Today the Brotherhood operates in the U.S. through public organizations such as the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations and Islamic Society of North America.
Note also that al-Arian says: “I raised the slogan ‘the Palestinian cause is the main source of the Islamic movement and Islamic nation.'” Yet Western analysts persist in steadfastly ignoring the significance of the Islamic aspects of the conflict.
“Kuwaiti-Palestinian Academic Sami Al-Arian, Who Was Deported From The U.S. For His Terror Links, Discusses The Early Days Of The Muslim Brotherhood Movement In The U.S.: There Was A Dispute Whether To Become A Public Organization Or Remain Clandestine,” MEMRI, June 6, 2024:
Kuwaiti-Palestinian Academic Sami Al-Arian discussed the early days of the emerging of the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States in an episode of the Bidum Waraq podcast that was posted on YouTube on June 6, 2024. He said that the movement was established in the U.S. in the 1960s and that it gained force in the 1970s. Al-Arian explained that it consisted of students in academia who came from Arab countries and that there were tensions between the students who intended to return to their countries and those who planned on settling in the U.S. He explained that those who planned on staying in the U.S. called the movement “localization of the dawa,” while students who planned to return to the Middle East, primarily from the Gulf countries, wished to keep their participation in the organization under wraps, for fear of persecution when they return. Sami Al-Arian, a former professor at the University of South Florida, was a political activist in the U.S. and was invited to the White House several times during both the administrations of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. In 2015. Al-Arian was deported to Turkey following criminal proceedings involving links to Palestinian terror groups.
Al-Arian: “There was a Muslim Brotherhood movement in America [in the 1970’s]…”
Interviewer: “There was?”
Al-Arian: “Yes.”
Interviewer: “Was it registered officially?”
Al-Arian: “No, no. This turned into a problem later on. The Muslim Brotherhood movement existed in America. It consisted of people who were Muslim Brotherhood members in their countries and came to the U.S. to study, or people who studied there. So there was a movement whose early beginnings were in the late 1960’s… It was a movement…same thing… families, education, and so on.
“However, this movement did not have a clear plan of what to do. Many of the students who belonged to the movement were planning to go back home- especially the students from the Gulf, others were not going back.
“I officially joined the movement… Ideologically, I considered myself part of this, but I officially joined in 1978. I had a friend there, I asked him who was in charge, and he said so-and-so. So I went to that man and told him I wanted to become a member. So he opened the way for me, and I joined the movement.”
Interviewer: “Was there a pledge of allegiance?”
Al-Arian: “No, nothing like that.”
Interviewer: “We always hear about a pledge of allegiance in the Muslim Brotherhood…”
Al-Arian: “I have never encountered this. In America, there was no such thing. In 1978, there was a clear and major dispute in the organization, between people who settled in America and wanted to open the movement, and turn it into a local movement…
They called it “localization of the dawa.” They had a dispute with people who wanted to keep it clandestine. They were planning on going back to their countries and did not want to be exposed. Back home, they could face oppression and persecution.
“Most of the people from the Gulf were against this, They were planning on going back to their countries and did not want to join a public movement with the “localization of the dawa” and all that. This was one of the main issues; the people who were settling in, and who would not return. Some Iraqi, Sudanese, Egyptians, and Palestinians were not going to return.
“I myself had no idea. I was still an undergraduate. Actually, I already started my master’s degree. So they tried to stage a coup. One group planned a coup against the other. The leaders wanted the localization, and the others warned against them, and thought that I could help them. But of course, I told the brothers to be careful because a coup was coming.
“Incidentally, A Sudanese brother was coming [to America] and he was very familiar with professional unions. He foiled the coup and showed very impressive leadership skills so he was immediately elected to be the leader. He developed a major plan for the future.
“That was in 1979-1981, under his leadership, the movement in America progressed significantly. The number of its members has doubled, and it became more organized.”
Interviewer: “How many members were there?”
