At the top, its leaders wear suits, ties and smiles, mingle with Eastern and Western elites in media, academia, and politics, and influence elections and policy at the geopolitical level.
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Reactions of Western govts to groups like MB & J-e-I have varied. In 2014, David Cameron opened an investigation into the UK arm of the MB, which caused it to relocate to more liberal Austria. However, the MB retains influence in the UK through the Muslim Association of Britain.
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On the other hand, in 2016, a mosque less than a mile from me invited J-e-I firebrand Muhammad Hanif Qureshi to speak. This is a man who praised the murder of Punjabi governor Salmaan Tafseer, who wished to relax blasphemy laws. The invitation was approved by the UK Home Office.
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Clearly, Western governments offer the MB and its offshoots freedoms that they would never grant to AQ or IS, and this makes the more outwardly respectable groups far more dangerous than the jihadis.
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In conclusion: the MB is the grandfather of much of today’s Islamism, a puppeteer of jihadis & dictators alike, a many-headed hydra seeking to devour civilisation from a myriad different ways. It may not burn people alive in 1080p, but this is precisely why it should be watched.
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