Muslim Brotherhood Deception: They Say Different Things in English and Arabic
Here are 2 websites to compare ? the Muslim Brotherhood?s English language and Arabic websites. First, the Muslim Brotherhood website in English ? complete with the word ?freedom? and a cute little girl, and no Islamic green in sight ? here at
http://www.ikhwanweb.com/:
AND NOW ? the Arabic website at
http://www.ikhwanonline.com/Default.asp (or here in google translation):
Wait ? let?s look a little more closely. From the top right of each website, in English on the left; In Arabic on the right:
One message for the English speakers; another message for the Arabic speakers. In English, the MB is all about ?Freedom? (and it?s no more threatening than little Aisha there in her white hijab); In Arabic, it?s the MB logo of crossed swords .
There?s a word under those crossed swords, here from a larger graphic of the same MB logo:
The word with those crossed swords is not ?Freedom? ? it is in modern standard Arabic:
وأعدوا
or وَأَعِدُّواْ
with the vowels from Quranic Arabic.
In Arabic, this is ?And prepared? or ?Prepare? or ?Make Preparation? or ?Make Ready? or ?And Make Ready? and it refers to an important verse in Surah 8 in the Quran (alternative translation here):
?(8:60) Make ready for an encounter against them all the forces and well-readied horses you can muster that you may overawe the enemies of Allah and your own enemies and others besides them of whom you are unaware but of whom Allah is aware. Whatever you may spend in the cause of Allah shall be fully repaid to you, and you shall not be wronged.?
There you have it: the velvet glove with the word ?Freedom?; the steel fist with the words ?Make Ready? with its well-known Quranic reference. Actually, not steel fist ? steel swords, crossed. The Muslim Brotherhood.
It is not ?freedom? that they intend to bring to Egypt ? or to anywhere else.