The brotherhood of hate

IBD:

If the Muslim Brotherhood had a slogan, it might be "Today Egypt, tomorrow the world." Yet the Obama administration is intent on seeing this global jihadist group in a good light.

If you think the political upheavals in Egypt are frightening, read the self-proclaimed objectives of the opposition group that President Obama says should have representation in the next government.

The Israel-based media watchdog Palestinian Media Watch on Tuesday released an English translation of "Jihad is the Way," the final volume of "The Laws of Da'wa" by Mustafa Mashhur, who ran Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood from 1996 to 2002.

The Jerusalem Post says Mashhur wrote the Brotherhood's goal is "realizing the great task of establishing an Islamic state and strengthening the religion and spreading it around the world." His book states "the banner of Jihad ... shall continue to be raised, with the help of Allah, until every inch of the land of Islam will be liberated, and the State of Islam established."

Palestinian Media Watch founder Itamar Marcus warned the Israeli newspaper of the dangers of downplaying the organization's ideology, or expecting it to moderate once it gets power, because it differs from terrorist groups like al-Qaida only as to tactics, not goals.

The objectives of this organization have never really been a big secret. In 2007, PBS ran a documentary by Newsweek investigative reporters Mark Hosenball and Michael Isikoff on the Muslim Brotherhood.

At the time, Isikoff said "their publicly proclaimed goal is the creation of a worldwide Islamic caliphate that would govern according to Shariah, Koranic law." The terror group Hamas is "the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood," he also said.

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It would be interesting to know why the Obama administration has been so naive about this organization. It is not like their objective is a big secret. Just this evening I saw a member of the group speaking in English about the goal of destroying Israel. That is no big deal to Obama evidently, but I am sure it is a huge deal to the Israelis.

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