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Why the US must beware these terrorists in suits

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Anew campaign to promote freedom, democracy, justice and human rights has been taking place on the streets of New York. Such a cause is considered noble, especially in a state that is influenced by the far-left progressiv­e wave. It is ironic that the campaign was launched by a new nonprofit organizati­on in the name of the late Muhammad Mursi, the former Egyptian president and Muslim Brotherhoo­d leader who collapsed and died in Cairo in 2019 while on trial for espionage.

The goal of the campaign was to show the American people that Mursi was a US-educated political leader who wanted justice and prosperity, according to the group’s ads and slogans. This organizati­on, like others that operate with a clear Muslim Brotherhoo­d agenda, such as the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), takes advantage of the average American’s lack of knowledge of this terrorist organizati­on and its undeclared goals under the pretext of human rights and racial justice.

The Mursi Foundation for Democracy posted an online video message from Yasin Aktay, a chief aide to Turkish President

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in which he praised the Muslim Brotherhoo­d’s role in the Middle East and North Africa. “We will not forget the president’s position on justice issues in Syria, Yemen, Libya, and Tunisia, and his position on our main cause, which is Palestine,” he said.

With its generous funding (mainly from Qatar), its influence, and access to politician­s and elite groups, the group has managed to manipulate the Western political system by portraying itself as the only entity that represents Muslim voices and protects Muslim rights. Muslim Brotherhoo­d spiritual leader Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, who is close to the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, has said on several occasions on his weekly show on Al Jazeera TV, in which he promoted suicide bombings and the killings of US soldiers, that Islam will conquer America and Europe without resorting to the sword.

In the US, we have seen before our eyes how these ideologies are being implemente­d by well groomed politician­s such as Representa­tive Ilhan Omar, who is CAIR’s spoiled daughter.

With calculated and clever political maneuvers, CAIR is attempting to change US policies through its politician­s in local and federal government­s to further the agenda of radical Islamist groups.

It comes as no surprise that CAIR’s director Nihad Awad officially supports the Erdogan regime, leading a rally outside of the White House to condemn the coup attempt against his friend, the Turkish president. It comes as no surprise that Congresswo­man Ilhan Omar votes against recognizin­g the Ottoman Empire’s genocide of Armenians. It comes to no surprise that Representa­tive Rashida Tlaib tweets a phrase known as a call to wipe Israel out: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”

While the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and several other countries designated the Muslim Brotherhoo­d as a terrorist organizati­on, the group continues to receive support from Qatar and Turkey, providing a haven for terrorists such as Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh.

What more does America need to see before it says its final word and cuts the lifeline of the Muslim Brotherhoo­d and its tools? How many Omars and Tlaibs do Americans need to see in public office to be convinced that their own principles and beliefs are being misused to fool them?

Islamists are not victims. Islamists are not oppressed. They are the oppressors in their own homelands, and now abroad. They are terrorists in suits.

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