Muslim Brotherhood/Islamist Coup Attempt in Bangladesh

COMMENT: It appears that an Islamist coup attempt in Bangladesh has been foiled (at least for the time being).
Note that the Jamaat-e-Islami (a Mus­lim  Broth­er­hood off­shoot) was a major ele­ment in the coup attempt. If such an future attempt  were to be suc­cess­ful, it would flank India with hos­tile Mus­lim nations–a devel­op­ment that would move the [...]

Dominating New Egyptian Parliament, Muslim Brotherhood Controls that Body’s House Speaker

COMMENT: Hav­ing gained 45 % of the seats in the new Egypt­ian par­lia­ment, the Mus­lim Broth­er­hood has now maneu­vered the sec­re­tary gen­eral of its Free­dom and Jus­tice Party into the posi­tion of house speaker.
Por­trayed as “mod­er­ate,” the Broth­er­hood is, of course, noth­ing of the sort.  Allied with the Axis in World War II, the [...]

Al Taqwa Imam Mediating Talks with Taliban?

COMMENT: The Indian media report that Youssef al-Qaradawi is medi­at­ing talks with the Tal­iban. Closely linked to the Bank al-Taqwa, Qaradawi may well be the most impor­tant of the Mus­lim Brotherhood’s reli­gious the­olo­gians.
In part, this devel­op­ment (if true) may well be an out­growth of the State Department’s alliance with the Broth­er­hood, delin­eated in the [...]

Egyptian Army and Muslim Brotherhood Join Forces

COMMENT: While the euro­zone debt cri­sis pro­pels Europe toward German-dominated fas­cism, the “Mus­lim Broth­er­hood Spring” seems poised to bring war and/or fas­cism (“cor­po­ratism”) to the Mid­dle East.
The Egypt­ian army and the Mus­lim Broth­er­hood have appar­ently joined forces, amid reports that the Broth­er­hood con­tin­ues to agi­tate for war with Israel.
(The Broth­er­hood is an Islamic fas­cist organization, [...]

Anonymous vs. The Muslim Brotherhood: Hacktivists Deploy against Islamic Fascists

COMMENT: A fas­ci­nat­ing story comes to us from the  vig­i­lant “ter­rafractyl.” The Anony­mous hack­ing milieu has declared war on the Mus­lim Broth­er­hood in Egypt. I don’t know how tech-savvy the Ikhwan is, or how vul­ner­a­ble their 0perations are to the sorts of gam­bits that can be employed by Anony­mous, but this is a remarkable [...]

Turkish Foreign Minister Pursues Ottoman Irredentist, Islamist and Revisionist Policy Course

COMMENT: In past pro­grams, we’ve asked whether the newly invig­o­rated pan-Turkist move­ment and Islamism might con­verge. Just such a devel­op­ment appears to be gain­ing momen­tum, with Turk­ish for­eign min­is­ter Ahmet Davu­to­glu hav­ing observed  the Mus­lim hol­i­day of Eid el-Fitr in Bosnia/Herzogovina.
In addi­tion to the fact that this for­mer Yugosla­vian province was part of [...]

Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood advancing Pro-Business Agenda

COMMENT: Although the Egypt­ian polit­i­cal scene remains in flux, with the elec­tions being delayed (as requested by many sec­u­lar inter­ests involved in the over­throw of Mubarak), the Mus­lim Broth­er­hood is advanc­ing its cor­po­ratist agenda. Recall that the Brotherhood’s eco­nomic the­o­reti­cian–the 14th cen­tury thinker Ibn Khal­dun–is regarded by the World Bank as the first advocate [...]

Achmed Huber on 9/11

Analy­sis: Prob­lem not solved

COMMENT: With the death of Osama bin Laden, much has (of course) been writ­ten about the event. Ana­lyz­ing what it did or didn’t mean or what will or won’t hap­pen as a result, com­men­ta­tors have ignored some unpleas­ant truths.
A direc­tor of the Bank al-Taqwa, the late Achmed Huber func­tioned as a [...]

FTR #739 Turkish Taffy, Part 3

Ter­ror­ist and fas­cist ele­ments poised to ben­e­fit from the Mid­dle East upris­ings? Alleged Turk­ish mod­er­a­tion given the lie by police cen­sor­ship of oppo­si­tion press. Is Wae Ghonim Google exec and Egypt­ian hero) an Islamist?

FTR #738 Turkish Taffy, Part II

Assur­ances to the con­trary notwith­stand­ing, Mus­lim Broth­er­hood poised to ascend in Egypt; Shed­ding the West’s old auto­crats in the Mid­dle East may ben­e­fit al-Qaeda; Obama poised for polit­i­cal destruc­tion over these events.