#18  This Clapper?
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2011-02-10 20:40  

#17  The major purveyors of this misinformation are not Muslims. It's the Western leadership and media.
Posted by: George Thetch6690   2011-02-10 20:27  

#16  Idiots. Rubes. Simple minded rustics.

Or the result of a determined and successful disinformation campaign that is undermining the West from within at the highest levels. That's the assertion of Steve Coughlin, Raymond Ibrahim and an increasing number of other voices.
Posted by: lotp   2011-02-10 20:15  

#15  Some reading for DNI Clapper:
“Jihad is the way” by Mustafa Mashhur
Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, 1996-2002
http://www.palwatch.org/site/modules/print/preview.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=4603§ion=all

PMW has selected the following quotes from Jihad is the way to illustrate central ideas of
Muslim Brotherhood ideology. PMWÂ’s translation of the book follows below.

National goal: Islamic world domination

- “the Islamic Ummah [nation]2 can regain its power and be liberated and assume its rightful position which was intended by Allah, as the most exalted nation among men, as the leaders of humanity...”

- “know your status, and believe firmly that you are the masters of the world, even if your enemies desire your degradation"

- “It should be known that Jihad and preparation towards Jihad are not only for the purpose of fending-off assaults and attacks of Allah's enemies from Muslims, but are also for the purpose of realizing the great task of establishing an Islamic state and strengthening the religion and spreading it around the world”

- “Jihad for Allah is not limited to the specific region of the Islamic countries, since the Muslim homeland is one and is not divided, and the banner of Jihad has already been raised in some of its parts, and it shall continue to be raised, with the help of Allah, until every inch of the land of Islam will be liberated, the State of
Islam will be established,”
Posted by: George Thetch6690   2011-02-10 18:44  

#14  Jamie Smith, director of the office of public affairs for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence later said in a statement to ABC News: “To clarify Director ClapperÂ’s point - in Egypt the Muslim Brotherhood makes efforts to work through a political system that has been, under MubarakÂ’s rule, one that is largely secular in its orientation – he is well aware that the Muslim Brotherhood is not a secular organization.”
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2011-02-10 18:16  

#13  
Mr Clapper
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2011-02-10 17:24  

#12  It's their way of practicing civil war by other means against the part of the country they don't like.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2011-02-10 17:14  

#11  Director of National Intelligence James Clapper Islmaic Jihad's American allies are many now.
Posted by: Gravirt Bonaparte8253   2011-02-10 17:02  

#10  More likely bought and paid for.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2011-02-10 16:58  

#9  The The Brotherhood has as its slogan "Islam is the solution." So how can Mr. Clapper claim they are largely secular. For a guy who is a Mideast expert and speaks Arabic, he seems to be out to lunch.
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-02-10 16:34  

#8  I imagine they're going to have swell relations with the MB until there's a change of administration, and then any deterioration that happens will be the next administration's fault.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2011-02-10 16:31  

#7  Mr. Clapper is an Obama stooge. The idiots are the members of the committee who failed to call for his resignation during the hearing's Q&A
Posted by: Spaising Thaiting6528   2011-02-10 16:23  

#6  Mr. Clapper is an idiot if he really believes that. He can't possibly be qualified to be the DNI.

If he really believes this then he must resign or be fired. Fat chance of either happening.

The Muslim Brotherhood has made its beliefs and positions crystal-clear. You could read all about it.

This happened in Iran when the Shah was deposed. The Mad Mullahs™ told gullible Western reporters and intel analysts how 'moderate' they were, and how 'complex' their beliefs were. We saw how that worked out.

Idiots. Rubes. Simple-minded rustics. Our present administration is full of them.
Posted by: Steve White   2011-02-10 16:18  

#5  Well they are largely secular in comparison with all other Islamic religious organizations. They only want Israel dead... for the most part.

...no overarching agenda, particularly in pursuit of violence, at least internationally.

He just made my point. Kill all Jews in the Middle East. See? Secular!
Posted by: DarthVader   2011-02-10 16:02  

#4  Did his lips fall off as he said this or shortly after?
Posted by: gorb   2011-02-10 15:58  

#3  US Ambassador to the UN Andrew Young in 1979:
Khomeini is 'some kind of saint.'
Posted by: Lumpy Sherong6725   2011-02-10 15:47  

#2  Community organizers.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2011-02-10 14:51  

#1  What???
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-02-10 14:41  

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