Posted on 09/13/2014 11:36:48 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood group and allied clerics said on Saturday that they are departing Qatar, where they had sought refuge following the ouster of Egypt’s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi and the crackdown on his supporters.
Their presence in Qatar had severely strained Doha’s relations with Egypt as well as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, all of which view the more than 85-year-old Islamist movement as a threat. The expulsion threatens to further isolate the group, which rose to power in Egypt through a string of post-Arab Spring elections but suffered a dramatic fall from grace during Morsi’s divisive year in office.
Former minister Amr Darrag, who was also the top foreign affairs official in the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, and fiery cleric Wagdi Ghoneim said they are leaving Qatar following a request to do …
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While Barack welcomes them into the White House, supports them in counties he’s overthrown.
It is Kabuki Theatre. There still are many terrorists and their ilk in quatar. The government there supports and promotes them.
Qatar keeps coming up as one of the biggest supporters of terrorism, yet they’re one of our major allies.
Oh, so the 5 leaders traded for Bergdahl can now leave?
This is big. It’s going to rattle teeth all over the jihadist Middle East. And it’s going to screw up a lot of FINOs.
Now if we could just do the same with the one in the white hut.
So.... I assume this means they are coming here then. Wonderful.
No, probably regroup with ISIS in Turkey.
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There was big hope last year, when the Emir of Qatar stepped down to let his son take over, around the time that the Muslim Brotherhood fell from power in Egypt.
Very quickly Sheik Qaradawi, the most famous televangelist for Islamists on al Jezeera was uninvited out of Qatar. It looked like Qatar was moving away from supporting Brotherhood jihadis under the son, just as it had moved toward supporting them under the father.
Since then there has not been so much cause for optimism, but maybe things are moving internally toward reforming the administration in Qatar. Anybody heard any indicators since the new guy took over?
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