by Ryan Mauro
One mosque is even promoting a rally on Armenia Genocide Day to thank the Turkish government for its support of the Brotherhood.
Skulls of Armenians massacred in Urfa,
surrounded by Armenian dignitaries and women from the women's shelter in
Urfa's Monastery of St. Sarkis in June 1919. (Source: © Wikimedia
Commons/AGBU)
The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations, a coalition of groups linked to the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood, defended Turkey ahead of Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on Friday (April 24).
The Virginia-based Dar al-Hijrah mosque is going a step further and promoting a rally on that day to thank the Turkish government for its support of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The coalition published a statement on Monday, April 20, opposing any recognition of the genocide of Armenian Christians in 1915 by the Ottoman Turks. The USCMO claims that there hasn't been a "proper investigation of these events by independent historians" and that the holiday risks alienating the Islamist government of Turkey.
The USCMO says it is "the largest umbrella group of mainstream Muslim American organizations." It includes the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), Muslim Alliance in North America, Muslim American Society (MAS), American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), the Muslim Legal Fund of America, the Muslim Ummah of North America, The Mosque Cares and, of course, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Additional Council members include the Mosque Foundation, Baitul Maal, the Islamic Center of Wheaton, United Muslim Relief and the American Muslim Alliance.
CAIR is recognized by the Justice Department as a U.S. Muslim Brotherhood entity with Hamas links. The United Arab Emirates banned CAIR and MAS as terrorist groups last year. ICNA teaches subversion and has a war criminal as one of its leaders. The Daily Beast caught AMP condemning the U.S. government's outlawing of aid to "so-called terrorist organizations" and endorsing violence against Israel.
One of the leaders of USCMO, Mazen Mokhtar, was jailed on charges related to tax fraud, but the indictment laid out his connections to terrorism. He has declared support for Hamas and suicide bombings and ran a website that helped fundraise for Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
When an activist group named the United West approached Mokhtar on Capitol Hill during National Muslim Advocacy Day, he was asked about whether the Muslim Brotherhood exists in America. Moktar responded by repeatedly talking about how nice the weather was. Hussam Ayloush of CAIR responded similarly and said he did not know if the Brotherhood exists in America.
The USCMO statement praises Turkey as a member of NATO that "has taken on a unique regional and global leadership role in ensuring peace and prosperity for all."
Dar al-Hijrah, a large mosque with links to the Brotherhood and Hamas,
sent a flyer to its membership promoting a rally on Armenian Genocide
Remembrance Day to thank the Turkish government for its "unwavering
support of the oppressed people of the Middle East and around the world
in their quest for 'freedom and democracy.'"
The Islamist government of Turkey hosts a Hamas terror network and is an unabashed supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood. A "charity" banned as a terrorist front by Germany, Israel and the Netherlands continues to operate in Istanbul and has close ties to President Erdogan and his political party even though it has recruited human shields for Hamas.
The Turkish government is embroiled in a scandal due to its cover-up of its covert aid to Al-Qaeda's branch in Syria named Jabhat al-Nusra. In December, two dozen congressmen asked the Treasury Department to begin sanctioning Turkey for its sponsorship of terrorism.
Far from promoting moderation, the neo-Ottoman Islamism instilled by the Turkish government has resulted in skyrocketing anti-Americanism, anti-Semitism and support for terrorism. Al-Qaeda's Syrian wing is the most popular Syrian rebel force in Turkey, with 40% favoring its victory. Another Islamist rebel group, the Islamic Front, comes in second with 24%.
The Erdogan government is also rolling back freedoms and clamping down on social media. It surpasses even North Korea as the number one jailer of journalists. A reporter was just convicted of the "crime" of "liking" a Facebook post denigrating President Erdogan.
That is the Islamist government that the USCMO and Dar al-Hijrah is so fond of.
The rally promoted by Dar al-Hijrah echoes the language that the Turkish government uses to characterize its support of the Brotherhood and Hamas. When President Erdogan, defends the Brotherhood in Egypt, even as it declares jihad, he says he is standing up for "freedom" and "democracy."
Islamists almost always use such appealing terminology while advancing their less appealing agenda. The Brotherhood's political wing in Egypt, for example, went by the name of the Freedom and Justice Party instead of its own name.
The flyer distributed by Dar al-Hijrah lists a website: LetHistoryDecide.org. The website is dedicated to denying that the Ottoman Turk massacre of Armenian Christians qualifies as genocide. That is the purpose of the walk.
Dar
al-Hijrah was apparently uncomfortable with directly stating the
purpose of the event. Readers are led to believe that the event is just
about thanking Turkey for supporting freedom. Unmentioned is that the
event's purpose is to push back against Armenian Genocide Remembrance
Day and to express appreciation for Turkey's support for the Brotherhood
and Hamas.
On Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, millions of Christians and non-Christians who care for human rights will reflect upon the innocent lives lost at the hands of the Ottoman Turks. These powerful Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups will spend their day differently. They will be busy downplaying the atrocity and praising Turkey for supporting the Islamist ideology that perpetrated it.
The Virginia-based Dar al-Hijrah mosque is going a step further and promoting a rally on that day to thank the Turkish government for its support of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The coalition published a statement on Monday, April 20, opposing any recognition of the genocide of Armenian Christians in 1915 by the Ottoman Turks. The USCMO claims that there hasn't been a "proper investigation of these events by independent historians" and that the holiday risks alienating the Islamist government of Turkey.
The USCMO says it is "the largest umbrella group of mainstream Muslim American organizations." It includes the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), Muslim Alliance in North America, Muslim American Society (MAS), American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), the Muslim Legal Fund of America, the Muslim Ummah of North America, The Mosque Cares and, of course, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Additional Council members include the Mosque Foundation, Baitul Maal, the Islamic Center of Wheaton, United Muslim Relief and the American Muslim Alliance.
CAIR is recognized by the Justice Department as a U.S. Muslim Brotherhood entity with Hamas links. The United Arab Emirates banned CAIR and MAS as terrorist groups last year. ICNA teaches subversion and has a war criminal as one of its leaders. The Daily Beast caught AMP condemning the U.S. government's outlawing of aid to "so-called terrorist organizations" and endorsing violence against Israel.
One of the leaders of USCMO, Mazen Mokhtar, was jailed on charges related to tax fraud, but the indictment laid out his connections to terrorism. He has declared support for Hamas and suicide bombings and ran a website that helped fundraise for Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
When an activist group named the United West approached Mokhtar on Capitol Hill during National Muslim Advocacy Day, he was asked about whether the Muslim Brotherhood exists in America. Moktar responded by repeatedly talking about how nice the weather was. Hussam Ayloush of CAIR responded similarly and said he did not know if the Brotherhood exists in America.
The USCMO statement praises Turkey as a member of NATO that "has taken on a unique regional and global leadership role in ensuring peace and prosperity for all."
Dar al-Hijrah, a large mosque with links to the Brotherhood and Hamas,
sent a flyer to its membership promoting a rally on Armenian Genocide
Remembrance Day to thank the Turkish government for its "unwavering
support of the oppressed people of the Middle East and around the world
in their quest for 'freedom and democracy.'"The Islamist government of Turkey hosts a Hamas terror network and is an unabashed supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood. A "charity" banned as a terrorist front by Germany, Israel and the Netherlands continues to operate in Istanbul and has close ties to President Erdogan and his political party even though it has recruited human shields for Hamas.
The Turkish government is embroiled in a scandal due to its cover-up of its covert aid to Al-Qaeda's branch in Syria named Jabhat al-Nusra. In December, two dozen congressmen asked the Treasury Department to begin sanctioning Turkey for its sponsorship of terrorism.
Far from promoting moderation, the neo-Ottoman Islamism instilled by the Turkish government has resulted in skyrocketing anti-Americanism, anti-Semitism and support for terrorism. Al-Qaeda's Syrian wing is the most popular Syrian rebel force in Turkey, with 40% favoring its victory. Another Islamist rebel group, the Islamic Front, comes in second with 24%.
The Erdogan government is also rolling back freedoms and clamping down on social media. It surpasses even North Korea as the number one jailer of journalists. A reporter was just convicted of the "crime" of "liking" a Facebook post denigrating President Erdogan.
That is the Islamist government that the USCMO and Dar al-Hijrah is so fond of.
The rally promoted by Dar al-Hijrah echoes the language that the Turkish government uses to characterize its support of the Brotherhood and Hamas. When President Erdogan, defends the Brotherhood in Egypt, even as it declares jihad, he says he is standing up for "freedom" and "democracy."
Islamists almost always use such appealing terminology while advancing their less appealing agenda. The Brotherhood's political wing in Egypt, for example, went by the name of the Freedom and Justice Party instead of its own name.
The flyer distributed by Dar al-Hijrah lists a website: LetHistoryDecide.org. The website is dedicated to denying that the Ottoman Turk massacre of Armenian Christians qualifies as genocide. That is the purpose of the walk.
On Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, millions of Christians and non-Christians who care for human rights will reflect upon the innocent lives lost at the hands of the Ottoman Turks. These powerful Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups will spend their day differently. They will be busy downplaying the atrocity and praising Turkey for supporting the Islamist ideology that perpetrated it.
Ryan Mauro
Source: http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/us-muslim-brotherhood-backs-turks-armenian-genocide
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