Video: Qaradawi speaks in Cairo
Looking at the video of Muslim Brotherhood leader Yusuf Al- Qaradawi’s speech on Friday in Cairo courtesy MEMRI, I’m struck but hardly surprised by two things. One, the incredible size of the crowd. Even Obama, at the height of his drawing power, had to have the Decemberists as his opening act to get that kind of crowd assembled and energized.
Secondly, what Qaradawi says is shrewd and chilling. He has been exiled for his radicalism for about 30 years now, and when he returns it’s as if he has a lot of radical things to say, all pent up and ready to burst.
That chanting at the end comes after Qaradawi has cleverly praised the Egyptian army for its restraint, and is calling on the citizens and that very same army to “liberate” Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque.
A message to our brothers in Palestine: I harbor the hope that just like Allah allowed me to witness the triumph of Egypt, He will allow me to witness the conquest of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and will enable me to preach in the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Oh Allah, allow us to preach in the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Crowds: Amen.
Sheik Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: Allow us to enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque safely.
Crowds: Amen.
Sheik Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: Allow us to enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque without fear.
Crowds: Amen.
Sheik Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: Accomplish this complete victory for us.
Crowds: Amen.Sheik Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: Oh, the sons of Palestine, rest assured that you will be victorious.
Crowds: Amen.
Sheik Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: The Rafah border crossing will be opened for you. This is what I demand from the Egyptian army and from the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
While the assembled mass listened to and chanted with Qaradawi, Google’s Wael Ghonim was kept off the stage by security guards. Until Qaradawi showed up, Ghonim was one of the secular faces of the revolution. Now it seems to have a new face, and this one doesn’t have Google’s silly motto to dispense with.
Re: Google exec. Can you say USEFUL IDIOT?
Honestly, from this GoogleStooge on up the the Useful-Idiot-in-Chief, the long term damage these people do is irreparable. Obama’s weakness is emboldening our enemies and creating new ones all while he illegally meddles in the affairs of the several states.
When do impeachment proceedings begin? I’m not kidding. We can’t take two more years of this.
I’m shocked, SHOCKED I tell you to hear this sort of speech at a rally of these peaceful, secular, freedom-seeking Egyptians, and equally shocked, SHOCKED I tell you to hear such an enthusiastic response from these same peaceful, secular, freedom-seeking Egyptians. SHOCKED SHOCKED!!
OK, it’s Ayatollah 2.0. Game over in Egypt.
If Egypt’s food problems are as publicized, maybe we can cut off their food supply. Hungry Islamists won’t care much about the finer points of Shariah if they’re starving.
The one giant blind spot among Egyptians with an otherwise decent character is their thing with Israel. I am not at all surprised to hear Qaradawi attempt to play into that.
The problem for Qaradawi is that it is a one note song without depth or any real advantage to the Egyptian people. The idea of saber rattling has potential disastrous consequences for Egypt. Pragmatic rationalism has not been the hallmark of the Palestinian Arabs and they furthermore think that they’re always in the right, no matter what they do. This successful type of thinking has resulted in the utter humiliation of the Palestinian Arabs.
The danger from this quarter is that the Egyptians really can’t do a single thing about Jerusalem or anything else there. To continually harp on Israel will only make for frustration within Egypt at their own helplessness. To try and act on that frustration will only put Egypt in the same pot as those in the West Bank as they say bye-bye to the Suez Canal and the Sinai Peninsula. As with the Palestinian Arabs, the West will simply say, “Well, you had the land, and now you don’t”.
The fact is that reality itself doesn’t see who is always right or what flag someone flies or where they worship. Reality sees who has the best army and honors those who can take a hard look at themselves.
How can they wish to “liberate” a mosque that Muslims have been freely using all along?
It’s a pity that so much of the “Arab street” is merely a gutter.
I think Israelis are just afraid. He did not mention waging war, he only said let us enter the mosque in PEACE. And he only mentions the mosque, he did not mention the Land of Palestine.
He still remembered he’s in Egypt, and we’re at peace with Israel.
If the Jews, and I mean the Jews in the General, inside or outside of the state of Israel, could manage to be more friendly with Arabs, they could have gained a lot of ground.
Arabs would have let them live and prosper in the region.
It’s the damn Jew plan that is hundreds of years old that they’re still suffering the consequences of until today. I wouldn’t say the state of Israel is a very big achievement, you see how states fall in a matter of days, it’s the blessed Jewish people that are the key.
I really wish if Jews in USA do have the same love and devotion to their fellow Americans, as much as we see Americans show for them.
Jews are known to be the Slaves of Egyptians for ages, and we don’t have a bit of fear in our hearts to go to war with them, only we don’t dare going to war against US.
I have total respect for the Jewish religion, and totally believe in it. My last name is Moses. After the Prophet Moses. He was Egyptian too.
I just spoke my mind !, Peace.
90% of Egyptians are muslims and they love their religion. They will choose their own path. Why are you so worry? You do not even live in Egypt. Keep your lifestyle in America. Go get wasted on the weekend and cheat on your spouse.