Elbaradei’s Muslim Brotherhood Supporters Jeopardize Egypt’s Freedom
Pro-Liberty leaders opposed to Muslim Brotherhood and Mubarak are needed for Egypt.
There has been a lot in the news lately about the situation in Egypt. By now, we know that civilians are protesting Hosni Mubarak’s despotic rule over them. The protests are passionate and increasingly determined. And Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed Elbaradei is calling for US opposition to Mubarak’s rule. But is Elbaradei worthy of leading the Egyptian people to freedom?
Being a dictator Mubarak is evil and the people he is oppressing have every moral right to rise up against him. But they must understand thoroughly which leaders they should choose and what constitutes a free society. If it is freedom the Egyptian people want, then Elbaradei is not the leader for them.
Elbaradei is also not the leader the American government should be supporting. America’s government has a moral obligation to side with the freedom fighters against dictators like Mubarak. Because Elbaradei also opposes Mubarak’s despotic rule, it looks like the Obama administration should help Elbaradei. But it is exactly because of the obligation to protect the “freedom-fighters” that the White House ought to avoid supporting Elbaradei.
Elbaradei’s opposition to Mubarak does not prove he is supporting the Egyptian people’s freedom. He is not because he is receiving support from the radical jihadist group, the Muslim brotherhood. If the US helps Elbaradei successfully overthrow Mubarak, the Muslim Brotherhood will establish an Islamic dictatorship over Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood calls this “cultural jihad”, which is the nonviolent conversion of a free society into an Islamic dictatorship through “cultural” means. Sometimes the Muslim Brotherhood backs this effort with physical terrorism.
The Al Jazeera news network has showcased radical Islamists openly declaring their plan to set up an Islamic dictatorship in every country around the world. The Muslim radicals want to do this with Egypt (after Mubarak is gone) just like they are trying to do it with America, have done it with Britain (to a degree) and are trying to do it with other nations.
If the White House supports Elbaradei, it would also be supporting America’s enemies. That is because the Muslim Brotherhood has been waging cultural jihad against America and supporting anti-American Islamic terrorism. Supporting Elbaradei (and the Muslim Brotherhood behind him) is bad for both Americans and Egyptians.
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