Kicking Arab Allies, Out of Their American Nest; To Fly On Their Own Wings, In Their Own Raging Tempest!!

The diagnosis is positive.  And the symptoms keep on multiplying!!

• King Salman did not attend the Camp David Summit.  America shrugs it off.
• ISIS retakes Ramadi.  America: "So What."
• The Houthis attack Saudi territory from Saada.  America: a big yawn.
• Netanyahu fulminates against a possible US/Iran deal.  America: "We are not there yet."
• The Gulf might go nuclear.  America: "It cannot threaten us."
• France is busy planning for a UN resolution in Palestine.  America: "Nothing to worry about."
• Multi-Billion dollar contracts for armament from Europe to the Arabs.  America: "It is their money."
• China and Russia are gaining influence in the Arab Middle East.  America: "Good Luck."

The Obama administration has prepared America for a Hillary administration in 2016.  It shall take a miracle to have a Republican President in 2016.  And Barack is bequeathing to Hillary a solid new foreign policy framework for the US through at least 2020.  No more American breast-feeding of the Arabs.  In fact none to any others.

Back to the Future, America!!  Back to President Washington's advice: "No entangling alliances."  Well - How about the Monroe Doctrine of gunboat diplomacy in South America?  No more.  Obama buried it in Panama in April, 2015 at the Summit of the Americas.  His Panama statement reflected the new principle of "America First."  

As America reconciled with Cuba after 55 years of enmity and sanctions, Obama postulated a new global Obama doctrine.  He said: 

"So often, when we insert ourselves in ways that go beyond persuasion, it's counterproductive; it backfires.  That is why countries keep on trying to use us as an excuse for their own governance failures.  Let's take away the excuse."

Whether as an American you are a democrat, a republican, or an independent, this, in our age of chaos, makes sense.  It has made sense for Canada and Scandinavia and the rest of Europe for a long time.  How do we know?  They are not a constant target for terror and adverse propaganda.  Subject to hit and miss, yes.  But we see no banners proclaiming, "Death to Europe," or "Canada is Satan," or "Go Home Swedes."  

How does this apply to the Arabs?  Plenty.  Dependency on America is no longer acceptable.  It is costly; America no longer needs Arab oil as it now produces 85% of its energy needs.  The U.S. of today is the new OPEC.  And none is going to challenge American naval supremacy guaranteeing the freedom of navigation.  The Arabs are free to sulk.  They have to do in defense and diplomacy with the precious little America can afford to give them.

This is clearly reflected in Obama's policy positions at the Camp David Gulf Summit.  No strategic defense alliances or guarantees.  The U.S. shall help on a case by case basis.  The Arabs are neither Japan nor Israel.  Washington shall offer arms and logistics.  That is it.  No American shall die fighting another war in the Middle East.  And America shall select its own type of involvement in the war on terror.

These are not my views, nor are they my early warning signals.  These are positions which are now in place.  They are elucidated by those who have the ears of the Obama administration, and damn whatever the Republicans might scream about in opposition.

Clear demonstrations were offered early this week by Robert Gates, former CIA Director, and former Defense Secretary under both Bush II and Obama.  Interviewed on May 19 on MSNBC, a progressive channel, here are selections of the questions by a panel and Gates responses:

"Who created ISIS?"  Answer: "The Syrian civil war and Maliki's sectarianism."  "So why did the US, during your tenure, support Maliki for the post of Iraq's Prime Minister?"  Answer: "Because we felt that his weakness will force him to work inclusively with all other sectors: Sunnis, Kurds, and Shiis.  But when we left, he showed his true colors as an extreme Shii."  "What are your expectations about the present turmoil in the Arab World?"  Answer: "It shall go on for a very long time."  "What is the expected outcome?"  Answer: "Possibly the fate of Yugoslavia, especially as regards Syria and Iraq.  These two are artificial States."  "Whom should we support in the Arab World?"  Answer: "Our traditional friends."

Does this mean America is back to isolation?  No.  It means that America, while unburdening itself from the chaos in the Middle East, is finding in Asia, through trade, better alternatives.  It still regards itself as indispensable.  Even in the absence of a coherent global policy.  So it is pivoting toward its interior, concerned about being number 24 in the world in infra-structure modernization.  Pivoting toward Asia and the Pacific is a part of the solution.

