Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., say the United States has to stop the spread of radical Islam in Egypt. Many Mideast experts worry that Islamic extremists could gain power in the Arab country. One group known as the Muslim Brotherhood is active in Egypt and its writings have revealed that it wants to establish Islamic states. Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians continued their call for political change on Wednesday. Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman has begun talks with opposition leaders including members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The brotherhood's participation in decision-making about Egypt's future has become a political issue in the U.S. "I think the primary goal should be to stop the spread of radical Islam," said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. during a news conference on Tuesday. "That is where our focus should be." Many analysts in the U.S. and abroad have been concerned about the Muslim Brotherhood gaining influence in a new Egyptian government.
A brotherhood text titled "Jihad is the Way" details support for the establishment of an Islamic regime. "Jihad for Allah," Mustafa Mashhur, the reported leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt from 1996 until 2002, wrote, "is not limited to the specific region of the Islamic countries, since the Muslim homeland is one and is not divided. The banner of jihad has already been raised in some of its parts, and shall continue to be raised, with the help of Allah, until every inch of the land of Islam will be liberated, and the state of Islam established."
The brotherhood's participation in decision-making about Egypt's future has become a political issue in the U.S. "I think the primary goal should be to stop the spread of radical Islam," said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. during a news conference on Tuesday. "That is where our focus should be." Many analysts in the U.S. and abroad have been concerned about the Muslim Brotherhood gaining influence in a new Egyptian government.
A brotherhood text titled "Jihad is the Way" details support for the establishment of an Islamic regime. "Jihad for Allah," Mustafa Mashhur, the reported leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt from 1996 until 2002, wrote, "is not limited to the specific region of the Islamic countries, since the Muslim homeland is one and is not divided. The banner of jihad has already been raised in some of its parts, and shall continue to be raised, with the help of Allah, until every inch of the land of Islam will be liberated, and the state of Islam established."
- Sent using Google Toolbar
No comments:
Post a Comment