Posted on 06/23/2006 2:27:08 PM PDT by Valin
The Muslim Brotherhood’s standpoint and solidarity with the late leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al Zarqawi, reminded me of the reaction of their counterparts in Kuwait in the wake of Saddam Hussein’s invasion. At the time, some members endorsed a peaceful solution to the crisis, with their country under occupation, while others remained silent, so as not to anger the movement which launched a concerted campaign in support of the Iraqi leader.
history with the death of al Zarqawi, when some members of the Jordanian Brotherhood attended his funeral and paid their condolences. They bestowed on him the honor of being a martyr but denied it to his victims! This comes at a time when Jordan is in a state of war with al Zarqawi’s organization, which bombed three hotels in Amman, killing hundreds of innocent civilians. It has also attempted but failed to carry out other military operations. Al Zarqawi has also carried out several heinous crimes against civilians and recorded his atrocities on videotapes.
Members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan claimed their public support of al Zarqawi was in line with freedom of speech.
Would any recognized political movement support a group that is hostile to its own country and one that carries out military attacks and kills civilians?
Even the Islamic party in Iraq, led by Tariq al Hashemi, hasn’t once uttered similar words, choosing instead to take part in the political process that fought al Zarqawi.
The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan is the Arab world’s most pampered political party. It is the only group to have been granted a political status for the last fifty years; the government treated it leniently, until it breached the limits of decency. In Egypt , Syria and other countries, members of Muslim Brotherhood have suffered intimidation and imprisonment. Some were even killed because they sought to participate in politics.
Instead of renouncing their colleagues’ behavior and supporting their country, members of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood treated them heroically and threatened to withdraw from politics, under feeble pretexts.
The Brotherhood’s grave standpoint reminded me of the position of Islamist extremists in Saudi Arabia . They used to hail terrorist attacks outside the Kingdom’s borders. But, when the bombing campaign reached Saudi Arabia, they tried to justify it. The government laid out a stark choice: either with the country or against it. The people also rose up against them; since then the matter has been settled.
The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan ought to make up its mind: it can either support its own citizens or al Qaeda’s terrorists. It is no longer possible to support terrorists shamelessly. The tape of al Zarqawi where he praised the Amman bombings leaves no space for neutrality. The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan should make it clear whether they are with their fellow citizens or their fellow “brothers”.
Think maybe the Muslim world is little confused?
Hopefully these stupid goons will take the path of AQ so that the Jordanian forces can more easily justify the means to hunt the scum down and kill them. Don't want any pussy footing around the camel piles.
Instead of renouncing their colleagues’ behavior and supporting their country, members of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood treated them heroically and threatened to withdraw from politics, under feeble pretexts.
4 of them were thrown in jail last week.
And now for yet one more SHAMELESS PLUG
Group Blasts Jordan for Lawmaker Arrests
Asharq al-Awsat / AP ^ | 6/18/06
Posted on 06/18/2006 7:57:30 AM CDT by Valin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1651398/posts
AMMAN, Jordan, AP -Human Rights Watch criticized Jordan's arrest of four lawmakers who visited the family of slain terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, calling it a violation of freedom of expression. "Expressing condolences to the family of a dead man, however murderous he might be, is not a crime," Sarah Leah Whitson, director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa division, said in a statement Saturday.
The lawmakers, members of Jordan's largest opposition group, visited al-Zarqawi's family home in Zarqa, 17 miles northeast of Amman, on June 9, two days after al-Qaida in Iraq leader was killed in a U.S. airstrike north of Baghdad.
One of the legislators, Mohammed Abu Fares, described al-Zarqawi as a "martyr." Abu Fares and three others — Jaafar al-Hourani, Ali Abu Sukkar and Ibrahim al-Mashwakhi — were arrested two days later and charged with "instigating sectarian strike" and "fueling national discord." They remain jailed, serving 15-day detention orders.......
/SHAMELESS PLUG
once, a store owner's son, of one of the two Middle Eastern owned stores in my neighborhood, told me they were from Jordan, while yesterday, the father approached me at the bus stop telling me he was from Jerusalem, that Jordan was an ally of the United States????now you tell me, would your common sense tell you that this owner is against the US, I have had some unscrupulous dealings with them lately , about taxing for things that aren't to be taxed, which I called him on, and so now, he asked me where I lived????hm, weird.....this whole Islam thing is so complex , but I found alot of historical answers in "The Sword of the Prophet"....
I leave Group Judging to the left.
Disturbing Image Alert!!!!!
Shame this goon could not had been sitting at the table with the guy wearing his leopard skin nighty
sorry, but I don't get why you would make that comment, we all group judge, groups do things, groups kill people and groups defend the innocent, groups are different than individuals, and only if the individual is a caliph or something, is there any difference , can't finish, my black cat is up , he is jealous of the computer, and that is his individual but so common in his group of black cats
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