In pivoting toward Asia and the Pacific, America shall not be too critical about issues of human rights in China or Russia.  Its primary concerns are that its economic ranking might become number two after China's.  And if America may appear weak to its detractors (no US action on Assad crossing Obama's red lines), the fact remains that America is still the only super power on the world stage.  Even with Putin not budging from his position on the Ukraine, or his schemes regarding Latvia.

Its exercise of military power abroad shall be both limited and selective.  Its number one priority is the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).  Republican opposition to the TPP has been shredded.  That opposition had nothing to do with the issue of American jobs.  It had to do with Republican hatred of China which, by all measures, is more than their hatred of Obama.

America's ideology toward Europe has become at variance with that of Europe.  The difference lies mainly in America leaving the leadership role to Germany.  Thus America is lessening its emphasis on philosophical questions of how best to enhance human rights and how to boost the ideals of western democracy.

To America, the South China Sea has more priority economically than the North Sea.  It is not even pre-occupied with the possible break-up of the United Kingdom.  On a bilateral basis, the number one priority for America is its relationships with China and India.  The present framework of that relationship is "the weaponization of trade and finance."  A freshly-minted American term.

How about the issues of the Gulf?  America is now defanging its sanctions weapon everywhere.  This has been done in the case of Cuba.  Iran's next.  But wouldn't this anger Saudi Arabia?  Well, Washington's approach, as guided by the principle of "America First," is to balance its relationships between Tehran and Riyadh.

The expectation is a split between Washington and Riyadh.  Washington seems now to be resigned to a greater Iranian role in Iraq, which is expected to see no Iraqi territorial unity.  Washington sees in the recent fall of Ramadi again to ISIS, the advantage of Shii forces footprint.  Better for America than US footprint.

And what captivates America now about the New Egypt?  Cairo's activism in the economic reconstruction of the New Egypt; its persistent confrontation of terrorism in Sinai and the interior, and Western Sahara; and above all, El-Sisi's call for "a religious revolution."  America regards that call as a possible turning point in the containment of jihadism.

Hence the repeated criticism in America of the non-responsiveness by other Arab and Muslim States in support of a reinvigorated role by Al-Azhar to make that historic call a reality.

Reflecting the behind the moment thinking, an Arab writer opines in an article from Paris a faulty advice on "The Gulf-US Alliance."  Mr. Mutaa Safadi counsels: "After the Camp David Summit, it is high time for Gulf leaders to liberate themselves from the bondage of friendship with America."  This happens to be the prevailing theme in Arab media.  It is a faulty theme because the only reality is the reverse.  It is the U.S. which is now liberating itself from the bondage of a suffocating friendship with the Arabs.

Iraq was a slow though huge turning point in that strategic change in America's outlook.  An American analyst, David Brooks, puts it succinctly in his op. ed. column in the New York Times of May 19.  Under the title of "Learning from Mistakes," Brooks says: "Iraq teaches us to be suspicious of leaders who try to force revolutionary, transformative change.  It teaches us to have respect for trimmers, leaders who pay minute attention to context, who try to lead gradual but constant change."

This is a seismic shift in US strategy towards the unbrave new world.  Watching it nearly daily, as I do, I find its birth certificate.  The year 2007.  That is when I was in Iraq.  Asking 4 marines at Camp Victory, separately:  "What is your most cherished wish?"  Their answers were uniform.  "Sir!!"  "To go home!!"  It was not a yearning for simply going home.  Those were members of the best fighting machine in the world saying: "I am no longer for wars in the Middle East."

Obama won his campaign of 2007 largely on this promise: "I shall end these wars!!"  It was a reformulation of: "Our long national nightmare is over!!"  A new patriotic American adage.  Obama is satisfying those marines' best held wish.  Semper Fi.  "Always Loyal."  A marine oath.  Loyalty now is to "America First."

The Camp David Summit was the notarization of "America shall no longer fight the wars of others."  Even if Saudi Arabia might continue to sulk.  The American bald eagle wants its nest all for itself.

To some extent, the same applies to Israel.  Netanyahu is frothing at the mouth in anger.  His memory is dulled by his own anti-peace policies.  Otherwise, he would have benefited by what Hillary, as Secretary of State, told him about Iran.  In effect, she is reported to convey to the Israelis: "If you strike Iran, we cannot help you."

Bad news for the Republicans.  That war party is out of touch.  And Hillary is expected to be the first female American president.  Semper Fi for "America First."

