El Fath Mosque (Saint Dizier)

24.04.2015 La rédaction

The El Fath Mosque, in Saint Dizier, claims to follow the Mosque of Paris.

Yet several elements suggest a rapprochement with the Muslim Brotherhood.

In 2015, the El Fath mosque organized a bus trip to Le Bourget to attend the UOIF Conference.

For Valentine’s Day, the Mosque published a text on its Facebook account prohibiting any celebration of lovers’ day.

“It is not allowed to observe lovers’ day (…) this futile behavior is contrary to the path of our ancient pious predecessors. It is not permitted to observe the rites marking the celebration of that day, whether through meals, drinks, outfits, exchange of gifts or the like. The Muslim must remain proud in his religion, and avoid unconsciously responding to any call“.

Another post suggests that one must choose between the love of the Koran and the love of music.

The competitions of the Institut de Chateau Chinon were also distributed.

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Jemaa Islamiyya and Tawassoul (Mauritania)

13.04.2015 La rédaction

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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The Islamic Egyptian Society of NSW

09.04.2015 L a rédaction

The Islamic Egyptian Society of NSW is the main group in Australia. Its members have long allowed some uncertainty about their affiliation. But in the aftermath of Morsi fall, and as journalists began to take an interest in the Brothers’ supports, the Islamic Egyptian Society admitted being part of the organization.

The Islamic Egyptian Society has existed since the early seventies and claims to represent the majority of Muslims in Australia. It was founded by Islamist opponents of the Egyptian regime.

In 1986, the Australian Muslim Brotherhood established an Arkana College school.

They also created a council of Imams: the Australian National Imams Council that elects the Mufti of Australia

The Islamic Egyptian Society boasts excellent relations with Al-Azhar University as well as the organization of some theologians’ trip during the month of Ramadan. A magazine, Ahoda was published until 2006.

In May 2006, while Egypt was fighting the Muslim Brotherhood under Mubarak regime, they were received with pomp and ceremony at the Embassy in Canberra. In their magazine, the Brothers published photos and thanked Ambassador Mohamed Tawfiq, his wife and all the embassy staff.

“All, young and old, have enjoyed the party, as if they had been brought back to their homeland, Egypt” (Alhoda, May 2006)

A few months later, the company bought a piece of land for AUD 900,000 (€ 650,000). It raised the money fast enough, but had to abandon the project as it had problems to bring it up to standard.

Several presidents have succeeded one another since the organization creation:

• Ibrahim Elsayed,
• Samir Hamed,
• Faisal Ramadan,
• Elsadawy Elbatoory,
• Safwat Elkateb,
• Ali Elgohary,
• Mohammed Helal,
• Ossama AbdelMeguid,
• Nayer Abdelfattah,
• Essam Khalil,
• Aladdin Matter,
• Essam Mohamed,
• Mohamed Helmy Abdelwahab,
• Hany Mohamed Amer

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