Our Government and the Muslim Brotherhood — My Speech in Washington
I guess I was asked, in part, because I’ve been writing about this subject: I’ve been writing about the Muslim Brotherhood for a number of years. And for the last couple of weeks, I’ve been writing about the specific topic that we’re here to talk about this morning: the Brotherhood’s influence on our government, and the slings and arrows these five House members have been catching for having the temerity to notice it.
I was also asked to come here, I believe, because I worked in the Justice Department for about 25 years — first at the U.S. Marshals Service, where I worked as a deputy marshal in the Witness Protection Program; then as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York. I was a prosecutor for almost 20 years, and during that time I handled or supervised a number of cases involving national security — meaning terrorism cases, all of which involved attacks plotted by violent jihadists. I was also involved in many other investigations of national and international organized crime groups, many of which were violent in nature.
Based on that experience, I have to confess that the controversy here baffles me. I don’t understand why more people in Washington, from both parties, have not rallied to the support of Congresswoman Bachmann and Congressmen Gohmert, Franks, Westmoreland and Rooney.
At a time when government policy is being radically harmonized with the agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood — meaning, policy has shifted in the direction of avowed enemies of the United States — what ought to shock people is that there is any controversy over a commonsense request. The five House members are simply asking that the inspectors general in pertinent government agencies conduct internal inquiries and report back to Congress about potential Islamist influences at those agencies.
Now, let me be clear about what I said and what I didn’t say. I said Islamist influences, I did not say Muslims.
I don’t know how many Muslims work in the U.S. government, but I feel pretty safe saying there are thousands. As a federal prosecutor on terrorism cases, I had the privilege of working with several of them. These were patriotic American Muslims, and a number of Muslims who may not be Americans but who have embraced America and the West. Without them, we could not have infiltrated jihadist cells in New York and stopped terrorists from killing thousands of people.
Without them, we could not have translated, understood and processed our evidence so it could be presented to a jury as a compelling narrative. Pro-American Muslims serve honorably in government, in our military, in our intelligence services, and in our major institutions.
We are lucky to have them because they have embraced the culture of individual liberty that is the beating heart of Western civilization. They have accepted the premise of our society that everyone has a right to freedom of conscience and equality before the law. They have accepted our foundational principle that free people are at liberty to make law for themselves, irrespective of the rules of any belief system or ideology. They construe Islam’s spiritual elements and its laws as a matter of private conscience, not as a mandatory framework for society.
Those Muslims are not Islamists.
When we talk about the influence of Islamists, we are referring to Muslims who are beholden to Islamic supremacism. Islamic supremacism is an ideology, not a religion. It is a totalitarian social system that would govern every aspect of life down to the granular level — economic, financial, social, political, military, familial, dietary, issues of crime-and-punishment, even matters of hygiene.
That is the sharia system. As interpreted by many of Islam’s most influential thinkers — including organizations like the Muslim Brotherhood and academics like the faculty of ancient al-Azhar University in Cairo — classical sharia rejects basic principles of American constitutional democracy.
There is also something terribly wrong that these five members of congress are being muzzled. If they are not free to ask questions, then the Islamists have already won. If the muzzling is ordained by the highest powers and the State Department, then we have an authoritarian problem. They can mask it in all the political correctness and “tolerance” babble they like, but their totalitarianism is shining through. What is really behind that mask?
Well said.
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My previous commentaries on the subject are linked within. Reading them held shore up the case.
In any case, Andrew’s work is exemplary. He nails it – and them!!
Thank you for all the relevant info and for your reflections.
My thoughts about your final questions:
how much does it cost to produce one barrel of oil ?
why is a cartel authorized to multiply by 50 the cost of production of oil ?
why nobody talks about this ?
how much money paid by the West to buy oil at mafia prices has come back to the West to buy our politicians ?
It’s the Muslim Oilhood that is conquering the world. And we are paying for that.
The question that weighs heavily on my mind is; will the Muslims who are not radical, but who have embraced the Constitution of the United States of America, and are peace loving people, stand against those Muslims who are Radical in their teachings, and actions. I have been told they could not because of the Islamic Law, and if they did they could be and would be persecuted to the fullest extent. Would love to have an honest & truthful answer to this, as we go forward in our Great Country of America.
Agree totally with this specific concern, as so well stated here by you.
And, I’d like to amplify it a bit to include here a comment on the following pastes from this excellent timely article/transcript:
“These were patriotic American Muslims, and a number of Muslims who may not be Americans but who have embraced America and the West. Without them, we could not have infiltrated jihadist cells in New York and stopped terrorists from killing thousands of people.”
“They construe Islam’s spiritual elements and its laws as a matter of private conscience, not as a mandatory framework for society.”
……..There is a dichotomy here…..who specifically within Islam authorizes such dictates of “private conscience”?
