Tariq Ramadan Defends The Moderation Of The Muslim Brotherhood--And Prays For The Death Of The Enemies Of Islam

Tariq Ramadan is the grandson of Hassan al- Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in 1928. His op-ed Whither the Muslim Brotherhood? appeared on Tuesday in The New York Times.

Ramadan defends the Muslim Brotherhood, describing it as originally a non-violent movement that was "radicalized by their experience of prison and torture."

Al-Banna’s objective was to found an “Islamic state” based on gradual reform, beginning with popular education and broad-based social programs. He was assassinated in 1949 by the Egyptian government on the orders of the British occupiers. Following Gamal Abdel Nasser’s revolution in 1952, the movement was subjected to violent repression.

That whitewash is easily revealed for what it is by the fact that the Muslim Brotherhood was already notorious for violence and murder prior to 1949--see the copies of articles from that time in my post Dear Washington Post: The Muslim Brotherhood Is NOT Your Father's YMCA

Another indication of the true motivations and philosophy of the Muslim Brotherhood may be revealed by Tariq Ramadan himself.


Here is a video of Tariq Ramadan caught on video--calling down divine vengeance on those whom he considers to be Allah's enemies.

Allah, we ask You because You are Allah. Allah, strengthen the faith of our brothers and sisters in Palestine. Allah, strengthen their faith in Palestine and make them triumphant over their enemy, Your enemy, the enemy of Islam with Your mercy, oh Generous One.

Allah, strengthen their faith in Palestine, in Chechnya, Afghanistan, in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, in Egypt, Sudan, Kashmir, and in every land, and on every battlefield. Allah, strike our enemies, Your enemies, the enemies of Islam.

Charles Jacobs puts Ramadan's prayer against the opponents of the Muslim Brotherhood into perspective:

This prayer in Arabic belies Ramadan’s lip-service to peace and democracy. It also exposes his true feelings toward the Muslim Brotherhood’s political opponents – as well as what he would like to see happen to them. It is important to note here that in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, those considered enemies by the Islamists movements may well be dictatorial regimes. But in Kashmir, what Ramadan characterizes as the “enemy of Allah” is India – a vibrant, though infidel, democracy. In “Palestine,” it’s Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East. In the Sudan it’s the oppressed black African tribes in Darfur and in Southern Sudan, who have had to endure genocide and enslavement for decades at the hands of Omar Bashir’s Muslim Brotherhood-inspired regime. And in Afghanistan… – it’s us, the United States. This sermon doesn’t sound like a call for nonviolent democratic forces to bring about peace in the Middle East. It sounds like a call to arms against perceived enemies – the U.S. included – under the banner of Islam with the sanction of Allah. We’ll send it along to the New York Times, but somehow we don’t imagine they’ll judge it “news that’s fit to print.”

There are moderate Muslims, but neither Tariq Ramadan--nor the Muslim Brotherhood--are among them.

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