It is high time for the Arabs to see the writing on the wall.

Apparently Cairo has been ahead in deciphering that message.  As of 2014, it adopted El-Sisi's call for "A Strong Egypt" (Al-Dawlah Al-Qawiyyah).  Regardless of the carping of the under-educated Egyptian media wondering in vain: "What have we accomplished in two years!!"  Leaning forward to steer the Egyptian ship across the 60-year old cataracts takes time.

Now is the time for the Arabs to abide by the wisdom of their great poem: "For Scratching Your Skin; The Best Tool is Your Finger Nail; For none Can Mind Your Business; Like Yourself Minding Your Store!!"  (In Arabic: Ma Hakka Jildaka Methlo Zofrek; Fa Tawalla Anta Jameea Amrek).

  

Why Did Egypt's Train Depart, With the Brotherhood Still Standing on the Platform?

Because the Brotherhood were standing on a false platform.

Because the great majority of the passengers saw in the Brotherhood a clear and present danger.  Boarding that train would have meant inclusiveness.  Well!!  The Brotherhood wished to travel alone.  Their "Guidance Bureau" decreed that.

Because the train did not segregate men from women; veiled women from the unveiled; lots of Copts and some Shiis exercised their right to board; and the train had changed its course, from going east towards Hamas, to going west in a grand opening towards a broader and more interactive world.

Yet, even when abandoned by themselves on that empty platform, the Brotherhood still nurtures the dream that the passengers will rebel.  Their dream is based on their assumed right to have the train turn back to have them board.  Thus their spokesman, like Ahmed Darrag, addresses over the BBC airwaves on May 11, 2015, these fancy hopes of return.  He claims that:

• We are more popular inside Egypt than El-Sisi;
• The "deep State" of Mubarak and the Armed Forces engineered our ouster;
• Our ouster did not come about through the will of the people;
• Fuel was made scarce through conspiracy;
• We are but a broad "social movement," not a political organization;
• Morsi's mandate was cut short, and should be allowed to resume;
• We have been around for 80 years and we are everywhere in the Arab and Muslim worlds;
• We stand for democracy.  But shall not take part in any parliamentary elections;
• Democracy is not "elections" only; and
• We committed no mistakes while governing Egypt.

A total farce.  An enveloping self-delusion.  Typical Brotherhood contradictions.  No need to rebut every argument advanced by Darrag, even if you dignify all his points above as "arguments."  However an overall rebuttal is called for.

Even after two years of being thrown out of governance, the Brotherhood remains unrepentant.  They don't believe in admitting errors -grave national errors:

• Looking upon Egypt only as a launching pad for islamization;
• Egypt is only a province within a vast Muslim Nation (Ummah);
• Having their "Guidance Bureau" as a super-sovereign decision-maker, with Morsi as a junior partner;
• Engineering the election of a President before the promulgation of a Constitution;
• Rail-roading that Islamic Constitution of 2013 through Egyptian polity.  That is after chasing out Copts, women, and secularists from the Constituent Assembly;
• Having Morsi declare that he was above the law one month prior to the plebiscite on the Islamic Constitution;
• Attempting to create a militia and a Brotherhood Presidential Guard to parallel these iconic State institutions, a la Iran;
• Harassing the judiciary and downgrading Al-Azhar and the Coptic Church; and
• Opening the Sinai gateways for Hamas and its war on Israel.

In spite of all these Brotherhood calamities, they looked upon the Second Egyptian Revolution of June 30, 2013 as a rebellion against their "law and order."  And termed their non-responsiveness to peaceful political re-integration, through appeals by El-Sisi from June 30 to July 3, 2013, as a sacred right to exclusive governance.  Then launched bloody sit-ins at Rabaa and Al-Nahda squares in Cairo as "a peaceful exercise of the right to dissent."

After 6 full weeks of refusal to peacefully disperse from their declared "Rabaa and Al-Nahda Emirates," their obstructionism and criminal actions of murder and hostage-taking necessitated State action.  Hundreds were killed, including some State security elements.  So now self-victimization became a battle cry -a cry that openly invited foreign intervention and foreign funding.

No, Mr. Darrag!!  Your arguments are vacuous; your Valhallas (mythical palaces in which so-called slain heroes are thought to feast) are pure fantasies; and your inattention to God's words is patently manifest.  Especially when it comes to your non-recognition of your mistakes about which the Brotherhood remains unrepentant.  The Quran says: "But as for the one who repents and believes, and does righteous deeds, he may be one of the prosperous." (Chapter 28, Verse 67).

