Gary Norris Gray

 

The Muslim Brotherhood is officially known as Jamiat-al-Ikawan Muslim Society of the Muslim Brothers. In 1928 the political and religious group of devoted Muslim men created this organization to return to the original percepts of the Koran (Qur an). This was to tell other common Egyptians to follow the strict teachings of the Prophet Mohammed.

 

The founder, Brother Hasan al-Banna, lived in Cairo, Egypt and saw his religion slipping under the influences of the British Empire and wanted to bring Egypt back into the Muslim fold. The Brotherhood was divided on how this was to be accomplished but the goal would be enforced.

The Brotherhood carried out many secret assassinations and bombings of individuals that did not adhere to the strict teachings of Allah and the Koran. Consequently many British citizens and non-conforming Moslem s died.
 

In 1938-1945, The Brotherhood formed an alliance with the German Third Reich in Egypt. Both groups wanted to rid Egypt of British decadence and laws against Islam. These years fermented the fear and hatred toward the west and other British western allies.
 

In 1948 the United Nations created the Jewish State of Israel right in the heartland of the Arab territories. This was a very honest and noble political accomplishment after the World War II problems. The Western Powers granted statehood and did not even consider statehood for Palestine. This infuriated the Brotherhood and other Islamic States, creating fuel to feed the fire of distrust toward the west.
 

Under Egyptian King corruption and greed had spread throughout Cairo with the help of the British Empire. The Brotherhood then waged domestic war against the King and the British, which threw Egypt into rebellion and chaos for six years. The king threw many Brotherhood members in jail because he feared their power of influence on the Egyptian population. The death of King Fraud in 1953, and the assertion of the Egyptian Army in 1954 gave birth to a new famed leader. It also gave new life to the Brotherhood, and it gave the Brotherhood international recognition because of their political actions.

Adul Nasser a decorated Egyptian army officer and member of the Brotherhood rose to power in Cairo. Nasser knew the operations and membership of the Brotherhood and ordered the arrest and deportation of other members. In late 1954 Nasser escaped an assassination attempt. Many say it was staged to let the Egyptian masses believe that he was indestructible and then could push his political agenda on the Egyptian masses. Others state it was a warning to the Muslim Brotherhood to cease further actions against them by the Egyptian government.

 

In 1966 a new wave of radical Islamic Jihadists spread across the Arab world. This new wave of political action divided the Brotherhood. The Elder Brotherhood members wanted peaceful negotiations with Israel and the West, while the other exiled younger brothers like Osama bin-Ladin, Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, and the Blind Sheik Rochman wanted war. These leaders were the building blocks for groups like Hamas, Fata, Black September, Islamic Jihad, and al-Quada. All of these groups wanted to continue the political fight against the Western World. Younger  Brotherhood Members in Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria and Lebanon returned to Egypt to declare a new Jihad against the western world. This Jihad has continued to this day concluding with the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.

 

In 1967 the Arab world was dealt a devastating military defeat in the Arab-Israeli six-day war. The state of Israel doubled in size and retained all of the key military points.
 

In 1972 the first major strike against the west occurred when members of Black September blew up three French planes in Africa. Then kidnapping the Israeli weightlifting team at the Muchien Summer Games in Germany. It was the first time the western world witnessed such acts. The seeds were being sown for economic, military, political, and educational battles between the West and the Brotherhood.

In 1974 Egyptian President Nasser had a massive heart attack and the leadership of Egypt passed to veteran Anwar Saddat. Saddat was a different leader. He wanted to mend fences and mends hearts in the Moslem world. His first act was to welcome back the Brotherhood including the young radical members. President Saddat did not think he would be in danger, but years later he would be proven wrong. President Saddat lost his only son in the six-day war in the Sinai Dessert. He vowed that Egyptians and Israelis would live in peace.

 

In 1981 a clandestine Egyptian para-military group killed President Saddat. They vowed to end President Saddat s rule because he signed a peace treaty with the United States and Israel. Thereafter,300 men were arrested and jailed; half of them were from the Moslem Brotherhood. That same summer an unholy alliance emerged when the United States and the Afghanistan Mojahaden fought against the Soviet Army in the hills of Kabul; that was the birth of a militant group of what we now call al-Quada.

 

THAT IS THE GRAY LINE