MEMRI Daily-February 10, 2012: MB General Guide: Islamic Caliphate Can Only Be Achieved Gradually; Egyptian Cleric in Favor of Killing Apostates; Al-Qaeda Leader Ayman and Zawahiri Announces Somali Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen Officially Joined Al-Qaeda
The following is research published today, from the MEMRI Special Dispatch Series and TV Monitor Project.
Special Dispatch No. 4486—Egypt Muslim Brotherhood General Guide Muhammad Badi': Our Ultimate Goal, Establishing a Global Islamic Caliphate, Can Only Be Achieved Gradually and Without CoercionIn a recent sermon, the General Guide of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Muhammad Badi', set out his vision for his movement and for Egypt in the post-revolutionary era. Citing Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan Al-Bana, he stated that the movement has two goals. The immediate goal is to prepare the hearts and minds of its members, which involves "purifying the soul, amending behavior, and preparing the spirit, the mind and the body for a long struggle." The second, long-term, goal is to affect "a total reform of all domains of life," which will eventually result in establishment of an Islamic state governed according to Koranic law – first in Egypt and eventually in the entire world. Badi' stressed that this long-term goal can only be achieved by gradual stages: by "reforming the individual, then restructuring the family, then building society and the government, then [establishing] the rightly guided Caliphate, and [finally achieving] mastership of the world." He also emphasized that this must be achieved through cooperation among all the forces and sectors in Egypt, and without any coercion: "All these purposes and goals... must be realized... through unity of ranks [not division], by persuasion, not coercion, and by love, not by force." Badi' warned against the "attempts to split up the united ranks [of the nation] and drive a wedge between young and old, men and women, Muslims and Christians, and [different religious] schools and groups," saying that the Egyptian nation will need all of its human resources in order to meet the challenges that lie ahead. Finally, he advised his followers not to follow their emotions but to manipulate the circumstances rationally and realistically: "Do not fight the ways of the world because they are overpowering. [Instead], try to overcome them, use them, change their course, and pit some of them against others." To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6075.htm.
Special Dispatch No. 4485–Egypt/Jihad and Terrorism Studies Project/Lantos Archives on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial Egyptian Cleric Mazen Sirsawi in Favor of Killing Apostates: 'Beheading Them Should Be Easier than Cutting the Buttons off Their Shirts'; 'If [the Holocaust] Really Happened, [the Jews] Deserved it'; 'The People of Truth Should Lie in Wait for the People of Falsehood'Following are excerpts from a public address delivered by Egyptian cleric Mazen Sirsawi, which aired on Al-Hekma TV on September 4, 2011: To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/3307.htm.
Mazen Sirsawi: "The Caliph Al-Mahdi, the Emir of the Believers, was like a sword on the necks of the infidels, apostates, and heretics. Whenever he heard of a heretic, he summoned him, no matter what. Even when he was on his deathbed, they brought before him some treacherous heretics, who toy with religion."
To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6074.htm.
Special Dispatch No. 4484—Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Al-Qaeda Leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri Announces Somali Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen Officially Joined Al-QaedaNote to media and government: For a full copy of this report, send an email with the title of the report in the subject line to media@memri.org. Please include your name, title, and organization in your email.
On February 9, 2012, Al-Qaeda's media wing Al-Sahab released a video statement by Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri. The video, 14:41 in duration, is in two parts; the first part is an audio message by Mukhtar Abu Zubayr, Emir of the Somali jihad group Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen, in which he swears allegiance on behalf of the group to Al-Zawahiri – thus officially joining Al-Qaeda, and the second part is a video message by Al-Zawahiri himself. Accompanying Al-Zubayr's audio is a still image of an empty podium with the Al-Shabab Al-Mujahideen logo behind it. Abu Zubayr himself does not appear in the video.
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