Inside the Muslim Brotherhood - The Truth About The World's Most Powerful Political Movement
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Publisher Description
This is the authorised biography of Youssef Nada, a man who knows most of the untold story of more than half a century of rage and revolution. Through war, global terrorism and complex international crises, he was there. On the inside. A true eyewitness to history, a participant and powerbroker in events which shaped it. Youssef Nada would never promise answers, but would offer possible solutions through the ideas and philosophy he has lived to all his life as an ambassador of reason, a peacemaker and as the de facto foreign minister of the Muslim Brotherhood group who have a membership of more than one hundred million worldwide with many millions holding pivotal positions in America, the UK, and throughout continental Europe. He has a hard, clear, lucid, vision; he has insight into the terror of Lockerbie in Scotland, the 'rehearsals' for the September 11 onslaught against America and the July 7 London bombers, the Iran-Contra affair, the Beirut kidnapping of Terry Waite, and of deals and horrors that have touched the lives of individuals and nations alike. He has been involved in all aspects of the 'Arab Spring' in Egypt, including the upcoming elections in which the Muslim Brotherhood will take power. Youssef Nada was, until now, the hidden mystery at the heart of the Middle East; the part of the puzzle no one could place. It was safer. After 9/11 Nada, known throughout much of the world as a humanitarian, was branded a global terrorist and listed as such by America and the UN. The Muslim Brotherhood (al-lkhwan al-Muslimeen), the most controversial, and influential, of all Islamist 'organisations' from East to West and back again, has been at odds with many governments; it is the most potent Islamist opposition party throughout the Arab world. Youssef Nada believes that, as he is known as the Muslim Brotherhood's international political foreign emissary, all the interional intelligence agencies moved against him. Now, he had decided to step completely out of the shadows and tell the story of his life.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Depending who you talk to, Youssef Nada is either a respected mediator or a manipulative terrorist. With help from biographer Thompson, Nada offers both a limpid account of his long career and an honest picture of the Muslim Brotherhood; the book follows Nada's career as a successful international businessman and skilled mediator in conflicts across the Middle East. From an early age the Islamic altruism of the Brotherhood appealed to Nada's sense of justice and peace. He describes his early involvement with the organization, relating anti-British sentiment after World War II and the group's betrayal at the hands of revolutionary Gamel Abdul Nasser. For Nada, unjust imprisonment in a brutal Egyptian prison foreshadowed more dire accusations to come years later when President Bush falsely accused him of aiding Bin Laden. Nada is unsparing in his condemnation of injustice and hypocrisy, regardless of the players' stature. His lifelong emphasis on peace angered many uncompromising dictators, yet subjected groups continued to request Nada's wisdom. The book is uneven, primarily comprised of Nada's extensive quotations, with Thompson (The Hustlers) providing the connecting narrative. Nevertheless, it serves as a valuable overview of more than a half-century of shifting Middle Eastern politics and manufactured religious strife.
