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Coptic Leaders Condemn Obama Adviser's Anti-Coptic Tweets

by John Rossomando

IPT News

October 11, 2013

Major Coptic leaders are condemning Mohamed

Elibiary,an Obama administration Homeland

Security adviser,for suggesting that Copts who

raise awareness of anti-Christian violence in

Egypt promote "Islamophobic" bigotry.

Elibiary sent out a series of tweets that Coptic

leaders found offensive last month. The tweets

appeared to chastise the Coptic community for

lobbying on behalf of their relatives in Egypt. He

targeted them because they had aligned

themselves with conservative groups that he called "Islamophobic."

"VERY disturbing if true:bit.ly/18xotziUS DHS adviser accuses#Coptic#Christiansof

inciting Muslims!#Speechless!Pls comment!"Bishop Angaelos,Coptic Pope Tawadros II's

personal representative in the United Kingdom wrote in a Sept. 28 Twitter post.

Elibiary personally attacked Michael Meunier, president of Egypt's al-Haya Party, two days

earlier after Meunier spoke with The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) about Elibiary's

earlier offensive tweetsagainst the Copts.

"Sad2c#Coptic@MichaelMeunieraid#Islamophobesanti US Muslim community agenda ....,"

Elibiarywrote.

Meunier denounced Elibiary's personal attack, saying the issue had nothing to do with

Islamophobiabut that Elibiary threw out a straw man to protect the totalitarian Muslim

Brotherhood.

"If you look at him you can definitely see that he is a sympathizer of the Brotherhood,"

Meunier said. "If you are in the Brotherhood you don't have a card. The guy put up the sign

forR4BIA[on his Twitter account], a symbol for people who burn churches and kill people."

Brotherhood defenders are trying to smear their critics as anti-Muslim bigots, rather than

people concerned about Brotherhood violence and repression, Meunier said. "He has a

grudge against my activism, my spending two months in Washington, highlighting the

vicious activities of the Muslim Brotherhood."

Elibiary initially defended sporting the R4BIA on his Twitter profile, saying

"#R4BIA=#Freedom4ALL." But herelented to pressure Fridayand removed it. "While I did

remove #R4BIA twibbon as I updated my profile, my view & support of its human rights & prodemocracy values continue. #AntiCoup," Elibiarywrote.

R4BIA takes its name from Cairo's Rabia ad-Alawiya Square, where hundreds of Muslim

Brotherhood protesters were killed in armed clashes with Egyptian security forces in August.

The #R4BIA platformincludes a litany of principles that run in open opposition to Western

values. It invokes concepts such as: "pure martyrdom"; "unification of the Muslim World";
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"the end of Zionists"; "the birth of a new movement for freedom and justice"; "justice for

everyone against rotten Islamic values"; "the end of oil sheikhs"; and "the end of capitalists."

"Western concepts such as democracy, human rights, freedom, equality and right to life,

often exercised in a double standard, have utterly collapsed in Palestine, Syria, Bosnia and

lastly in Egypt. With the spirit of the Rabia sign, these and similar concepts will be

reinterpreted based on Islamic principles," the section"How did R4BIA emerge?"says.In a Twitter exchange with the IPT, Elibiary said that he has anuanced viewof the Muslim

Brotherhood.

But does his "nuance" include a private endorsement of the #R4BIA movement's stated

goals? Elibiary is not talking despite several invitations by the IPT on Twitter to sit down in

person and talk about his views on R4BIA and other issues despite his challenge for dialog.

The R4BIA platform page makes extensive positive references toSayyid Qutb,a Muslim

Brotherhood leader executed in 1966 who explicitly called for violent jihad against infidels;

his books are replete with massive anti-Semitic andanti-Christian dogmaand conspiracies

such as theJews' control of world finance.

Yet Elibiary repeatedly defends Qutb onTwitterandelsewhere.On Sept. 28, heposted a clip

of an Arabic documentary about Qutb.He seemed perplexed when others questioned him about Qutb's extremism,telling one

questionerhe was "curious" about the label.

