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Generation Jihad | Dune: the Brotherhood jihad
Before Hamas. Before Al Qaeda. Before the Islamic State. There was… the Muslim Brotherhood. And for nearly a century, it has played the long game by building influence across the Middle East and even deep inside the West. Bill Roggio is joined Edmund Fitton-Brown to discuss.
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Generation Jihad | O Muslim Brotherhood, where aren’t thou?
In a seismic policy shift after decades of Western indifference, the Trump administration has moved to designate key chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations. Bill Roggio is joined by FDD’s Edmund Fitton-Brown, who explains why this first round of designations is just the opening salvo.
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Israel’s Beit Jinn raid highlights potential Hamas-linked networks in southern Syria
On November 27, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched an operation in the southern Syrian village of Beit Jinn to arrest operatives linked to the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood.
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Egypt cracks down on Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated HASM terror organization amid resurgence
Egyptian security forces killed two suspected members of Harakat Sawaid Misr (HASM) in a shootout in Giza on July 20. The raid follows a new HASM propaganda video threatening fresh attacks, along with calls from affiliated regional leaders for “armed and revolutionary activism.”
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Muslim Brotherhood branch in Egypt threatens Jordanian state
The “Change Movement” in Egypt called for supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan to resist the Jordanian state after authorities banned the group on April 23.
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Jordan foils Muslim Brotherhood terrorist plot
On April 15, the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate (GID) announced that it “foiled plans aimed at targeting national security, sowing chaos, and sabotage within Jordan.” The GID detained 16 suspects, stating it had monitored the activity since 2021.
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Sudan reports crackdown on suspected Islamic State cells in Khartoum
Sudan’s intelligence service has reported three raids on suspected Islamic State cells in Khartoum in the last week. However, details remain murky surrounding the details of the Islamic State’s purported network inside Sudan.
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US designates Egypt-based HASM and Liwa al-Thawra as terrorist groups
Harakat Sawa’id Misr (HASM) and Liwa al-Thawra are Islamist groups are suspected of having ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. The two groups have targeted Egyptian police, military forces, and government officials.
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Al Qaeda head blames Islamists for failure of Arab uprisings
In a newly-released audio message, Ayman al Zawahiri blames Islamist parties in Tunisia and Egypt for the failure of the Arab uprisings to deliver sharia-based governance.
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Zawahiri lectures on global jihad, warns of national boundaries
Ayman al Zawahiri has released another message explaining al Qaeda’s global jihad. He decries those who seek to divide the jihadists’ war according to national boundaries and argues that Muslims face a grand, international conspiracy.
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Zawahiri compares members of the Muslim Brotherhood to chickens
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri blasts the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in a newly-released audio message, saying the organization has adopted secular ways.
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AQAP publishes insider’s account of 9/11 plot
AQAP has published a two-part interview with Nasir al Wuhayshi, who was killed in a US drone strike in June 2015. The interview is a transcript of Wuhayshi’s account of the 9/11 plot. Wuhayshi was Osama bin Laden’s aide-de-camp prior to the hijackings.
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Egypt court confirms death sentence for Brotherhood chief, 11 others
Muslim Brotherhood via Egypt court confirms death sentence for Muslim Brotherhood chief, 11 others
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Muslim Brotherhood
UK to announce findings of Muslim Brotherhood investigation soon: sources
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Algeria
Libya conflict threatens entire Maghreb
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Egypt
From Egypt’s leader, an ambitious call for reform in Islam
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Egypt
UAE flexes muscle in Mideast reaching beyond its role as finance hub
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Libya
Britain pressing Tobruk to reach agreement with Muslim Brotherhood: Libyan minister
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Algeria
Egypt looks to roll back Islamist militias in Libya
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Jordan
Jordan charges top Brotherhood figure over anti-UAE comments
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Islamic State
ISIS support grows in Jordan town
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Egypt
How the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt created an online surge
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Jordan
Jordan’s arrest of Brotherhood leader triggers debate
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Muslim Brotherhood
Muslim ‘apostates’ come out of hiding in Europe
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Bahrain
Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain end rift with Qatar, return ambassadors
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United Arab Emirates
UAE lists over 80 Muslim ‘terrorist’ groups
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Islamic State
UAE emerges as quiet, potent US ally
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Gulf Cooperation Council
Gulf talks put off due to spat over Islamists
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Ennahda
The limited victory of Tunisian secularists
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Qatar
Syrian National Coalition Fails to Elect New Prime Minister
