The Grand Deception
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Additional Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood Anti-Semitic Statements Found
January 25, 2013
The New York Times’ January 14 report on the Middle East Media Research Institute’s (MEMRI) videos of Egyptian Mohamed Morsi’s 2010 anti-Semitic statements inexplicably omitted the larger story of the Muslim Brotherhood’s decades-long intrinsic anti-Semitism.
The Investigative Project on Terrorism has uncovered comments going back to 2004 showing a pattern of pure anti-Semitic comments made by Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders.
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Oath of Deception?
Jan 24, 2013
IPT News Blog
Belief in radical Islamic ideology could be grounds to deport immigrants, even after they’ve naturalized, a provocative report from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) says.
The report, National Security Threats Should Be Denaturalized, comes from “a retired government employee with many years of experience in immigration administration, law enforcement, and national security matters” who writes under a pseudonym.(MORE)
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Morsi Mediating Fatah and Hamas Reconciliation
Jan 9, 2013
Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal are in Cairo for reconciliation talks with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.
The visit will last several days, said Hamas politburo Vice President Moussa abu Marzook.
The Palestinian factions have been divided since the terrorist group seized control of Gaza after it routed Fatah in the 2007 Palestinian civil war that followed Hamas’ parliamentary victory the previous year.
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Guest Column: Will Egypt become a totalitarian state?
January 7, 2013
The Muslim Brotherhood has made another giant step forward in consolidating its rule in Egypt through the successful passage of the newly drafted constitution by some 64 percent of those who voted. Next come the parliamentary elections in two months through which the Brotherhood will regain control of the legislative branch. In the interim, it has stacked the upper house of Parliament, called the Shura Council, with its own members who will have the power to legislate until the new lower house is elected.
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Gulf States Worried About Muslim Brotherhood Subversive Activities
Jan 4, 2013
A Kuwaiti lawmaker is demanding that Kuwait’s security services be on the lookout for Muslim Brotherhood cells seeking to destabilize the emirate.
This comes in the wake of the announcement of the alleged discovery of Brotherhood cells in the nearby United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday. Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Mahmoud Ghozlan acknowledged that some of the 11 people detained by UAE authorities are Brotherhood members but denied that they were seeking to destabilize the country, according to Lebanon’s Daily Star newspaper.
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Fox News Showcases Emerson’s New Documentary “Jihad in America: The Grand Deception”
January 4, 2013
Fox News Anchor Megyn Kelly:
Well there’s a new film coming out that takes a look at a group called the Muslim Brotherhood and its influence around the world and here at home. The documentary is called The Grand Deception and it describes what the film makers call the dual nature of the Muslim Brotherhood. To the outside world it tries to present a moderate image, claim the film makers, all the while hiding more radical goals including goals for America. Here’s a clip from the trailer.
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Egyptian Magazine: Muslim Brotherhood Infiltrates Obama Administration
Jan 3, 2013
An Egyptian magazine claims that six American Islamist activists who work with the Obama administration are Muslim Brotherhood operatives who enjoy strong influence over U.S. policy.
The Dec. 22 story published in Egypt’s Rose El-Youssef magazine (read an IPT translation here) suggests the six turned the White House “from a position hostile to Islamic groups and organizations in the world to the largest and most important supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood.”
The story is largely unsourced, but its publication is considered significant in raising the issue to Egyptian readers.
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Egyptian Liberals Speak Out Against Brotherhood
April 3, 2012
Speaking out against religious extremism takes courage in today’s Egypt, especially when extremists make up an absolute majority in Parliament. The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) has translated the comments of two courageous Egyptian intellectuals who took to Arabic television to denounce the dominant Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafi parties.
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State Department’s Continued Outreach to Radicals
December 18, 2012
by Abha Shankar
The Obama administration’s efforts to conquer hearts and minds in the Muslim world as part of its broader strategy to battle Islamist terrorism may be a laudable goal. But the administration’s continued pandering to radical Islamists both at home and abroad continues to baffle and frustrate opponents of political Islam and Islamist organizations.(MORE)
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New Report Confirms Islamic Terrorism Trumps Others
Dec 11, 2012
by IPT News
While partisans try to diminish the role radical Islam plays in fueling global terrorism, a new report released by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) finds that “The most prolific religious terrorist groups are almost exclusively Islamic.”
