The Afghan Taliban, also known as The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, are joyous over the victory of Dr. Muhammad Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate and now president of Egypt. In a statement released today on Voice of Jihad, the Taliban said that Mursi’s victory is “the strongest blow in the Middle East and the whole world to the American and Zionist expansionism.” For more on how Mursi views Israel, see this article at The Weekly Standard by Thomas Joscelyn. The full Taliban statement is below:
The election committee of Egypt announced Dr. Muhammad Mursi as president in the ongoing election the previous day. Egypt has a pivotal role in the Middle East and the election of Dr. Muhammad Mursi, the candidate of the Ikhwan-ul-Muslimeen [Muslim Brotherhood] as the president is a great change on the Middle Eastern level and generally on the international level which carry the hopes of positive changes for the Islamic Emirate.
The success of the Islamic Government in Egypt is considered to be the strongest blow in the Middle East and the whole world to the American and Zionist expansionism. May the Muslim Nation of Egypt and their newly elected government take good advantage of this important occasion and historical victory in the defense and achievement of the interests of the Islamic Ummah.
Therefore the Islamic Emirate congratulates the Muslim Nation of the brotherly country Egypt and their elected president Dr. Muhammad Mursi on this glorious occasion and presents its best wishes.
The leadership of the Islamic Emirate prays to Allah Almighty that the newly elected government of Egypt serves its nation in the best possible way and on the whole successfully and legitimately defends the Islamic issues on the Muslim world level.
The Islamic Emirate appreciates all those supports rendered to the Afghans by the brotherly country of Egypt during the Russian occupation and similarly thanks from the core of heart the International Al-Azhar University for all those stances condemning the current occupation of the Americans and their atrocities.
Wassalam,
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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This is EXACTLY why I don’t support the Arab Spring. Having been in Egypt recently and spent a lot of time with ordinary Egyptians (not the Westernized, educated elite) I am only surprised that Shafiq did so well. That said, Morsi does seem to be acting more in line with political expediency than with ideaology – he is going out of his way to look “moderate” and talk nice about Christians, etc. So what is politically expedient for him as a president of a diverse country and his desire to be liked by everyone may overtake any strains of ideaological fanaticism. However, the MB has a pretty checkered past, including 1) killing people and 2) turning out some nice characters like Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri …. and they have two swords on their emblem. So I personally don’t trust them. 🙂
http://up.ejaaba.com/uploaded/20120221/T4HX_1329820747.jpg
This picture says it all. The caption says “We are the Brotherhood. We have no cowards and the grandchildren of Bana [the radical Islamist who founded the MB] are the pioneers of paradise.” Notice the AK-47.
Let’s not forget, the Afghan Taliban are controlled by Pakistan’s ISI, who view a Muslim Brotherhood victory in Egypt as being more closer to Pakistan’s right wing views, which many Pakistani ISI officials support. Whereas the Pakistani Taliban would probably not congratulate Mr Mursi, because they consider democracy and those who take part in it, as un-islamic. The Pakistani Taliban are not under the control of Pakistan’s ISI wing, as the Pakistani Taliban still continues the Pakistani establishment as traitors, hence their bombings and attacks in Pakistan.