“Iron Man”
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/whos-who-in-the-muslim-brotherhood#MahmoudEzzat
Mahmoud Ezzat
Born: August 13, 1944
Position: Deputy supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood
Education: Doctorate in medicine from Zagazig University (1985), master’s degree in medicine (1980), B.S. in medicine (1975), diploma from Institute of Islamic Studies (1998)
Occupation: Doctor
After becoming acquainted with the Brotherhood as a boy, Ezzat began studying with the group in 1962. He was imprisoned along with Supreme Guide Muhammad Badie from 1965 to 1974 and has been a member of the MB Guidance Office since 1981. He is married to the daughter of former supreme guide Mahdi Akef.
Along with Khairat al-Shater and Hassan Malek, Ezzat was detained under suspicion in the Salsabil case from 1992 to 1993 (see Malek’s entry for more on Salsabil). In 1995, he was imprisoned for being a leader of an illegal organization. He was jailed again in January 2008, this time for participating in Cairo demonstrations against Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. He is currently a professor in Zagazig University’s College of Medicine, where his colleagues have included President Morsi and fellow Guidance Office member Mahmoud Ghozlan. He is also vice president of the Islamic Medical Association.
In the media, Ezzat has been personified as the Brotherhood’s “iron man,” embodying its reputation for top-down decisionmaking. He is considered close to deputy supreme guide Shater and is a key figure in coordinating policy decisions between the Guidance Office and the Freedom and Justice Party.
http://www.religiousfreedomcoalition.org/tag/mahmoud-ezzat/
EGYPT: WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT
Apr 21st, 2011
This week, Mahmoud Ezzat, the Muslim Brotherhood’s deputy Supreme Guide, told a forum in Cairo that the group wants to establish an Islamic state in Egypt. This comes just two months after President Obama’s National Intelligence Director James Clapper told Congress that the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt was a “secular” organization.
http://www.ihatethemedia.com/february-10-obama-administration-says-muslim-brotherhood-doesn%E2%80%99t-want-an-islamic-state-in-egypt-april-17-muslim-brotherhood-says-%E2%80%9Cwe-want-an-islamic-state-in-egypt-%E2%80%9D
February 10: Obama administration says Muslim Brotherhood doesn’t want an Islamic state in Egypt.
April 17: Muslim Brotherhood says, “We want an Islamic state in Egypt.”
April 19, 2011
The Daily Caller reminds us of Clapper’s remarkable ignorance back in February:
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said at a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday that Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is a secular organization.
Clapper said the Egyptian opposition group, which many American commentators have expressed fears of coming to power in a post-Mubarak Egypt, is a “very heterogeneous group, largely secular.”
Clapper said that the group “has eschewed violence and has decried Al Qaeda as a perversion of Islam” and “have pursued social ends, a betterment of the political order in Egypt.”
He also said the the Muslim Brotherhood, which has branches in many Muslim countries, has “no overarching agenda, particularly in pursuit of violence, at least internationally.”
April 19, 2011
The Daily Caller reminds us of Clapper’s remarkable ignorance back in February:
..."Director of National Intelligence".... James Clapper said at a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday that Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is a secular organization.
Clapper said the Egyptian opposition group, which many American commentators have expressed fears of coming to power in a post-Mubarak Egypt, is a “very heterogeneous group, largely secular.”
Clapper said that the group “has eschewed violence and has decried Al Qaeda as a perversion of Islam” and “have pursued social ends, a betterment of the political order in Egypt.”
He also said the the Muslim Brotherhood, which has branches in many Muslim countries, has “no overarching agenda, particularly in pursuit of violence, at least internationally.”
from Maggie's link:......... http://shoebat.com/2013/08/19/egyptian-official-ties-obamas-brother-to-brotherhood
The snake has a new head!
Ezzat has nothing to loose....he’ll be looking to have a name for himself in History now, as he’s old....
He comes across even darker than Badie, who is more than bad.......I do think he may be the cream at the top it would appear. We shall surely see....