Al-Arian: “It is difficult to say now. About 1,000-3,000. No more then a few thousands. What I saw as important in the movement was the Palestinian cause. I was part of the Kuwaiti Muslim Youth Association which became the Arab Muslim Youth Association. When the brothers saw that there was a Kuwaiti association somewhere, they turned it to an Arab association, so there would not be too many.
“The ideology was the same so there was no point. I was elected to two terms. In the first two terms I was there. For 3-4 years Kuwaiti brother wore the heads of the organization. And I was on the executive committee. In one of our conferences, in 1980, that as when many Palestinian students were coming to the U.S. But in that conference, there was no Palestinian activity… and it became a problem so we put up a committee and I was its head and we decided to establish a independent institution that would focus on Palestine It was founded in 1981 and I invested a lot of effort into it, to tell you the truth.
“We had a publication, and I raised the slogan “the Palestinian cause is the main source of the Islamic movement and Islamic nation.” Later, I encountered major ideological problems and other issues that had to do with conduct. So I decided to leave. I left [the organization] in 1983.”
SC says
If they come out like the gays we can have islamic pride month with a crescent moon instead of a rainbow. Then we can all live in harmony. I love harmony especially 6000 rounds a minute harmony.
rubiconcrest says
Thank you Robert for digging up this interview. It demonstrates the long game played by our ‘friends’ in the middle east. In a mere 64 years we have infiltration in all of our institutions and demonstrations in the street with their supporters.
I can pick out a M brother or even a useful idiot for them, some of whom are pretty close to home, in a few seconds thanks in large part to your work.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Speaking of “friends”, to this day, I believe that we made a mistake by liberating Kuwait. Iraq should have been allowed to have it
somehistory says
The mb has many offshoots…c.a.i.r., mozlum students assoc, isna, icna, al queda
and its creepy terrorists, such as this sleazy ghoul want only islam everywhere, however they can get it.
Although they all use the same book of filth, lies and demonic demands, they still kill each other and have serious disagreements, as he has revealed.
the mb is a terror organization and the fact that c.a.i.r. came from the mb says what should be done with c.a.i.r. And the same with the other mozlum organizations in the U.S. Allowing those organizations to operate, is like welcoming al queda to set up shop here.
Rodger A Cottrell says
Well said.
James Lincoln says
somehistory says,
“…the mb is a terror organization and the fact that c.a.i.r. came from the mb says what should be done with c.a.i.r. ”
Yes.
The United States needs an Atty. Gen. – like my favorite mayor Rudy Giuliani – to shut down the muslim brotherhood using RICO statutes.
OLD GUY says
The Government could shut them down, but are either afraid to or bought off.
jule says
When I read this I think the Palestinian Cause as central to Islam because it means wiping Israel off the earth. All these people should be deported. WHY do we let them scheme here for their violent Supremacist ‘religion’. If Hitler called his movement a religion would we all just accept it?
Robert Half says
A curious underlying reason for the upheaval of Islam in the west has to do with the abortion industry murdering millions of our kids since Roe v. Wade. It has its roots in what God Almighty explains in Isaiah 10:1-7, viz:
10:1. Woe to them that make wicked laws: and when they write, write injustice:
10:2. To oppress the poor in judgment, and do violence to the cause of the humble of my people: that widows might be their prey, and that they might rob the fatherless.
10:3. What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
10:4. That you be not bowed down under the bond, and fall with the slain? In all these things his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
10:5. Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod and the staff of my anger, and my indignation is in their hands.
10:6. I will send him to a deceitful nation, and I will give him a charge against the people of my wrath, to take away the spoils, and to lay hold on the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
10:7. But he shall not take it so, and his heart shall not think so: but his heart shall be set to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
Thus we see that the alleged “Syrian” invasion was so named due to 10:5. Pray the Rosary, the annihilation is near.
John1 says
He talks about Muslims who came to the USA to study and then settled here. ‘SETTERS’ So it’s OK for Muslims to be settlers in Europe and Canada and the United States and Australia, but Israeli sellers are invaders……