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HAMAS MULLS JOINING THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
AFPC Eurasia Security Watch ^ | 1/5/2012 | Jeff M. Smith, ed.

Posted on 01/06/2012 12:05:40 AM PST by bruinbirdman

The Muslim Brotherhood’s most prominent and notorious offshoot, Hamas, is reportedly considering formally joining the Egyptian Islamist group from which it spawned. The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood is by some estimates the oldest, largest, and most influential transnational Islamist group in existence today. Offshoots of the Brotherhood have cropped up in countries across the Middle East in recent decades, but Hamas appears to be entertaining the idea of becoming an official franchise – a “Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine.” A report in the London-based Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat reported that 59 members of Hamas’ Leadership (or Shura) Council recently met in Khartoum, Sudan to discuss the prospect while Hamas chief Kahlid Mashaal met with Sudanese President Omar Bashir. In addition, Hamas’ prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, met the Muslim Brotherhood’s chairman, Mohammed Badie, on a December 26 visit to Cairo. Finally, last October, a Muslim brotherhood delegation visited the Gaza Strip for the first time. (Ma’an News Agency)


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mohammedbadie

1 posted on 01/06/2012 12:05:43 AM PST by bruinbirdman
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To: bruinbirdman

That Hamas could actually entertain unifying with the Muslim Brotherhood should tell us all we need to know about the Muslim Brotherhood.


2 posted on 01/06/2012 3:59:43 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Santorum..., are you giving it some thought? I knew you would.)
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To: DoughtyOne

“That Hamas could actually entertain unifying with the Muslim Brotherhood should tell us all we need to know about the Muslim Brotherhood.”

Why would Hamas NOT join forces with the muslim brotherhood after seeing how it operates with impunity in the US under the special protection of obama and hussein?


3 posted on 01/06/2012 4:39:17 AM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: freeangel

Well, Hamas is a terrorist organization, no bones about it.

If the Muslim Brotherhood agrees to let Hamas join openly, it reflects the true nature of the Muslim Brotherhood.

In the reverse, it Hamas is thinking about joining, they know the Muslim Brotherhood isn’t going to get that upset if they go postal.

As for the Obama collusion, it does hang out there like three week old rotten eggs doesn’t it.


4 posted on 01/06/2012 4:54:46 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Santorum..., are you giving it some thought? I knew you would.)
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