The Muslim Brotherhood's Conquest of Europe

skonk4 · Joined: 18 Oct 2004 Posts: 938

http://www.meforum.org/article/687

The Muslim Brotherhood's Conquest of Europe
by Lorenzo VidinoSince its founding in 1928, the Muslim Brotherhood (Hizb al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun) has profoundly influenced the political life of the Middle East. Its motto is telling: "Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Qur'an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope."[1]

While the Brotherhood's radical ideas have shaped the beliefs of generations of Islamists, over the past two decades, it has lost some of its power and appeal in the Middle East, crushed by harsh repression from local regimes and snubbed by the younger generations of Islamists who often prefer more radical organizations.

But the Middle East is only one part of the Muslim world. Europe has become an incubator for Islamist thought and political development. Since the early 1960s, Muslim Brotherhood members and sympathizers have moved to Europe and slowly but steadily established a wide and well-organized network of mosques, charities, and Islamic organizations. Unlike the larger Islamic community, the Muslim Brotherhood's ultimate goal may not be simply "to help Muslims be the best citizens they can be," but rather to extend Islamic law throughout Europe and the United States.[2]

Four decades of teaching and cultivation have paid off. The student refugees who migrated from the Middle East forty years ago and their descendants now lead organizations that represent the local Muslim communities in their engagement with Europe's political elite. Funded by generous contributors from the Persian Gulf, they preside over a centralized network that spans nearly every European country.

These organizations represent themselves as mainstream, even as they continue to embrace the Brotherhood's radical views and maintain links to terrorists. With moderate rhetoric and well-spoken German, Dutch, and French, they have gained acceptance among European governments and media alike. Politicians across the political spectrum rush to engage them whenever an issue involving Muslims arises or, more parochially, when they seek the vote of the burgeoning Muslim community

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HomoErectus · Joined: 04 Mar 2005 Posts: 493

I don't know.
Islamic parties wouldn't be so bad at all.

It could gather all ikhwanies and wahabis, and maybe also other radical "elements" in one place.

Quite an easy way to also have better "control" over these people !

Another effect would be, that the other parties wouldn't be messed up by dhimmitude to collect mulsim votes, muslims would vote for the muslim-party in the first place.

Plus, this is the only way to get a clear picture of these people, as they would have to "declare" themselves, lay their plans out on the table, have a "program", we'd see ads on tv and get aware of what they really want.

this way they could also be defined as a clear political opponent, bound to toe the democratic lines.

And if they don't follow the rules, try something from behind the curtains, or maybe use their "armed forces", use underground means to acchieve their goals, the picture would become clearer for regular folks, for other voters, to form an opinion on the large scale, the whole population, get more awareness into the whole problem-zone.

And we could make them "responsible" too !

This could hold quite some possibilities in OUR (western) favor...
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