You and the rest of your Brothers are waiting in vain for the Egyptian train, standing alone on a non-promising platform.  Your station has been re-named "Terrorville!!"

I now have an admission.  For a long time, I thought that the Brotherhood was always at its best when they lied.  To them lying has been an industry.  And it comes in various forms.  From suppression of the truth, to the invention of facts.  From evading to answer directly, to reinterpretation of what you or they have said.

Where was I wrong about giving the Brotherhood the Devil's World Prize for Lying?  When they last week surpassed their lying metrics with reports claiming to be secret recordings.  Done of conversations among senior Egyptian army commanders.  These were reported in The New York Times of May 13, by David Kirkpatrick, known for his bias toward the Brothers.  You read those so-called "unflattering leaks" about the upper echelons of the mighty Egyptian armed forces.  Then you say: "Wow!! How stupid!!  I thought the Brothers were much better liars than that!!"  Why?

The reports on the supposed leaks are the product of an interested party.  The lawyers representing the political party of ousted President Morsi.  They are supposed to be "evidence in a criminal case in Britain."  Against whom, and what is the basis of action?  Against the alleged illegality of ousting Morsi, and "the take-over's leaders (being charged) with torture and other human rights violations."

Now let us first stick to the underlying issues.  That is before coming to the great vista of the Brotherhood specialization in not honoring facts.  Those lawyers instituting that frivolous case must be dumb.  Sovereign political issues are not justifiable.  The principle of universal jurisdiction does not apply.  Evidence based on unauthorized recording is inadmissible for its being hearsay.  Also the plaintiffs (the Brotherhood's lawyers) must prove either legal representation of their clients, or prove that they were directly injured (tortured).  Even if they prove appropriate lawyer/client relationship, the client (the Brotherhood) has been declared a terrorist organization by sovereign authorities.  Open rebellion against Egypt's security forces on August 14, 2013 vitiates any claims against those forces and/or their commanders.  There is no subsidiarity in the relationships between the Egyptian judiciary, a party aggrieved by the Brotherhood, and any non-Egyptian court system.

Should I say more about what a "loser case" this is?  Oh, yes!!  Who are the presumed defendants in that Brotherhood case which is forum-shopping in London?  The reports say "the take-over leaders!!"  

But El-Sisi was never "a take-over" leader.  His actions from June 30 to July 3, 2013 were prompted by 35 million Egyptians rising in a massive human wave in a second revolution against the Brotherhood's take-over of Egypt's identity.  He, in that regard, was a go-between between an Egypt angered by the brotherhoodization of their country and Morsi.  Morsi had  refused for 3 days a consensual solution -an exit from a civil war.  That refusal transformed El-Sisi's role, as Defense Minister, into an actor for protecting the country from a lurch into Civil War.  El-Sisi did not seek that role.  The Brotherhood's obducracy imposed on the Armed Forces the duty to act.

Turning now to whatever substance there might be in those presumed leaks.  I see in them Brotherhood's desperate attempts to tarnish the legitimate El-Sisi administration.  But even if those recordings were authentic, their value seems to serve the present Egyptian administration.  For banter is a common sport in international relationships.  None of that banter amounted to serving personal needs, nor is it any indication of selling Egypt short.

On the other hand, miles of such tapes can never amount to Brotherhood's callous underestimation of Egypt.  The Brotherhood's former Supreme Guide openly said "To Hell with Egypt" (Toz Fi Masr)!!  And the Brotherhood's agent, Morsi, allowed a participant in one of his conferences in November 2012 to call for war on Ethiopia in order to keep alive an outdated treaty on Nile water allocation.  These were not secret recordings of doubtful authenticity.  The whole world heard them.

By comparison, El-Sisi's greeting is "Tahia Masr" (Long Live Egypt).  Then he, as the present leader of "a strong Egypt," went to Ethiopia earlier this year.  Starting a participatory Pax Nilotica between Addis, Khartoum and Cairo.

Well said, Mr. Michael Morell, the author of the recently published book "The Great War of Our Time."  In an interview with Charlie Rose of PBS (Public Broadcasting System) on May 12, 2015, he was asked a question about Egypt.  His answer was clear, short and illuminating.  "Morsi was taking Egypt to ruins.  El-Sisi's Egypt looks good for the future."

