Introduction: The Muslim Brotherhood in America by Robert
Spencer is a new Freedom Center pamphlet that shows how the
Muslim Brotherhood has targeted the United States for
subversion. It is well known that the Brotherhood, founded in
Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al Banna, who became an avowed admirer
of Hitler, is the godfather organization for the terror group
Hamas and has become a dominant player in the changing politics
of Egypt, Libya and Syria. Less well known is that it has also
created a presence in Western countries with an eye toward
creating more space for Islamic extremism there. Robert Spencer,
a nationally recognized expert on Islamism, shows in this
pamphlet how the Brotherhood has been active in America for
decades, and bolstering its power and influence with increasing
momentum over the past few years. The MB acts through “fronts”
such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and
especially the Muslim Students Associations (MSA) — which the
FBI has documented it set up as part of a “ste