His name is Murad Wahba and this entire video is worth watching. Basically, what he is saying here is that in Egypt, a major reason for the tension between the military and the Brotherhood is that the military is focused on fighting in the interest of national security / defense while the Brotherhood is interested in offensive Jihad.

He also makes mention of the presidential election and issues a stark warning if the Muslim Brotherhood wins the office. The official Muslim Brotherhood candidate is Mohamed Mursi, who is not likely to win. However, the unofficial Muslim Brotherhood candidate – Abdel moneim Abol Futuh – is one half of what many have conceded is a two man race between him and Amr Moussa, an anti-Israel Mubarak holdover.

Futuh was allegedly expelled from the Brotherhood for running for president. Yet, despite this, he still garnered the endorsement of top Muslim Brotherhood cleric, Yusuf Al-Qaradawi. Still no word on why Mursi wasn’t expelled from the Brotherhood for running for president or why he’s not publicly challenging Qaradawi for supporting a candidate his group expelled.

Via MEMRI:

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Watch as Damian the Catholic runs into a Muslim street preacher in London and is persuaded to convert to Islam, which he does by uttering just a few words. The bad news for Damian is that if he decides to recant, he’s an instant apostate guilty of a sin worthy of death. At the 5:30 mark, Damian’s innocent daughter ironically jumps into his arms right before he takes the plunge, which means she does as well.

h/t BNI

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After having eight years to study the motivations of America’s Islamic enemies, George W. Bush both curiously and disturbingly expressed a rather uneducated opinion relative to the ‘Arab Spring.’

Via MSNBC:

A stone’s throw away from the White House, former President George W. Bush said today the world is in an “extraordinary” time for freedom and that the changes of the Arab Spring should be embraced despite the uncertain future that comes with them.

Bush said those who say the dangers of democratic change are too great and that America should be in favor of stability over change are unrealistic.

“In the long run, this foreign-policy approach is not realistic,” Bush argued, “It is not realistic to presume that so-called stability enhances our national security. Nor is it within the power of America to indefinitely preserve the old order, which is inherently unstable.”

Bush advocated a clear stand.

“American’s message should ring clear and strong,” Bush said. “We stand for freedom — and for the institutions and habit that make freedom work for everyone.”

Is that the same kind of freedom that put Hamas in control of Gaza?

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Seriously, where does one even begin with this? During an appearance on Iran’s Press TV, two representatives from CAIR-NY – one in particular – likened the treatment of Muslims in the United States today to how Jews were treated in Nazi Germany.

Via IPT:

Two officials representing the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ New York chapter (CAIR-NY) turned to an Iranian television station this week in order to propagate the dangerous and oft-repeated narrative that the U.S. is at war with Islam and hostile to Muslims.

The narrative—said to be one of the most potent tools in recruiting Muslims to violent jihad—was first put forth by CAIR-NY head Zead Ramadan in an interview Monday with Iranian state-controlled Press TV. During the discussion, Ramadan compared the situation of Muslims in America to that of Jews under Nazi rule.

“In Nazi Germany, they targeted the minority, the Jewish minority,” Ramadan told Press TV by phone. “I don’t think we will ever get there, but I don’t think we should allow the road to continue to be built towards that direction because the comments that are being made against Muslims are very eerily echoing the comments that were being made against Jews by Nazis.”

The steady increase in anti-Muslim rhetoric can largely be blamed upon “election season” in general Ramadan said, but in particular, Republicans should be seen as the primary offender.

“[W]henever you think that America, the land of the free, is going to grow up and go beyond it [racism], more intolerant, extremist voices come out,” Ramadan lamented. “And the easiest target, the minority, the easiest target has been the Muslim people.

That would be like David Duke claiming that white supremacists are being treated like slaves.

Lost on these two CAIR representative is the fact that their umbrella group – the Muslim Brotherhood – selected a leader after WWII, in 1946, that aligned with Hitler against the Jews during WWII.

The last time we checked, neither CAIR nor the Muslim Brotherhood has denounced Haj Amin al-Husseini.

Moreover, in the 1930′s, the Jews weren’t welcome anywhere. They had no homeland. Conversely, there are plenty of Muslim countries available for Muslims to live in today. In fact, the Muslim Brotherhood is running Egypt right now. If CAIR thinks Muslims are persecuted in the United States, perhaps Egypt would represent a sufficient ‘promised land.’

***UPDATE***

Here is audio of Ramadan’s full comments on this subject, via MEMRI:

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The DHS released a report warning of Right Wing Extremism; the FBI Director said 99.9% of all Muslims in America are patriotic; Homeland Security Advisor John Brennan said we’re not at war with Jihadists; Barack Obama himself said, “The United States is not and will never be at war with Islam.”

Someone forgot to tell the American people.

Via Rasmussen:

Nearly two-out-of-three Likely U.S. Voters (63%) believe there is a conflict in the world today between Western civilization and Islamic nations, but most also think the United States should leave the Islamic world alone.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 18% of voters feel there is not a global conflict now between the West and Islamic nations. Another 19% are not sure.

Obama in 2009: U.S. “is not and will never be at war with Islam.”

The polls have not been in the president’s favor these days… on much of anything.

h/t Keith

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