“Private conscience” seems to be very flexibly elastic, as required. And, I’ve read that such Koranic interpretive elasticity is encouraged so long as the ultimate aims of Islam are obtained……again, so long as the ultimate aims of Islam are obtained. That’s one type of “authorization”.
I’d like to see further discussion on how a self described practicing Muslim as an individual Koran reader of those verses advocating such extreme violence against us Americans separates their private consciences from these very laws (verses) which are taken by such a believer as a foundation of their professed religion.
Something’s missing here….a “rope-umbilical cord” has been cut, but only a few strands of that cord? How to choose? If their private conscience chooses….which verses does this Muslim believer discard? How is this Muslim believer permitted to pick and choose among his Koranic verses? Who authorizes this freedom of choice? The individual?
At what specific “point” or “line” does this Muslim separate his private conscience and stop being an “Islamist”…..or, the reverse, at which point does an “Islamist” become a mere meek Muslim?….isn’t this person’s conscience treading upon apostasy as a “believer” sees it?
Where is this basic dichotomy discussed?
Look at the Bible. Some see it as us against them and take it literally, and some ignore the ancient proscriptions as just that, ancient, and instead take a more general inspirational message. The difference between a Muslim and an Islamist is generally speaking, an us vs. them mentality. Sayd Qutb was the essence of parsing all things in a West vs. Islam mentality. That is the MB mentality.
… will the Muslims who are not radical, but who have embraced the Constitution… stand against those Muslims who are Radical in their teachings, and actions…
A quick study of Islamic scriptures, and of the millions of actions taken by Moslems in the 1,400 years since, proves that the idea of moderate Moslems is fool’s gold.
The founding precept of Islam is the overthrow of all other belief systems and the subjugation of people who fail to convert. This cold fact can be easily confirmed. Yet, from India to Moscow to Munich to London to Toronto to here, there is a total consensus that the Moderate Moslem is not only a possibility, they’re here.
Hint: the history of Moslems also proves that the key distinction is who’s acting explicitly, who’s helping through subterfuge (like Abedin), and who’s a believer and sympathizer set to benefit from a takeover.
As we watch Lebanon become the latest in a long list of countries to fall into Dar al-Islam by forced adoption of Sharia, it is depressing but not surprising to hear McCarthy say “There is no such thing as a moderate Islamist.” As Rubio and McCain argue over the word moderate, it’s the use of the word Islamist that’s really the suicidal diversion, the way to avoid answering the tough question.
Why did it become necessary to invent such a definition? Here’s why:
So fight them until there is no more Fitnah among Infidels and all submit to the religion of Allah alone in the whole world.
- Holy Ko-Ran 8:39
Allah and the Holy Prophet Mohammed dissolve obligations.
- Holy Ko-Ran 9:3
Whenever the self-destroying word Islamist is used, there must be a reconciliation between the silly concept of moderate Moslems and the scriptures and beliefs to which to abide. But there never is.
The mortal fear of what Islam actually is stretches all the way back to when the Holy Prophet put out contract murders on Abu Afak and Asma Marwan for daring to criticize Islam. That fear runs throughout this speech to the National Press Club. Oh the irony that the media are the very people who are in the process delivering us unto evil through the use of fake definitions propping up fake concepts doomed to fail in great disaster.
The dicktator himself has written in Audacity of Hope that “he will stand with the muslims if the winds change…”
Doesn’t it make you wonder, who is really working behind the scenes to prevent the US from drilling and fracking and building pipelines?
Some powerful members of the “environmental” movement have blatently described their intentions to undermine American cultural and religious institutions from within. See John Holdren’s textbook “Ecoscience”. This is not conspiracy, it is blatently prescribed in a book that he authored.
This is Canada’s concern: American charities, have funnelled money into Canadian nonprofits, and have worked very effectively to shut down or at least slow down, development of new energy supplies, eg pipelines. This is a very serious intrusion into Canada’s sovereignty, and has led to (I think) Canada’s growing closer to China.
Come on Andrew, this is America. How dare you ask questions of the powerful! Its pretty close to unpatriotic (I use the updated version of this term).
Seriously, if our governmental leaders want to ally the United States government with the MB, and their/our ally al-Quaeda (we have always been at war on the side of al-Quaeda by the way), how dare we challenge them. I mean the next thing you are going to say is that there should be some sort of media or mediating influence which would challenge our leaders to justify their actions rather than to help them spread their stories!
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Mr. McCarthy, thank you for your contributions on this incredibly important issue. You and Mr. Gaffney are true American Patriots! And the pictures you show in the post of actual Muslims so close to the center of Obama’s foreign policy are so revealing. However history of G__ views you, we will consider you for what you are, a true American hero. Thank you!
Thank you, Mr. McCarthy for your tireless efforts to bring truth to light and to protect our nation from threats within and without. Your voice is a strong and unfortunately too rare one as we face the gravest threat to our country and the west that any of us have faced in our lifetimes. God bless you, sir.