The IEP’s 2012 Global Terrorism Index rates 158 countries related to terrorism from 2001-11 using data from the Global Terrorism Database (GTD), which is collected and collated by the University of Maryland’s National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START). (MORE)
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CAIR Targets Morsi/Brotherhood Critics
December 5, 2012
Pro-Muslim Brotherhood forces attacked protesters of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi with rocks and clubs in Cairo Wednesday.
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Rory Cohen: Tracking Muslim Brotherhood’s ‘Grand Deception’
December 3, 2012
A new documentary film, “The Grand Deception,” delves into the subversive culture of the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States, bringing to light footage of radical Islamists, masquerading as moderate Muslims, who call for violent jihad against the United States and its allies.
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Islamist Says Morsi Critics Could Be Killed
Nov 27, 2012
A senior member of the Egyptian Islamist group Gamaa al-Islamiya warns that politicians who oppose President Muhammad Morsi’s constitutional declaration could face a campaign of “targeted assassinations,” Al-Arabiya news channel reported Monday.
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Jihad in America: Grand Deception
October 25, 2012
Discussion Panel Webcast
The Investigative Project on Terrorism, the nation’s largest archival intelligence center on radical Islam, held a discussion panel on October 25, 2012 to launch a new documentary exposing the covert infrastructure and growing influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in America. (MORE)
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Obama Invited Terror Suspects To Visit White House
October 22, 2012
by Paul Sperry
Al-Qaida supporters. Terrorist suspects. Anti-Semites and jihadists previously kicked off government boards. All are now welcome in the Obama White House, according to visitor logs. (MORE)
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Morsi’s Election Can’t Erase Radical Record
September 25, 2012
New Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is being received as a visiting dignitary in New York this week for meetings surrounding the opening of the United Nations’ General Assembly. He is scheduled to address the assemblyWednesday morning and is meeting with U.S. officials and other dignitaries.
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Understanding the Muslim Brotherhood
August 25, 2012
A recent case sheds light on the organization, but most Republicans ignore it.
I’m a big fan of the 1 percent. No, not the dastardly 1 percent of Occupy Wall Street myth; I’m partial, instead, to the 1 percent of Congress that takes seriously the threat of Islamic-supremacist influence operations against our government.
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Guest Column: Muslim Brotherhood ‘Crucifies’ Opponents, Attacks Secular Media
August 15, 2012
Last week in Egypt, when Muslim Brotherhood supporters terrorized the secular media, several Arabic websites—including Arab News, Al Khabar News, Dostor Watany, and Egypt Now—reported that people were being “crucified.” The relevant excerpt follows in translation:
A Sky News Arabic correspondent in Cairo confirmed that protestors belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood crucified those opposing Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi naked on trees in front of the presidential palace while abusing others. Likewise, Muslim Brotherhood supporters locked the doors of the media production facilities of 6-October [a major media region in Cairo], where they proceeded to attack several popular journalists.
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Report: Brotherhood Has Egyptian Caliphate Plans
Jun 24, 2012
Watch out Egypt: Now that Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi has been declared the country’s new president, Sharia punishments may be making their way to a public square near you.
And that’s only the start of it.
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Islamist Fellow Travelers: An IPT Series
March 26, 2012
IPT News
Today, the Investigative Project on Terrorism begins a series of profiles on non-Muslims who help the Islamists advance their agenda, with the goal of documenting this phenomenon, understanding its origins, and tracing its implications. (MORE)
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IPT Exclusive: Under Oath, Alamoudi Ties MAS To Brotherhood
March 14, 2012
The Muslim American Society (MAS) was created as a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in America, and continues to serve that function today, a man who once was one of the most influential Muslim political leaders testified in a Virginia courtroom Wednesday.
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INYT’s Kristof Whitewashes the Egyptian Brotherhood
Dec 15, 2011
Despite the Muslim Brotherhood’s long history of supporting radicalism and terror, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof suggests that concerns about its role in Egyptian society are overblown. After eating dinner recently in the home of Brotherhood activists, Kristof wrote that he was “struck by the optimism” some secular Egyptians have expressed about the group.
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Reality of Islam hard to dispute
November 20, 2011
by Peter Worthington
TORONTO – Last week, on Michael Coren’s Agenda show on Sun News TV, Steve Emerson discussed realities of Islam in America in a way that is seldom heard, but is hard to dispute.
Coren, himself, seemed somewhat shaken by his guest’s knowledge and warnings about the future. Not many speak with Emerson’s authority.