Qutb called on Muslims tofight non-Muslimsunless they paythe jizya or poll tax. That's a

tribute given by non-Muslims to Muslims in exchange for allowing them to practice their

religion and keep their lives safe. Qutb also advocatedusing violenceagainst those who do

not convert to Islam.

Posting the #R4BIA icon on his Twitter hasnothing to do with the Muslim Brotherhood,

Elibiary claims, although it has been exclusively used by the Brotherhood and its supporters.

He also insists that sporting the Muslim Brotherhood R4BIA banner on his Twitter

accountdoes not have anything to dowith his professional duties as a member of

theHomeland Security Advisory Council.But Elibiary takes a page straight out of the Muslim Brotherhood playbook, blaming "Israelis"

for the torrent of criticismhe has faced for his accusations against Christians and for his

support of the Muslim Brotherhood.

He went on offense on Twitter against the dozens of complaints about the yellow #R4BIA

salute on his profile andaccused them of "#R4BIAobia."Moreover, pictures ofHamas

terrorists flashing the R4BIA salutehave emerged on the Internetreinforcing the ties

between the terrorists and their Egyptian parent group.

In the IPT's new documentary, "The Grand Deception," former Brotherhood member

Abdurrahman Muhammad explains that even universal principles such as 'justice' have a

different meaning to the Brotherhood than it does for Americans. Justice in the Islamist

Muslim Brotherhood's eyes, Muhammad says, only exists when a state is ruled as a

theocracy under Islamic law.

"We will never have justice until we have an Islamic state because whoever doesn't rule by

what Allah has revealed is an oppressor," Muhammad says in the film, explaining Muslim

Brotherhood thought.

Brotherhood apologists such as Elibiary attempt to define the Brotherhood as "moderate."

YetRafik Habib,a Coptic Christian Brotherhood apologist whom Elibiary respects, told

American diplomats that even the "left-wing" of the Islamist group were not"moderates"in a
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Western sense. He said their goal was a "religious state where Sharia is applied to all aspects

of life."

Habib has been among the Muslim Brotherhood's mostnoteworthy non-Muslim defendersin

Egypt and was appointed to head the Brotherhood'sFreedom and Justice Party (FJP)in

September.

Elibiary did not reply when the IPT asked him if he was willing to condemn extremist andracist statements and actions by Muslim Brotherhood leaders. These included threats

ofexpelling the Coptsif they did not accept Sharia, Muslim Brotherhood'sSupreme Guide

Mohamed Badie'sdescription of Jews as the sons of "apes" and "pigs," andQutb's violent

statementsabout Muslim relations with non-Muslims.

Elibiary deflected andattacked

the IPTinstead.

Again taking a page out of the

Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas

strategy, Elibiaryclaimsthat

much of the opposition to the

Muslim Brotherhood in the

United States "is really anti-Islam

bigotry."

Although his Twitter account and

other public statements clearly

support the Muslim Brotherhood,

he denies being a member. Any

such belief is an accusation

fabricated by"Islamophobes,"he

says.

Meunier was not impressed.

"This guy should not have access to the information he has access to [as a DHS adviser witha security clearance] or be able to provide the expertise he provides," Meunier said. "By

putting this sign on his picture, he is declaring himself to be a terrorist sympathizer. This

guy is an anti-Christian."

Elibiarydismissesthe idea that the Muslim Brotherhood has engaged in terrorism and says

those who connect the two are mistaken. But Meunier points to theattacks against his fellow

Coptsby Muslim Brotherhood supporters in August as evidence the terrorist designation is

warranted. "To have a U.S. official who even declares himself a counter terrorism expert

supporting terrorists is jeopardizing the national security of the U.S." says Meunier.

