CNN Fact Check: Muslim Brotherhood Terrorists Aren't Terrorists
http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/262351/cnn-fact-check-muslim-brotherhood-terrorists-arent-daniel-greenfield
March 30, 2016
Fact Check: Mostly False. And I'm talking about CNN here.
What do the Caliph of ISIS and Osama Bin Laden have in common? They were both members of the Muslim Brotherhood. There are multiple terror groups, such as Hamas, that are literal arms of the Muslim Brotherhood. Al Qaeda today is dominated by an Egyptian outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood which carried out numerous brutal terror attacks. The Islamic Group, whose former leader was the Blind Sheikh, linked to the World Trade Center bombing was another outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood.
So of course CNN "fact checked" Ted Cruz and claimed that the Muslim Brotherhood isn't a terror organization.
So what is Ryan Browne's basis for contending that the Muslim Brotherhood is not a terror group?
Ted Cruz did not contend that the Muslim Brotherhood was on the FTO list. Though some Brotherhood arms, such as Hamas, are. He contended that the Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist group. Not that the State Department listed it as such.
Pointing out that the State Department doesn't list it does not disprove Ted Cruz.
Boko Haram originally did not appear on the terror list either even while it was suicide bombing churches and killing thousands of Christians. It was added much later. There are plenty of terror groups that don't appear on the FTO list for various reasons. Adding a group to the FTO list has all sorts of legal, law enforcement and political implications.
The FTO list is not a comprehensive list of all the terror groups in the world. It is a list for legally designated actions by the United States. Furthermore the FTO list tends to contain military wings of terror groups rather than their political parent organizations so the Brotherhood would not be likely to appear on the list in any case.
CNN's fact check doesn't disprove Ted Cruz. It shows that CNN has absolutely no idea what it's talking about. This isn't just disagreement. This is ridiculous ignorance from a news network that claims the ability to fact check candidates, yet its fact check consists of 5 minutes of googling.
What do the Caliph of ISIS and Osama Bin Laden have in common? They were both members of the Muslim Brotherhood. There are multiple terror groups, such as Hamas, that are literal arms of the Muslim Brotherhood. Al Qaeda today is dominated by an Egyptian outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood which carried out numerous brutal terror attacks. The Islamic Group, whose former leader was the Blind Sheikh, linked to the World Trade Center bombing was another outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood.
So of course CNN "fact checked" Ted Cruz and claimed that the Muslim Brotherhood isn't a terror organization.
The Muslim Brotherhood is an Islamist organization with active branches in many Middle Eastern countries. It was founded on the belief that Islam is not simply a religion, but a way of life and advocates for a move away from secularism.Ryan Browne CNN Fact check: Misleading.
MB was established in accordance with al-Banna’s proclamation that Islam should be “given hegemony over all matters of life.” Toward that end, the Brotherhood seeks to establish an Islamic caliphate, or kingdom -- first spanning all of the present-day Muslim world, and eventually the entire globe. The organization further aspires to dismantle all non-Islamic governments wherever they currently exist, and to make Islamic Law (Shari’a) the sole basis of jurisprudence everywhere on earth. This purpose is encapsulated in the Brotherhood’s militant credo: "Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Qur'an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope. Allahu akbar!”The most successful descendant of the Brotherhood and Qutb is ISIS which actually implemented this sort of thing.
“It is in the nature of Islam to dominate, not to be dominated, to impose its law on all nations and to extend its power to the entire planet.” —Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-BannaThat's quite a "belief".
The U.S. State Department currently lists 59 designated foreign terrorist groups. The last group to be added was ISIS' Afghanistan branch. The State Department has also removed 12 terrorist groups from the list.Yes, this is CNN.
The Muslim Brotherhood has never appeared on that list.
While Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have also since designated the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, the vast majority of countries, including the United States, has not.
Verdict: False.
Ted Cruz did not contend that the Muslim Brotherhood was on the FTO list. Though some Brotherhood arms, such as Hamas, are. He contended that the Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist group. Not that the State Department listed it as such.
Pointing out that the State Department doesn't list it does not disprove Ted Cruz.
Boko Haram originally did not appear on the terror list either even while it was suicide bombing churches and killing thousands of Christians. It was added much later. There are plenty of terror groups that don't appear on the FTO list for various reasons. Adding a group to the FTO list has all sorts of legal, law enforcement and political implications.
The FTO list is not a comprehensive list of all the terror groups in the world. It is a list for legally designated actions by the United States. Furthermore the FTO list tends to contain military wings of terror groups rather than their political parent organizations so the Brotherhood would not be likely to appear on the list in any case.
CNN's fact check doesn't disprove Ted Cruz. It shows that CNN has absolutely no idea what it's talking about. This isn't just disagreement. This is ridiculous ignorance from a news network that claims the ability to fact check candidates, yet its fact check consists of 5 minutes of googling.
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