“As interpreted by many of Islam’s most influential thinkers — including organizations like the Muslim Brotherhood and academics like the faculty of ancient al-Azhar University in Cairo — classical sharia rejects basic principles of American constitutional democracy.”
Well stated, lets finish connecting the dots;
Saudi Arabia is the worlds single largest funding entity of Sharia promotion, through Wahabbi schools, through funnding of terrorist groups in Pakistan, through the MB, through its many outlets to cultivate Sharia based society and the destruction of western Democracy.
So why does USA continue supplying massive amount of weapons to Saudi Arabia, and assist them in every way to overthrow Western Democracy?
Mr. McCarthy, will you be mentioning John McCain’s and Marco Rubio’s part in all this at some point? And how about that of David Petraeus?
I am strongly urging all Zionist, Christian and other Infidel forces who are working with Andrew McCarthy in his attempt to deny Muslims their right to bring Shariah Law wherever they go and to attack our allies who have become Shariah compliant to submit immediately. Otherwise, we will hold them all responsible for their blasphemous actions. Any attempt to resist the Islamic Holy forces of Allah is pointless. We are committed to putting all of America and all of Europe under our jurisdiction. Allah willing.
You cannot overcome the Islamic Holy Forces of Allah even in the Great Satan America any longer now that we have great allies like the enlightened Imam David Petraues on our side as well as our dear brother, Grand Ayatollah Hussein Obama, now in control of your military and FBI and TSA and Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security and FCC and your health care rationing and food supply and soon the internet with the help of our brothers in the White House and at ICANN and then over radio and television with the help of our brothers at FCC. Any individual or group that tries to resist the Islamic Holy Forces of Allah will now be harassed and humiliated by our TSA brothers if not prosecuted and imprisoned by our brother Imam Eric Holder and be followed by the CIA of our bother Imam Petraeus. And our sister Michelle and brother Bloomberg will control what your children may or may not eat and what they are to be taught. Soon no web sites or radio or television stations or newspapers will be permitted that in any way blasphemy Islam or in any way at all insult the feelings of Muslims and our allies or that fail to meet any and all demands that Muslims may make in the future. With the help of our brother Imam Petrraeus and our brother, Grand Ayatollah Hussein Obama,and our brothers at ICANN and FCC the Islamic Holy Forces of Allah will take over all of the internet and broadcast media and easily overcome Andrew McCarthy and all his Zionist, Christian, other Infidel forces and his PJM lackeys and stooges. Allah willing.
The great dream of Islam will come true. Muslims dream to see flags that read: “There is no God but Allah” fluttering in the wind atop a Grand Towering Mosque at Ground Zero, more Mosques in the Pentagon, a Mosque at Reagan National Airport and then a Mosque at the Temple Mount and a Mosque at Haram al-Sharif, and the whole White House converted into a Mosque and then all Churches and Synagogues in America and Europe replaced with Mosques and then even PJM will become fully compliant with Sharia Law, Allah willing.
Nice parody…
OK, supposed troll (isn’t your name *Alif?*): Tell us what is the Arabic for “Sieg heil (Hail victory)”–that we may mockingly shout it at your kind in response to every false accusation from the Buzzard Botherhood’s defenders!
The only way forward in order cut through the rhetoric is to bring ploblematic issues through a court of law. When fighting rhetoric with illogical opponents this is the the only way.
The idiotic meme that any Muslim is prone to default at any time to “head-chopping Islamist mode” is the counterpart to the idiotic “Religion of Peace” meme. Both look for an easy and simple model. Mr. McCarthy is an authentic, brave and highly effective anti-Islamist with authentic field experience (domestic, but still excellent) and he acknowledges that many authentic Muslims who devote and often risk their lives in the service of America and as its allies. We could not conduct counter-terrorism and COIN w/out them.
Who will say that a Muslim-American linguist serving with the U.S. forces in OIF or OEF who prays five times daily, observes Halal, etc. and risks his life to protect all Americans is less authentic a Muslim than Sheik Qaradawi?
If you want to see what life is like under Sharia Law, visit Saudi Arabia. If life is appealing under their terrorist regime, then by all means keep supplying Saudi’s with weapons, buying their petroleum, sending aid and trade credits, sending our sons and daughters to leave their blood, limbs and lives on desert sands protecting Saudi wealth and power.
But lets stop pretending MB, Hamas, Wahabbi Schools and Pakistan terror cells exist in a Vacuum. Saudi Arabia promotes and supports Sharia based society and will see it through unless someone speaks up. There should be at least one writer at PJM that has courage enough to write truth about Saudi Arabia.