Elibiary Attacks the Coptic Community Again

He attacked the Copts again late last month after anIPT bloghighlighted the connections and

sympathies many American Islamist groups have with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Elibiary lectured the Copts after the blog appeared for attacking groups such as the Islamic

Society of North America (ISNA) because of their historic connections to the Muslim

Brotherhood, and for their alignment with so-called "Islamophobes". He then called the

Copts' work with "Islamophobes" and their criticism of American Islamic groups contrary to

the cause of religious freedom.
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The tweet specificallyreferenced an articlein the Arabic-language online publication "Copts

Today." It featured a reference to Investigative Project on Terrorism founder and Executive

Director Steven Emerson discussing ISNA's extremist ties.

Pointing out ISNA's Muslim Brotherhood roots is not an attack. It's an established fact.

Federal prosecutors say exhibits admitted into evidence in a Hamas-support trialshowISNA's

"intimate relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood." The federal judge in the casefound"ample evidence"connecting ISNA to Muslim Brotherhood operations known as the Holy

Land Foundation (HLF), the Islamic Association for Palestine and Hamas.

HLF was an Islamic charityconvicted in 2008of being a Hamas money-laundering operation.

In a 2007 op-ed,Elibiary dismissedthe evidence submitted in the HLF trial as "a case largely

built on associations to convict First-Amendment-protected rights." Hereaffirmed his earlier

positionin his recent interview with journalist Ryan Mauro published by the Center for

Security Policy.

ISNA tried to moderate its public image; however, it has kept radicals such as Jamal Badawi

on itsboard of directors,and granteda 2008 community-service awardtoJamal Barzinji,a

founding father of the Muslim Brotherhood in America, as well as a former ISNA board

member.

Badawi has defendedviolent jihadincluding suicide bombings, the beating of women by their

Muslim husbands, and has suggested that Islam is superior to secular democracy. Barzinji

was named in afederal affidavitas being closely associated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad

and Hamas.

Barzinji's name appears in aglobal phone bookof Muslim Brotherhood members recovered

by Italian and Swiss authorities inNovember 2001from the home ofAl-Taqwa Bank of

Lugano founder Youssef Nada,one of theleaders of the international Muslim Brotherhood.

He was listed asan al-Qaida financierby the United Nations but was laterremovedfor

reasons that are unclear. His name also appeared in anaddress bookbelonging toMousa abu

Marzook,deputy director of Hamas's political bureau.

Elibiary ignores these court-tested links between ISNA and the Muslim Brotherhood

and casts them as conspiracies "against US Muslims 2manufacture controversies."

But Elibiary rejects just about everything dealing with the HLF case. Despite hisstated

opposition to Hamas,Elibiary remains a staunch apologist for the HLF.

"The purpose of creating the Holy Land Foundation was as a fundraising arm for Hamas,"

U.S. District Judge Jorge Solissaidwhen he sentenced five HLF officials following sweeping

convictions.

Marzook founded HLF, originally called the Occupied Land Fund, or OLF. Internal records

andFBI recordingsshow the group was the officialfundraising armof the Palestine

Committee, an umbrella organization created by the Muslim Brotherhood for Hamas-support

in the United States.

Elibiarycriticizedfederal prosecutors for releasing a list of 300unindicted co-conspiratorsin

the trial, including ISNA and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), because it

"implicates most of the Muslim community in a wider conspiracy." Despite the

verdicts,Elibiary slammedthe underlying law criminalizing material support for terrorists and

claimed it criminalized "traditionally innocent activities such as charity."

"We are using the Al Capone approach a lot of times in these material support cases where

we're trying to get people prosecuted for one thing because of some other issue we have

with them," Elibiary said at a March 2010House Homeland Security Committee hearing.

"Sometimes it's because of the lack of evidence that's available to convict them directly, as
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well as we have, in the Holy Land Foundation trial, lumped in a whole bunch of unindicted co-

conspirators and caused a great deal of damage to community relations between law

enforcement and the community.

