Happy Fourth, FReepers!
Was not a bad Third, though!
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Leader Arrested
July 4, 2013 | 1355 GMT
Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie has been arrested, Egyptian officials said July 4, AP reported
Here are some statements from the man arrested;
Statements on the West[edit]
In a weekly sermon, titled “How Islam Confronts the Oppression and Tyranny [against the Muslims],” Mohammed Badie accused the Arab and Muslim regimes of avoiding confrontation with “the Zionist entity” and the United States, and also of disregarding “Allah’s commandment to wage jihad for His sake with [their] money and [their] lives, so that Allah’s word will reign supreme and the infidels’ word will be inferior.” Badie stated that the U.S. is immoral and doomed to collapse. He accused the Palestinian Authority of “selling out” the Palestinian cause, adding that a third intifada was about to erupt. Badie also stated that “Resistance is the only solution against the Zio-American arrogance and tyranny, and all we need is for the Arab and Muslim peoples to stand behind it and support it.” [5][6][7]
In July 2012, during his weekly sermon, Mohammed Badi stated that Israelis are “rapists” of Jerusalem, and called on all Muslims to “wage jihad with their money and their selves to free al-Quds.” He described the creation of Israel in international law as an “alleged, illusory right.”[6][8][9]
In October 2012, Badie alleged that “The Jews have dominated the land, spread corruption on earth, spilled the blood of believers and in their actions profaned holy places, including their own.” As such, he demanded that the Arab world reject negotiations with Israel in favor of “holy Jihad,” saying that “the Zionists only understand force” and while alleging that allowing Jews to pray on the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site, would result in the destruction of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.[9]
Statements on Operation Pillar of Defense[edit]
Badei denounced peace efforts with Israel, urging holy war to liberate Palestinian territories, on Thursday, November 22, 2012—just a day after Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi succeeded in brokering a truce to end eight days of Israel-Hamas fighting. Badei says “jihad is obligatory” for Muslims and that peace deals with Israel are a “game of grand deception.” He says there’s been enough negotiations, the “enemy knows nothing but language of force.”[10]
Yes the Brotherhoods’s true master is revealed.
Egypt: Morsi Supporters In Suez Raise Al Qaeda Flags
July 4, 2013 | 1407 GMT
Dozens of supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi gathered in front of the Mosque of Hamza in Suez, demanding Morsi’s return and raising al Qaeda flags, Shorouk News reported July