BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW: Who is the Muslim Brotherhood?; What are Their Plans for America?; Learning about Sharia Law; GE Gets Waiver from EPA

From Wikipedia: The [Muslim} Brotherhood's stated goal is to instill the Qur'an and Sunnah as the "sole reference point for ... ordering the life of the Muslim family, individual, community ... and state".^[3]

The Muslim Brotherhood has been active in the US since the 1960s. Its stated goals have included propagating Islam and creating havens for Muslims in the US, and integrating Muslims. A main strategy has been dawah or Islamic renewal and outreach. In the 1960s, groups such as U.S. military personnel, prison inmates and African-Americans were specifically targeted for dawah. The goal of the Muslim Brotherhood in the USA is
The process of settlement [of Islam in the United States] is a "Civilization-Jihadist" process with all the word means. The Ikhwan must understand that all their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and "sabotaging" their miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and God's religion is made victorious over all religions. Without this level of understanding, we are not up to this challenge and have not prepared ourselves for Jihad yet. It is a Muslim's destiny to perform Jihad and work wherever he is and wherever he lands until the final hour comes, and there is no escape from that destiny except for those who choose to slack.^{[74] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Brotherhood
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American Thinker writes: Radical Islam. What does this mean? Does it mean that there are a few Muslims who take Islam to the extreme and cause violence throughout the world?   In order for innocent people and countries to combat the threat of violent Islamic Jihad, we have to redefine "Radical Islam."  If the majority of Muslims adhere to Sharia law (at least in their hearts), then we must confront the possibility that "Radical Islam" is actually mainstream Islam.

Sharia law is an all or nothing.  A true Muslim can't take certain parts of Sharia and not adhere to certain aspects and not others.  Physical Jihad is a part of Sharia law, and even when Muslims can't fight in the name of Islam, they must support the Mujahadeen (fighters) financially or at the very least in their heart.

Many readers will criticize me for saying that 80 plus percent of Muslims desire Sharia in all aspects.  I can only say this because I have been going to Saudi Arabia and the Middle East since 1979, and the majority of Muslims do desire Sharia law to be implemented in all parts of the world. Over and over we were told the next attacks were going to attack the "hearts" of Americans.  I was persistent and wanted to know exactly what this meant.  We were told the ‘hearts' of Americans were the children of America.

What is most frightening is that my researchers and I have conducted research at over 250 Islamic centers in America.  The vast majority desire to destroy America, yet our House, Senate, president, and senior law enforcement officials give them the opportunity to harm our country and children.

The most important question people have is how do we stop the pending attacks?  The answer is quite simple.  Islam is not a religion.  Islam (according to Islamic scholars) is a military, economic, and political ideology that uses ‘religion' to carry out their ultimate goal of world domination (again according to their own leading scholars both in the U.S. and Middle East).

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/02/radical_islam_or_mainstream_is.html
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The Washington Times writes: We also know how the Brotherhood plans to pull off our destruction. Another MB document, this one undated, is called “Phases of the World Underground Movement Plan.” It describes a five-installment program for achieving the triumph of Shariah - together with a status report on the realization of several of the phases’ goals:
Phase 1: “Discreet and secret establishment of leadership.”
Phase 2: “Phase of gradual appearance on the public scene and exercising and utilizing various public activities. [The MB] greatly succeeded in implementing this stage. It also succeeded in achieving a great deal of its important goals, such as infiltrating various sectors of the Government.”
Phase 3: “Escalation phase, prior to conflict and confrontation with the rulers, through utilizing mass media. Currently in progress.”
Phase 4: “Open public confrontation with the Government through exercising the political pressure approach. It is aggressively implementing the above-mentioned approach. Training on the use of weapons domestically and overseas in anticipation of zero-hour. It has noticeable activities in this regard.”
Phase 5: “Seizing power to establish their Islamic Nation under which all parties and Islamic groups http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/31/the-muslim-brotherhood-is-the-enemy/

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In a three part posting, here is what Nonie Darwish, who was born and raised as a Muslim in Cairo Egypt and Gaza, holds a Bachelors degree in Sociology and Anthropology and was a journalist at the Middle East News Agency has warned:

In response to Imam Rauf's outlandish statement that our [American] Constitution is Sharia compliant, Nonie outlines the many ways in which Sharia is antithical to our laws of liberty and equality and since the media will not report or comment on Sharia law, it is important that we reach as many people as possible.  The contrast between Sharia and our Constitution is so stark that it is imperative for Americans to understand the difference.  [It is time for us to wake up.]

