- Banned
- #1
SAUDI ARABIA & THE BROTHERHOOD
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THE NATION
jULY 13, 2012
Robert Dreyfuss
"***Saudi Arabia doesnt allow the Muslim Brotherhood to operate openly in Saudi Arabia, but then Saudi Arabia doesnt allow any group or party to function openly.
But for more than half a century, Saudi Arabia has extended every form of support to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and elsewhere***
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In fact, Saudi Arabia has funded the Muslim Brotherhood throughout its existence.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Muslim Brotherhood twice tried to assassinate President Nasser of Egypt, Saudi Arabias biggest enemy at the time. The Saudis werent unhappy about that.
In the 1970s, President Sadat of Egypt re-established the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo, with the explicit help of Saudi Arabias chief of intelligence, Kamal Adham, who personally led a Muslim Brotherhood delegation from Saudi Arabia back to Egypt, where they quickly took root again, with Saudi financial help and Sadats patronage.
The Saudis loved that the Brotherhood was anti-communist and antiArab nationalist.
From the 1970s on, Saudi Arabia poured millions of dollars into Egypt in support of the Muslim Brotherhood, among other things helping them push Al Azhar, the leading center of Islamic scholarship, increasingly into the camp of ultraconservatives, from the Muslim Brotherhood to the Salafis to the Wahhabis.
And so on.
Of course, Saudi Arabia wasnt happy about the fall of President Mubarak, but not because they feared either the Egyptian military or the Muslim Brotherhood. They were decidedly unhappy about the left-leaning, secular, often socialist-minded opposition parties that filled Tahrir Square in the early, optimistic days of the 2011 revolt. Now Saudi Arabia will be a major player, mostly behind the scenes, in working out a happy marriage between the army and the Muslim Brotherhood. Welcome to Egypts future."
(edited & reparagraphed for emphasis)
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THE NATION
jULY 13, 2012
Robert Dreyfuss
"***Saudi Arabia doesnt allow the Muslim Brotherhood to operate openly in Saudi Arabia, but then Saudi Arabia doesnt allow any group or party to function openly.
But for more than half a century, Saudi Arabia has extended every form of support to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and elsewhere***
***
In fact, Saudi Arabia has funded the Muslim Brotherhood throughout its existence.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Muslim Brotherhood twice tried to assassinate President Nasser of Egypt, Saudi Arabias biggest enemy at the time. The Saudis werent unhappy about that.
In the 1970s, President Sadat of Egypt re-established the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo, with the explicit help of Saudi Arabias chief of intelligence, Kamal Adham, who personally led a Muslim Brotherhood delegation from Saudi Arabia back to Egypt, where they quickly took root again, with Saudi financial help and Sadats patronage.
The Saudis loved that the Brotherhood was anti-communist and antiArab nationalist.
From the 1970s on, Saudi Arabia poured millions of dollars into Egypt in support of the Muslim Brotherhood, among other things helping them push Al Azhar, the leading center of Islamic scholarship, increasingly into the camp of ultraconservatives, from the Muslim Brotherhood to the Salafis to the Wahhabis.
And so on.
Of course, Saudi Arabia wasnt happy about the fall of President Mubarak, but not because they feared either the Egyptian military or the Muslim Brotherhood. They were decidedly unhappy about the left-leaning, secular, often socialist-minded opposition parties that filled Tahrir Square in the early, optimistic days of the 2011 revolt. Now Saudi Arabia will be a major player, mostly behind the scenes, in working out a happy marriage between the army and the Muslim Brotherhood. Welcome to Egypts future."
(edited & reparagraphed for emphasis)
