Muslim Brotherhood Gaining More Political Control

Muslim Brotherhood
الإخوان المسلمون
Al-Ikhwān Al-Muslimūn

The Muslim Brotherhood is getting more political control in Egypt:

By Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent

Published: 09:59 February 1, 2012

Cairo: A week after one of its leaders was elected speaker of parliament, the Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday dominated key committees in the People’s Assembly, or the lower house of parliament.

Lawmakers of the group, banned for more than five decades, on Tuesday won in votes for chairing the bulk of legislature’s committees. The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party holds nearly half of parliament whose elected chief is Sa’ad Al Katatni, a senior official in the party.

Results of votes held inside the legislature on Tuesday showed that an alliance led by the Muslim Brotherhood took over all but two of the parliamentary committees…

Committees of planning, industry, economy, manpower, Arab affairs, housing, culture, transport, human rights, health, legislation, education, complaints and religious affairs are now headed by lawmakers directly affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood or belonging to political parties that forged an alliance with the group in recent legislative election.

The committees of agriculture and ethics proved to be the only two exceptions. They were won by two members from Al Nour, an ultra-conservative Salafist party that secured 24 per cent of vote in the parliamentary election. http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/muslim-brotherhood-takes-over-mubarak-party-s-parliament-committees-1.974243

The above shows that the two major Islamic parties in Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafists now control all the committees in Egypt’s parliament. No secular party controls any.

A few months back, the Living Church of God published the following:

Ultimately, the “Arab Spring” will not produce widespread “Western-friendly” democracy throughout the Mideast! Consider that, after 57 years in exile, the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood is now Egypt’s “best organized political movement” (The New York Times, June 19, 2011). Months after Egypt’s supposed move toward democracy, Egyptian “mobs” are attacking pro-democracy “liberal activists,” while “hundreds of thousands of Islamists” are working toward “transforming Egypt into an Islamic state” (Wall Street Journal, August 2, 2011)! Although many do desire peace, a terrible conflict is brewing, and Muslim fundamentalism is spreading…(Cieselka W. Islam: At War with Christianity? Tomorrow’s World magazine, Sept-Oct 2011, p. 27)

Well now that all the parliamentary committees in Egypt are controlled by the Islamic parties associated with the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafists, Egypt essentially now is an Islamist state.

The Muslim Brotherhood has greatly increased its influence in Egypt and other Arab nations. And has gotten USA support in various ways. Notice what an Israeli news source reported:

A US-Egypt Brotherhood is no friend of Israel’s

Written by Charles Bybelezer

Tuesday, 31 January 2012…

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland claims the Brotherhood-led coalition of Islamists has assured the US that “all major parties will support human rights, tolerance, rights of women and will also uphold Egypt’s existing international obligations.”

How comforting for Israel given that the Brotherhood’s deputy leader, Dr. Rashad Bayoumi, only weeks ago referred to the Jewish state as “an occupying criminal enemy,” and confirmed in an interview his party would not recognize Israel “under any circumstance.” When asked about this explicit declaration, Nuland responded: “I would say that it is one member of the Muslim Brotherhood.”…

And what to make of the Middle East Media Research Institute’s (MEMRI) recent report regarding virulent antisemitic writings appearing on the Brotherhood’s website, Ikhwanonline.com?

MEMRI found that, “The website…contains articles with antisemitic motifs, including Holocaust denial and descriptions of the ‘Jewish character’ as covetous, exploitative, and a source of evil in human society.… Among these are articles calling to kill Zionists and praising the Sept. 9, 2011 attack on the Israeli Embassy in Cairo.… In addition to antisemitic content, articles on the site also include praise for jihad and martyrdom.…”

None of this, however, prevented US president Barack Obama from this month dispatching Deputy Secretary of State William Burns to Egypt to meet with Brotherhood political attache Mohamed Morsi.

Thereafter, Morsi “hailed” the new ties with the United States, and, in apparent reference to Israel, said that previous US behaviour had been “biased and not in [Egypt’s] interest.” Morsi implored Washington to adopt “a positive position concerning Arab and Muslim causes.”

In full compliance, William Taylor, Obama’s newly appointed special coordinator for Middle East transitions, confirmed the administration is “satisfied” with the Brotherhood’s electoral victory. http://www.jewishtribune.ca/TribuneV2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5438&Itemid=53

In other words, some in Israel believe that while a minority of members in the Muslim Brotherhood may say what the USA wants to hear, that the Muslim Brotherhood cannot be trusted and its objectives are highly detrimental to Israel. And this is documented (the above article also suggested some connection

The Muslim Brotherhood was actually founded with the intent of establishing a caliphate (Islamic government) that would extend from Spain to Indonesia:

“The Islamic nation,” its charter states, “must be fully prepared to fight the tyrants and the enemies of Allah as a prelude to establishing an Islamic state”—ideally a re-established caliphate, stretching from Spain across the Middle East and Central Asia to Indonesia, to be governed according to Islamic sharia law. (Understanding the Muslim Brotherhood. February 14, 2011. © The Muslim Brotherhood. http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=28019 viewed 11/21/2011)

And while that is probably too ambitious, Morocco to possibly Pakistan might happen, for a while (the Bible indicates that the peoples in the King of the South will not be completely unified (cf. Daniel 11:40-43).

The Muslim Brotherhood believes that it is close to be able to attain its goal for a caliphate:

The Muslim Brotherhood is close to achieving the “ultimate goal” set by the group’s founder Hassan al-Banna in 1928, which is the establishment of a “just and reasonable regime.”

The project begins with the creation of a sound government and ends with the establishment of a just Islamic caliphate, said Mohamed Badie, the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt on Thursday, in his weekly message on the group’s official website. (Al-Youm, AM. Muslim Brotherhood says they are close to attaining their “ultimate goal. Sharia Awareness Action Network, December 30, 2011. http://shariafreeusa.com/muslim-brotherhood-says-they-are-close-to-attaining-their-ultimate-goal/)

Taking control over parliamentary committees in Egypt is another step towards its goal. If it shows that it can actually somewhat govern Egypt, other Arab nations will be more inclined to more fully back the Muslim Brotherhood.

How could the USA support a group that wants to create a new non-secular Islamist empire? There are many reasons, but the main public one is that apparently some in the USA feel that they have a better chance of influencing the Muslim Brotherhood than they do of other Islamic groups which are considered to be more extreme.

One of the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood may well become the King of the South that the Bible foretells (Daniel 11:40), including possibly one who is now getting one of the parliamentary leadership seats that the Muslim Brotherhood has just won.

Jesus said to “watch” (Mark 13:37).

Some articles of related interest may include:

Is There A Future King of the South? Some no longer believe there needs to be. Might Egypt, Islam, Iran, Arabs, or Ethiopia be involved? Might this King be called the Mahdi? What does the Bible say?
The Arab and Islamic World In the Bible, History, and Prophecy The Bible discusses the origins of the Arab world and discusses the Middle East in prophecy. What is ahead for the Middle East and those who follow Islam? What about the Imam Mahdi? What lies ahead for Turkey, Iran, and the other non-Arabic Muslims?
Is There an Islamic Antichrist? Is Joel Richardson correct that the final Antichrist will be Islamic and not European? Find out.
When Will the Great Tribulation Begin? 2012, 2013, or 2014? Can the Great Tribulation begin today? What happens before the Great Tribulation in the “beginning of sorrows”? What happens in the Great Tribulation and the Day of the Lord? Is this the time of the Gentiles? When is the earliest that the Great Tribulation can begin? What is the Day of the Lord? Who are the 144,000?