To me, Morell is more believable than Morsi and his hordes.  Morell was Deputy Director of the CIA under both Bush II and Obama.  His task for decades was to be the first person every morning to have the ear of two presidents.  Briefing them on facts and analysis relating to the state of the world.

Mike Morell, 53 years old, is still in play as possibly returning to the White House in 2016.  That is regardless of who wins.  The value of truth in reporting.  Hardly to be found within the ranks of the Brotherhood.

Combatting the Brotherhood's Ideology Through the Use of Authentic Terminology

Lies need more than one dictionary.  One for the faithful; one for the unfaithful; and one for those in between.  The importance of dictionaries lies in their being reflexively believable.  One never argues with them.  With the Muslim Brotherhood, of which there are several varieties, the falsehood of words is a powerful and less costly recruitment tool.

Let us have a look at key terms.  Let us see how the various MB brands understand them; package them for sale; advocate them; highlight them in various languages for various ever-changing needs and audiences.

(1) "Allahu Akbar:"  The MBs creed begins by "Allah is our Objective."
Correction:  But they treat Allah (God) as if He were patented in their name.  If so, which is ridiculous, the patent in intellectual property expires in about 17 years.  They, the MBs, forget that we, the 7 billion of humanity, are His.

He is not ours except in the context of our being His.  In Islamic jurisprudence, "Allahu Akbar," means that we are all equal before God.  Regardless of our faith or even of non-faith.  Its use by the MBs, like its ISIS offshoot, as they sever the head of a hostage, or burn alive the Jordanian pilot Moaz Al-Kassassbah, is an outrage.

(2) Authority: In the Quran it is provided that public order is the essence of harmonious development.  It is the opposite of fitna (insurrection; chaos; mayhem).  Hence the Quran calls on the faithful to: "Obey God and obey the Messenger, and those entrusted with authority over you."  (Chapter IV, verse 5-9).

But the MBs would not have any of this.  Especially as regards El-Sisi administration which they describe as "a coup" against the so-called Islamist regime of Morsi.  This selectivity ignores the fact that Morsi was handed a trust (I voted for him) only to have him engage in the brotherhoodization of Egypt.  An exclusive rule by the long beards which produced an Islamic Constitution (now abandoned).  That Constitution put women, Copts, Shiis, and liberals outside the pale of the law.  The result: Popular recall of that regime through the public square on June 30, 2013.  The Islamic Constitution had no recall or impeachment provisions.

(3) "Constitution:" As part of their creed, the MBs declares that "The Quran Is Our Constitution."  
Correction: For a Muslim, the Quran is the word of God (in Arabic -Allah).  You take it on faith.  You don't vote for it; you don't amend it; you don't litigate by the use of its literal provisions (only 200 legal rules within 6400 verses).  That is with the exception of personal status matters.  If you believe in the Quran, you must also believe in the sanctity of other revealed books.  The Old Testament, and the New Testament.  That is because faith is primarily a matter of the heart.  Non-negotiable.

(4) Cooperation: The Quran provides parameters for international cooperation.  In Chapter V, verse 2, it states: "Cooperate with all in what is good and pious, and do not cooperate in what is sinful and aggressive."  The MBs active cooperation is with Hamas, Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, and such terror varieties which they regard as "brothers in Islam."  However, that brotherhood is underpinned by criminality and acts violating public order.  It is the brotherhood of a Mafia.  Only the Mafia does not base its acts on religion.

(5) "Copt."  For the MBs, the term denotes a trespasser on Muslim lands.
Correction: The Copt is Egypt, in both belonging, history, faith, and law.  The MBs expansion on that term is "infidel."  
Correction:  In Islamic law, "an infidel" denotes someone devoid of values.  It is God who judges; other humans have no business judging.  This is because the Almighty has created humanity on the basis of equality.  Thus there is no "heavenly apartheid."  You exist through according to others what you claim for yourself.

(6) "Coup." The MBs have changed the meaning of that term.  Before January 25, 2011, it meant an uprising against Mubarak.  So they sat out the Tahrir uprising from January 25, 2011 until "the Camel Battle" of January 28.  Seeing the Mubarak regime wobble, and Field Marshal Tantawi instructing the armed forces to protect, not to shoot, they jumped on the band wagon to own the Revolution which they had invoked God's wrath against it.
Correction: The MBs rule in 2012-2013 was the real coup against the popular will.