According to Emerson, something like 95% of the mosques and Muslim organizations in America, are dominated or influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood, which is the largest Islamist party and extends throughout the world with links to terrorism and jihadism. (MORE)
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U.S. Diplomat Confirms Direct Talks with Egypt’s Brotherhood
Oct 4, 2011
American officials have met with members of Egypt’s long-banned Muslim Brotherhood, an unnamed senior U.S. diplomat told Reuters.
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Ten Years Later, Radical Islam Still a Taboo Subject
September 8, 2011
IPT News
“There’s an incessant message that is delivered by radical followers of Islam,” the lawyer told the judge, “that one cannot be true to the faith unless they take action, including violent action, most especially violent action … that is a message that can unfortunately take root in individuals who feel like if they don’t do something, that they literally will not find salvation under their faith.”
That sounds like a prosecutor explaining a terrorist’s motive. But, in fact, it is defense attorney Kenneth Troccoli explaining in April why Farooque Ahmed eagerly agreed to scout D.C. Metrorail stops for what Ahmed thought was an al-Qaida bomb plot. And it echoes Faisal Shahzad’s defiant rant at his sentencing hearing last October after he pleaded guilty to the failed Times Square bombing. (MORE)
Salafists, Brotherhood Ascendant in Egypt
Aug 5, 2011
While world attention is focused on the trial of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Muslim radicals are making headway towards turning Egypt into an Islamic republic, according to Israeli Arab journalist Khaled Abu Toameh.
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Egypt’s Transition Emboldens Brotherhood
May 16, 2011
Much of the idealism and the promise of unity that emerged from the massive populist uprising that captivated Egypt and swept longtime President Hosni Mubarak from power in February seems to have been lost.
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FBI Chief: Muslim Brotherhood Supports Terrorism
February 10, 2011
Elements of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group whose ideology has inspired terrorists such as Osama bin Laden, are in the United States and have supported terrorism here and overseas, FBI Director Robert Mueller told a House committee Thursday.
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Muslim Brotherhood Joins Egypt Negotiations
Feb 6, 2011
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood announced it will enter talks with Vice President Omar Suleiman about “the process of [President Hosni] Mubarak leaving office, the right to protest in public places and guarantees for their safety,” an MB spokesman told Reuters. The negotiations are the first ever between the officially banned group and the government, reviving concerns about Islamist participation in the transitional and future governments.
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Egypt’s Future and the Chameleon Muslim Brotherhood
January 31, 2011
The protests against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak show little sign of relenting. The dismissal of the previous government, and swearing in of new ministers Monday did little to assuage those demanding Mubarak’s ouster. There are calls for 1 million people to take to the streets of Cairo Tuesday.
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U.S. to Resume Formal Relations with Egyptian Brotherhood
Jun 30, 2011
In a controversial move, the United States has decided to formalize relations with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Egypt, according to a statement Wednesday by a senior U.S. official to Reuters.
“The political landscape in Egypt has changed, and is changing,” said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity. “It is in our interests to engage with all of the parties that are competing for parliament or the presidency.”
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Islamists Dominate DOJ’s List of Terror Prosecutions
March 9, 2011
IPT News
More than 80 percent of all convictions tied to international terrorist groups and homegrown terrorism since 9/11 involve defendants driven by a radical Islamist agenda, a review of Department of Justice statistics shows. (MORE)
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Egyptian Brotherhood to Form Political Party
Feb 15, 2011
Egypt’s long banned Muslim Brotherhood will form a political party for upcoming elections, as the nation’s new military leaders convened a panel of experts to amend the nation’s constitution. The panel, which will include former Brotherhood lawmaker Sobhi Saleh, is paving the way towards democracy even as skepticism reigns over the Brotherhood’s politics.
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Washington’s Schizophrenic Approach Toward the Muslim Brotherhood
September 28, 2010
“Allah is our objective; the Prophet is our leader; the Quran is our law; jihad is our way; and dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.” So reads the motto of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), a transnational Islamist organization with chapters in more than 70 countries. The group’s long history includes collaboration with Nazi Germany, calls for the destruction of Israel, and support for attacks against American troops.
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Stopping Radical Islamist Threats
Sep 28, 2010
by IPT News
“Existing state laws prohibiting intimidation are inadequate.” Hirsi Ali and Huff write. Their proposed legislation would help “by focusing national attention on the problem and invoking the formidable enforcement apparatus of the federal government. Second, its civil damages provision would empower victims of intimidation to act as private attorneys general to defend their rights.”