Folks interested in this article might be interested in watching Stephen Coughlin’s briefing on the OIC and it is on YouTube. If you would like to see how close we are to becoming a member of the global Caliphate being worked on by the Muslim Brotherhood. Watch: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation and its Role in Enforcing Islamic Law
I’m General David Petraeus, Commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force. And on behalf of all the members of ISAF, I want to extend very best wishes to you and your families as you celebrate the holy month of Ramazan. Ramazan is, of course, a month of recommitment to faith, a month of celebration with family and friends, and a month of devotion and reflection.
Mohammad declared undistinguishing and exterminating war, as a part of his religion, against all the rest of mankind.
I studied the Koran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as that of Muhammad. So far as I can see, it is the principal cause of the decadence so visible today in the Muslim world and, though less absurd than the polytheism of old, its social and political tendencies are in my opinion to be feared, and I therefore regard it as a form of decadence rather than a form of progress in relation to paganism itself.
Islam is as dangerous in a man as rabies is in a dog.
Mr. McCarthy,
I watched your entire speech as well as back and forth on C-Span. I thought it was excellent. I particularly like how you handled the dissenting opinions from some of the questioners. I do remember the person Mr. Milbank speaks too. I actually was chuckling when he was talking. Personally, I thought his questions to be something other than “informed.” But, hey. That’s just me.
Anyway. Thank you, sir. Your work is heroic and much appreciated. I don’t speak for everyone, but I do know that this is a topic that I am beginning to appreciate with much more clarity.
Again, thank you.
For every Quran set aflame in the USA there have been a thousand American flags burned in Islamic countries. A practice that began decades before the events in Florida.
In dealing with Islam reciprocity is crucial. It must be demanded from a position of strength otherwise it is neither granted or respected. That is simply the way it is. Symbolism is superior to intellectualism in Islam.
Whether or not Abedin plays a crucial role in forming policy ( for the record I think she does ) is less important than the fact that a Muslim Brotherhood member is steps away from The Oval Office, literally and figuratively.
The danger is both immediate and real.
Thank you for the brilliant article. You made the distinction between Muslims and Islamists abundantly clear: Muslims can be our friends and good citizens, unless they are Islamists. This is because Islamism is an ideology of Islamic supremacy.
But is not it a little too straightforward? You say, Islamic scholars (“jurists”) write that idea of Islamic supremacy is necessary part of Islam. In their view, one can not be Muslim and not adhere to Islamic supremacy. So, are they all wrong, and Islam as something benign or indifferent? And why shall we believe your understanding of Islam and not theirs? Is not Islam what they say it is, just because their word is like a law of the land for Muslims?
I look at it as sort of the same thing as a “jack Mormon” or a “weekend Catholic,” that there are some people who consider themselves to be Muslims but do not adhere to all of the requirements of the Koran and who do not listen to those who want them to start beheading people. But the “peaceful Muslims” are mostly irrelevant, because few of them will oppose the Islamists in public. We should be seeing huge worldwide Muslim demonstrations with people carrying “Stop Islamic Violence” signs. Instead we hear nary a peep.
I feel conflicted by parts of this article. On one hand, the actions of my Senator, John McCain, provide an excellent argument for term limits. But on the other hand, the actions of my Congressman, Trent Franks, provide an even better argument against them.
Mr. McCarthy is obviously the go-to guy on this issue. As usual, a reasoned analysis of the dangers we face. Mr. McCain should be ashamed of himself for jumping on the bandwagon and using the charge of “McCarthyism” to deflect any criticism or inquiry at all. I had a friend who applied for a very low level federal job, and she had to spend months under the microscope. We are living in very dangerous times.
Enjoyed your speech…and really felt sorry for you dealing with some of the fruitloops pressing you to agree with their leap-of-conspiracies in your Q&A portion.
Beware of Grover Norquist, a fellow-traveler of the members of the MB. Makes one seriously consider if his program and pledge are targeted towards ensuring that there is no budget compromise, leading to economic catastrophe for the US.
Mr. McCarthy, there is no difference between Islam and Islamism. The goals of Islam and Islamism are the ones and the same, indiscernibly. Islamism is the political movement by Muslims to PROMOTE AND IMPOSE Islam and sharia law over the USA and the world. It is their jihad.
The Muslim “heroes” you wrote of could be people who do not faithfully or practically following Islamic teachings just like some people who came from Christian or Jewish familial backgrounds but don’t practice or subscribe to their faith of their parents. For all we know, they could be MINO (Muslims in name only). These MINO do not have any power or wealth over the Muslim world like their more-connected, financially supported Muslim peers (whose relatives and compatriots have connections to the Saudis or other wealthy Muslim benefactors).
For those on the left who would claim this as one more McCarthyesque witch hunt, I humbly submit the one program that proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that there really were Communist agents in our midst before, during, and after the second world war: VENONA
The past has been and always will be prologue.
The Romney campaign released reply to the president’s speech before it was even delivered
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