(7) "Egypt."  For the MBs, it does not exist.  Except as a territorial expanse, with provincial characteristics.  When it matures, it becomes an "Emirate."  Its recognition in their dictionaries can only be found in the geographic world of Islam.  Its boundaries are not sovereign.
Correction: Egypt has been a State for 10,000 years -8,500 years before Islam.  A State is defined by four criteria: fixed boundary; fixed population; a functioning government; and competence to conduct foreign affairs.  Egypt, as a State, has met these conditions for millenia.  No, says the MBs; the population is supplantable.  Bring the Gazans to Sinai, no big deal!!  Have Qatar or Turkey interfere in Egyptian internal affairs -that is normalcy!!  Ridiculous!!

(8) "Fatwa."  The MBs franchises use it as a double tool of both obfuscation and mind control.  They spew fatwas as a torrent in every direction, clothing their pronouncements in the garb of the unalterable sacred.  You deviate, you go to hell.
Correction: A fatwa is a legal advice, unenforceable, and issues from highly trained specialists, under the guidance of Al-Azhar.  The Mufti, in this regard, is a religious authority who, through the proper understanding of the Quran and the Sunna, fills in the gaps created by changing circumstances.  There is an entire area of Fiqh (sources of Islamic Law) which is called "Jurisdiction Based on No-Text -Textless Fiqh.  Can you imagine that a mass killer like Osama Bin Laden had issued Fatwas?"  The blind leading the blind.

(9) "Ijtihad:"  Ijtihad is the application of mind to the text of the Quran or the Hadith (the tradition of the Prophet Muhammad).  Desirous of rigidity, the MBs claim that ijtihad is closed.
Correction: Sharia is applicable to every place and every time.  The essence here is not that Sharia is international law.  The essence is its adaptability to changing circumstances, and its capability of evolution.  In fact, there is a dynamic branch of Islamic Law (Sharia) called "The fiqh of Maslahah" (the Law of Public Interest).

(10) "Jihad:"  The MBs creed states that "Jihad is Our Way of Life."  
Correction: Who is "our."  Count me and nearly a billion and a half other Muslims out.  We have seen the MBs jihad: butchering; sectarianism; destruction; foreign occupations; fornication jihad through female abductions and recruitment; and black flags of ISIS.

Following the ouster of the Brotherhood in Egypt from power, their resort to terrorism needed a change of slogans.  Today's slogans are "No dignity without jihad; No jihad without armament."  In Islamic Law, jihad is self-policing and defense against foreign invasion.  The term "Holy War" does not exist in Islam.  It is a pet term used by Islamophobes whose hate for Islam is fed by the MB gone crazy.

(11) "Martyr:"  The MBs creed provides for "martyrdom (death for the sake of Allah) is our cherished hope."
Correction: In Islamic Law, the martyr (or shaheed in Arabic) is one who dies fighting territorial aggression against his homeland.  It does not apply to suicide bombers who kill innocent civilians.  It does not apply to Al-Qaeda operatives.  It does not apply to those who inflicted 9/11.  In Islamic Law, the martyrs of 9/11 are not the attackers who perished.  They are the 3000 persons who perished as a result of that criminal act.  Bin Laden had called those attackers "The Great Nineteen."

(12) "Minaret."  The MBs variety regards it as an architectural requirement and an obligatory Islamic monument.
Correction: Where does it say this in the Quran?  A Saudi national, residing in Switzerland, took the federal authorities to court on this one.  They had required him to conform to zoning laws in regard to its height.  He lost; and a plebiscite ensued resulting in the banning of minarets in Switzerland.

And if the MBs varieties are so enamored with monuments, why destroy the monuments in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria? 

(13) "Muslim."  For the MBs, it is not enough to say and believe that "God is one, and Muhammad is His Messenger."  You also need physical characteristics: A long beard, a big raisin-like skin impression on your forehead, and a scull cap over your head.
Correction: A Muslim is defined as someone who submits to the will of God.  No mention in the Quran about those other outward manifestations.  To the MBs, a female in jeans and without a hijab is a sinner.  But where in the Quran is this stated?  The Quran says "be modest" in dress.  It does not go beyond this.  Personal freedom, within the accepted norms of each society, is a hallmark of Islamic jurisprudence.

