The soft power siege: Texas redraws the rules of engagement with the Muslim Brotherhood

 

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The soft power siege: Texas redraws the rules of engagement with the Muslim Brotherhood

The American confrontation with the Muslim Brotherhood is no longer limited to drying up sources of funding, but has moved to combating soft influence in schools, community centers, real estate projects and religious institutions.
The confrontation made Texas an advanced laboratory for testing new tools against the Brotherhood's infiltration of educational, social, and legal structures.

First line of defense

Texas officials believe the state has become the first line of defense against this type of influence that permeates controversial housing projects and activities within universities and schools.

The Gatestone Institute says that Texas is a prime example of the Muslim Brotherhood’s attempts to transform the United States and Western civilization from within, which prompted Governor Greg Abbott last November to designate it and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal organizations.

Abbott said at the time that the actions taken by the group and CAIR to support terrorism around the world and undermine our laws through violence, intimidation, and harassment are unacceptable... These extremists are not welcome in our state, and they are now prohibited from owning any real estate interests in Texas.

The "Mido" or "Epic City" project

The institute refers to Yasir Qadi, who serves as president of the Fiqh Council of North America, a council whose name, according to the article, was mentioned in the Muslim Brotherhood’s 1991 explanatory memorandum among the institutions associated with what is called “civilizational jihad” in North America.

He noted that a judge was behind the “EPIC City” project, later renamed “The Meadow,” a residential development that includes more than a thousand homes, a mosque, schools, sports facilities, and community institutions for Muslims.
The institute quotes John Guandolo as saying that the group’s activity in Texas has expanded significantly in recent years, noting the presence of hundreds of mosques, halal restaurants, and associations in the state.

American intelligence perspective

The Gatestone Institute cites statements by former US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who warned that “the spread of ideology led by individuals and organizations linked to the Muslim Brotherhood poses a threat.”
The institute asserts that the Muslim Brotherhood does not seek rapid or revolutionary change, but rather relies – according to a study issued by the Institute for the Study of Antisemitism and Global Policy – ​​on a long-term strategy of gradual influence on education, media, law, civil society and the political structure.

The Hundred Year Plan

The institute refers to a document known as “The Muslim Brotherhood Project: Towards a Global Strategy for Islamic Politics,” which was found during a 2001 raid by Swiss authorities on the home of Youssef Nada.
According to the aforementioned study, the group is betting on “reshaping society from within” through a long-term process that extends for decades.

parallel societies

The institute also highlights other projects and initiatives in Texas, including one led by Mu'in al-Qudah, which the writer says aims to create an integrated complex that includes a mosque, schools, a university, health and sports facilities, and residential complexes, representing a model of what he describes as "parallel communities."

Activities within schools

The institute also addresses the activities of Brotherhood-affiliated associations within American schools, pointing to an incident that occurred at Wiley East High School in Texas, where a group affiliated with the “Islamic Circle of North America,” which is one of the organizations linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, set up an information booth inside the school.
The report concludes that the Muslim Brotherhood is carrying out what it calls a “civilizational jihad” within the United States through educational, religious and social institutions, and that Texas has become one of the most prominent arenas for this activity.

The US approach toward the Muslim Brotherhood is expanding beyond financial networks to what officials describe as efforts to counter ideological and social influence in schools, community centers, real estate projects, and religious institutions. pic.twitter.com/XhtC8nEXjb

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