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Promoting Radical Ideas – What ICNA Demands of its Members
August 10, 2010
IPT News
When five young men disappeared from comfortable lives in America last fall and showed up in Pakistan hoping to wage jihad against American troops, all eyes shifted to their community mosque and youth group for answers. (MORE)
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‘There’s A Grand Deception Going On’: An Interview with Terrorism Expert Steven Emerson
April 14, 2010
The New York Post called him “the nation’s foremost journalistic expert on terrorism.” Richard Clarke, former White House counterterrorism chief, called him the “Paul Revere of terrorism.” For 16 years, Steven Emerson has been conducting research, reporting, writing, speaking, and testifying before Congress on the threat of radical Islam.
The author of six books, Emerson is also executive director of The Investigative Project on Terrorism, one of the world’s largest storehouses of data on radical Islamic terrorist groups, and the producer of “Jihad in America,” an award-winning film on radical Muslim groups in the United States.
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Steven Emerson: Combating Radical Islam Defeating Jihadist Terrorism
January 2010
by George Michael
On Christmas afternoon in 1992, Steven Emerson, then a staff reporter for CNN, noticed a large group of men in traditional Arab clothes congregating outside the Oklahoma City Convention Center. At first, he thought they were extras for a movie—until he remembered the date. So, he explored a bit; inside, he discovered a conference sponsored by the Muslim Arab Youth Association. The vitriol of the speakers, replete with hateful rhetoric against Jews, Israel, and America mixed with exhortations of violence toward these enemies, alarmed him. Spontaneous shouts of “Kill the Jews” and “Destroy the West” came from the audience throughout the event.
Steven Emerson has emerged as a powerful independent force, working with U.S. security services while also carrying out investigations on his own in areas beyond their reach.
Worried by what he had witnessed, Emerson notified a contact in the FBI, only to be told that the agency knew nothing about the conference and also lacked a mandate to investigate it because no criminal activity had occurred or was imminent.[2] This experience indelibly impressed him, leaving a sense of government weakness and suggesting the need for a private agency to explore the threat of radical Islam within the United States. (MORE)
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Radical Movement’s Leader Forecasts America’s Demise
December 4, 2009
IPT News
As the spotlight moves away from the Fort Hood massacre, one of America’s most openly radical Islamist organizations has taken to the murderer’s defense. As-Sabiqun, a Washington D.C.-based organization with branches in four other major American cities, released a flyer labeling shooter Nidal Malik Hasan as “victimized” and the “target of psychological warfare.” The handout also defended convicted terrorists and suspects. (MORE)
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Steven Emerson and the Grand Deception: The Islamic Threat
March 9, 2009
Despite impressive efforts by the local news media to keep it a secret, Steve Emerson, a leading authoritiy on Islamic extremism spoke at an event in Rancho Mirage, California Sunday evening. Once the dinner event had sold out, The Desert Sun inserted a brilliantly crafted piece in the B Section, guaranteed to generate plenty of buzz: “Not everyone has the same values. Some values are a direct threat to the American way of life. That’s the take-away Steven Emerson hopes to impart as the featured speaker for Sunday’s World Affairs Council of the Desert Distinguished Speakers Series.”
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Government, FBI, Media Years Behind Understanding Radical Islam
February 4, 2009
by Herb Denenberg
You’re about to learn how you can easily be better informed about the threat of radical Islam than the FBI, the U.S. government and most of the media. You’ll learn how you can be six or seven years ahead of them in understanding radical Islam. You’re also about to learn how the FBI used a front for terrorist organizations as a resource for training its agents, as a liaison with the Muslim community, and as an outreach resource in programs for the Muslim community. (MORE)
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The ABC’s of Radical Islam
February 27, 2008
by Steven Emerson
On its website Tuesday, ABC News posted a story titled, “Common Misunderstandings About Muslims,” which did its level best to carry water for the radical Islamist, and jihadist, movement in America, going so far as to cite America’s most notorious radical front group, the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as the source to define the concept of “jihad.” (MORE)
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Radical Outreach
by Steven Emerson
At Wednesday’s rededication ceremony of the Saudi-funded Islamic Center of Washington, D.C., President Bush missed a perfect opportunity to repudiate apologism for radical Islam, and instead announced his latest plan to get the Muslim world to stop hating America: appoint a special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).(MORE)
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