The true nature of the Muslim Brotherhood: from 1948

"Mr. Sa`id At-Tillawi wrote in Al-Fayha' newspaper describing the Muslim Brotherhood.  One of the most painful experiences of events and incidents for a man that hurts him and make his heart bleed is to see falsehood disguised as righteousness and corruption decorated with the calls of Jihad.  This is the practice of the group that calls itself the Muslim Brotherhood, as if it wants to imposes itself on people and to occupy the arena of religion patriotism nationalism, whereby it would leave no room for anyone who does not belong to this movement...Muslim Brotherhood are a a community dominated by selfishness, and spoiled by world and seduced by life, which made them aspire to fame, fortune and power through the shortest cuts, i.e. the path of the hanif religion and the tolerant shari`ah.  They rode every vehicle to reach their aims and hopes.  People have not forgotten those campaigns that they launched on decent people and the eyes of nationalists during the last election.  These campaigns revealed their true nature and exposed their motives...These simple examples are but a simple introduction to what those Muslim Brotherhood are trying to do now in Syria in the name of religion and holy strugglers (mujahidin) as if God has assigned them to be in charge of religion...As for the Muslim Brotherhood, they have done nothing for Palestine except gathering some of their people and parading them in Damascus before people to satisfy people's instincts and then they sit in training camps.  Palestine issue may be resolved while training for the Muslim Brotherhood [fighters] may not be finished because they are distracted from Jihad by calling on people to mourn, and because they are preoccupied with earthly living to bother with entering the throes of intense war in the holy land." My translation from Muhammad Kurd `Ali, Al-Mudhakkirat, Volume 2, p. 531, 1948.