"And then that's counterproductive, and it's a defeat for us long term as a country to increase

cooperation."

Elibiary's assertion that there was "a lack of evidence" in the unanimous conviction of Hamas

funders in the HLF trial speaks for itself. As for his claim that there was no evidence to

designate other radical Islamist groups as un-indicted co-conspirators, both thepresiding

judgeand the5th

Circuit Court of Appealsreject attempts to purge the co-conspirator list.

In defending HLF, Elibiary failed to disclose his personal ties to HLF and its convicted

president, Shukri Abu Baker.

Elibiary discussed his ties to Abu Baker at length inhis interview with Mauro,saying he had

been involved with Abu Baker and the HLF since he was 16 years old.

Trial evidence, especially from secret FBI recordings, show that Abu Baker was a staunch

Hamas supporter. He attended a 1993 meeting of Hamas activists monitored by the FBI that

was called to plot ways to "derail" U.S.-led peacemaking efforts. Part of the concern was thatthe deal on the table would marginalize the Islamist Hamas movement. Abu Baker suggested

that American Islamists should"camouflage" their work in order to be successful.

"I swear by God that war is deception. War is deception. We are fighting our enemy with a

kind heart, and we never thought of deceiving it,"Abu Baker saidat the 1993 meeting.

"Deceive your enemy.

"Yes, politicslike waris deception."

Other exhibits showed the flow of millions of dollars from HLF to Palestinian charities

controlled by Hamas. A1991 letterto Abu Baker detailed that control. Other exhibitsshowed

Abu Baker authorizingthe wire transfers.

Despite such overwhelming evidence and Abu Baker's conviction, Elibiary accused the

federal government of engaging in a"political"prosecution. Abu Baker never did anything

criminal, Elibiary argued.

Only participation in active terror plots should be subject to law-enforcement scrutiny, he

said in subsequent remarks.

"What the government should be working to counter is violent extremism, which is the action

part or the planning for an action to do some violence because it's the violence that's illegal,"

Elibiary said in aMarch 2009forum at the Roxbury Mosque near Boston. "Holding the

viewpoints or expressing them is constitutionally protected."

So in Elibiary's view, raising money to help the families of suicide bombers and imprisoned

terrorists should be considered "protected speech." That's a rather strange formulation for a

man advising the federal government on homeland security.

In other Twitter posts, Elibiary claimed to understand and sympathize with the plight of the

Copts. Elibiary suggested that as a Muslim, allegedlyoppressed by political

"Christianists,"he understood what the Copts have experienced better than most Egyptians

since Morsi's fall.

But no Christians are seeking a jizya from American Muslims. And no Christian groups are

rampaging through Muslim communities, torching mosques and beating Muslims along the
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way. That's the reality Copts endure in Egypt. The situation faced by Copts in Egypt is akin to

that faced by blacks in America in the era of Jim Crow laws, when they were denied equal

protection under the law.

"It is not Anti#Coptwhen I welcome fair analysis encouraging US#Copts2 stop working

w/#Islamophobes2attack American Muslim Ldrs & orgs," Elibiary tweeted on Sept. 15 in

defense of his attacks on Coptic activism in the U.S.

He mentions the church burningsin an Aug. 20 tweetin which he thanks theWashington

Postfor publishing an account by an anonymous "high-ranking Western official" denying the

Muslim Brotherhood's involvement.

" Sad what copts experiencing & I'm aware also MB condemned,"Elibiary tweetedon Aug.

18.

Yet anAug. 14 memothat appeared on the Facebook page of a local office of the Muslim

Brotherhood'sFreedom and Justice Partyappeared to give its blessing to church burnings

and other attacks.

"Burning houses of worship is a crime. And for the Church to adopt a war against Islam and

Muslims is the worst crime. For every action is a reaction," the memo said.

Elibiary's defense of extremist ideologies and figures raise questions about his judgment and

fitness for the advisory position he currently holds that he and administration officials refuse

to answer.
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