Jemaa Islamiyya and Tawassoul (Mauritania)
In the 1980s, the Muslim Brotherhood recruited families fleeing the countryside.
The first association that claimed to follow the Muslim Brotherhood is Jemaa Islamiyya.
In August 2007, the current Muslim Brotherhood grouped itself into an authorized political party known as National Rally for Reform and Development (Tawassoul).
The leader of the Islamist party, Mohamed Jemil Mansour, has long lived in exile, in Belgium. He then explained to his Egyptian colleagues that the situation is peculiar and that he will not make the error of his elders – which was commented by Cridem blog as follows:
“Indeed, in such overly secular and open States, it is next to impossible to establish an Islamist regime advocating Sharia as a fundamental law, due to the deep-rooted Western culture in which societies resemble, in all aspects of their life, to those of libertine countries”.
Tawassoul signed cooperation agreements in 2011 with several political parties, notably with the Syrian Baath Party and with Hezbollah. To those astonished at this alliance, let us remind them that some members of the Muslim Brotherhood are favorable to the Mullahs regime and great admirers of Hezbollah. As for the Baath party, before the Syrian revolution and the Baath denunciation by Youssef Al Qardhawi, it has long supported Muslim Brotherhood branches abroad.
Mohamed Jemil Mansour, like many Muslim Brothers, is very skilled with words when explaining the relationship of his movement with the Muslim Brotherhood.
“We do have things in common with the Muslim Brothers of Egypt, but we are different from the Salafist currents. We are a political party, which is active in the field of politics. We are certainly inspired by successful models such as the Turkish model, Morocco PJD, or other political and Islamic parties with an open-minded experience respectful of Islamic principles, yet open to modernism, politics and people aspirations”.
In 2012, Tawassoul received the support of Rached Ghannouchi who came to support MB candidates at their conference. He was received as a head of state by the government.
A coalition of democratic parties demanded in 2012 the departure of President Aziz, and all these movements agreed to boycott the elections. All, except Tawassoul.
A position that was justified by Jemil Mansour:
“A revolution is the outcome of a situation. If conditions are met, no one can prevent the revolution. If they are not, this revolution cannot be forcibly imposed”.
Taking advantage of this situation, the Muslim Brotherhood now appears as the second strongest party of the country.
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