(14) "Shiis."  The MBs regard the Shiis, who are over 10% of the Muslim population, as "apostates."
Correction: The wayward Brothers who in Cairo killed and dragged Shii corpses in the streets, believe that only the Sunnis are Muslims.  Who decreed that stupid notion?!  The Sunnis and Shiis confess the same faith, follow the same precepts, and face toward Mecca, not Tehran, in prayer.

There is no takfeer (apostasy) in Islamic law.  Otherwise, Sunnism shall be taken as replacing Allah.  Because He alone is the only judge.  He has not retained the MBs as his exclusive brokers.  In fact, it is the Sunnis who invented the criminal practice of suicide bombing.  The Shiis, as my late Azhari father who was a Sunni scholar taught me, are the Islamic branch which taught the Umma (The Islamic Nation) the veneration of Muhammad, and love for "Aal El-Beit Muhammad's family."  

I am at present authoring the first biography of Ali Ibn Abi-Taleb in English as based on Arabic primary sources.  Imam Ali was Muhammad's foster child; the First Muslim; and the icon who, among other historic deeds, put Muhammad in his grave.  Ali's partisans (Shiis) are entitled to equal treatment as the Sunnis.  Read "Hadith" (Muhammad's pronouncements about Ali).  Accordingly, you could then gauge how ignorant, indeed catastrophic, is the alienation of the Shiis!!  The problem of succession to Muhammad is not a religious issue.  It is a political struggle for succession long gone.

(15) "Shura:" In Arabic, it means communal consultations leading to decision-making through consensus (ijmaa).  Shura is one of the main pillars of democracy in Fiqh (jurisprudence).  The other pillars are: (a) equality before the law (meaning Adl -justice); (b) transparency (denoting Sidq -truthfulness in transactions); and (c) denial of discrimination on any basis (symbolized by the Islamic adage: "There is no difference between an Arab and a non-Arab except through the performance of good societal deeds."  Expressed in two words "no discrimination" (in Arabic -LA FARQ).

But the MBs made a mockery of "shura." Only to come back through the back door of July 3, 2013 and claim that their odious regime was illegally toppled.  Really?  In office, Morsi was a front for El-Shatter, his money bags; Al-Azhar's Rector was downgraded and was on the verge of removal; Christianity was deemed so un-Islamic that a fatwa was issued that it was forbidden to say "Merry Christmas!!"  

Under the Islamic fascist year in governance, "shura" was the preserve of the "Supreme Guide" and his politburo called "The Office of Guidance."  Some guidance, folks!!  You have even transgressed against the Quran (which you define as your Constitution) where it says: "And those who respond to their Lord and establish prayer, and who on matters other than those God has decreed, conduct them by mutual consultation..." (Chapter 42, entitled Ash Shura, verse 38).  There exists no Islamic democracy, and non-Islamic democracy.  It is universal even if practiced differently in different cultures.

(16) "Tawheed:"  The onness of God; the ideological pillar of Islam.  It eliminated worship of the idols -the multiplicity of gods which prevailed in Arabia, including Mecca and the Kaabah before Islam.  The MBs are so mixed up in their heads that their franchises advocate a stupid myth:  The Pyramids, the Sphinx, and the now-destroyed great historical city of Nemrod, as Idols.

Now ask these obscurantists: "Have you seen someone pray facing the Sphinx and asking it for the forgiveness of sins?"

A monument is a cultural icon, not a deity.  Even the ancient Egyptians knew that.  They created a space between the monuments and the temples.  The Egyptians, 5000 years ago, separated between the State and its cultural IDs, and worship.  In this, they were even ahead of the U.S. Constitution in separating between religion and the State.

Conclusion: I have selected from among 100 terms only some.  But a war of ideas has to be buttressed by a more comprehensive and authentic vocabulary.  It is high time to correct the false dictionaries produced by the Muslim Brotherhood varieties.  This is as important as the use of arms against global jihadism.  Thus the call by El-Sisi on Al-Azhar to wage "a religious revolt" is a call for denying the Muslim Brotherhood and their terror varieties the illegal free run which they have so far enjoyed.

In an interview in early March 2015 with Al-Ahram newspaper, the former Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Ali Gomaa, offered the best ever characterization of the abuse by Jihadis of Islam, as both a faith and a culture.  He told his lady interviewer that ISIS and other jihadis "have conjured up a parallel religion that has nothing to do with Islam."