1-  Jihad defined as “to war against non-Muslims to establish the religion” is the duty of every Muslim and Muslim head of state (Caliph). Muslim Caliphs who refuse jihad are in violation of Sharia and unfit to rule.
2-  A Caliph can hold office through seizure of power meaning through force.
3-  A Caliph is exempt from being charged with serious crimes such as murder, adultery, robbery, theft, drinking and in some cases of rape.
4-  A percentage of Zakat (alms) must go towards jihad.
5-  It is obligatory to obey the commands of the Caliph, even if he is unjust.
6-  A caliph must be a Muslim, a non-slave and a male.
7-  The Muslim public must remove the Caliph in one case, if he rejects Islam.
8-  A Muslim who leaves Islam must be killed immediately.
9-  A Muslim will be forgiven for murder of : 1) an apostasy 2) an adulterer 3) a highway robber. Making vigilante street justice and honor killing acceptable.
10-  A Muslim will not get the death penalty if he kills a non-Muslim.

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The LA Times, Reporting from Washington : The Obama administration said for the first time that it supports a role for groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned Islamist organization, in a reformed Egyptian government. [Some are asking for investigations to see if this Administration has been working for this Mubarak overthrow and the Muslim Brotherhood since 2008.  It sounds crazy at this time, but we shall see.  Obama at least thinks they should be part of the new government!]
The organization must reject violence and recognize democratic goals if the U.S. is to be comfortable with it taking part in the government, the White House said. But by even setting conditions for the involvement of such nonsecular groups, the administration took a surprise step in the midst of the crisis that has enveloped Egypt for the last week. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/31/world/la-fg-us-egypt-20110201
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The Jerusalem Post writes: After Camp David, all the Arab world sees that we are no longer a leader. Camp David made us a slave”
Like many at Tahir square on Tuesday night, 26-year-old Mohammed Salama of Cairo spoke of an eagerness for Egypt to shelve its nearly three decade old peace agreement with Israel, but insisted he does not want the country to go to war with Israel. In his hands he held a sign reading in Arabic “Netanyahu is worried about Mubarak”, which he said he wrote because “this is my country and my leader, I don’t want him to care about Israel, only about my country.” http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=206357
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REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
By CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: An angry mob surrounded us and chased us into the car shouting that they hate America. They kicked in the car doors and broke our windshield as we drove away. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/egyptian-protestors-fear-chaos-mubarak-steps/story?id=12820590
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And keeping you abreast of other news, here is what  The Washington Examiner wrote: Last month, the Obama EPA began enforcing new rules regulating the greenhouse gas emissions from any new or expanded power plants.
This week, the EPA issued its first exemption, Environment & Energy News reports: [Here we go again!]

The Obama administration will spare a stalled power plant project in California from the newest federal limits on greenhouse gases and conventional air pollution, U.S. EPA says in a new court filing that marks a policy shift in the face of industry groups and Republicans accusing the agency of holding up construction of large industrial facilities.
According to a declaration by air chief Gina McCarthy, officials reviewed EPA policies and decided it was appropriate to "grandfather" projects such as the Avenal Power Center, a proposed 600-megawatt power plant in the San Joaquin Valley, so they are exempted from rules such as new air quality standards for smog-forming nitrogen dioxide (NO2).

There's something interesting about the Avenal Power Center:

The proposed Avenal Energy project will be a combined-cycle generating plant consisting of two natural gas-fired General Electric 7FA Gas Turbines with Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG) and one General Electric Steam Turbine.

[There have been suggestions that the House hold hearings on the GE/White House connections, even before this development.]

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/02/obama-issues-global-warming-rules-january-gives-ge-exemption-febr#ixzz1Cu5lrpNF