Muslim Brotherhood’s ‘grand jihad’ is growing— just over the US border
And while the Brotherhood renounced violence in the 1970s, its ideology is broadly seen as a “stepping stone” to violent jihad.
Its teachings provided the foundation for jihadist groups like Hamas and al Qaeda and inspired notorious terrorists like Osama bin Laden, Islamic State founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel.
State actors like Qatar and Turkey strategically lend the Brotherhood substantial support, giving it the resources and legitimacy needed to expand its influence across the West.
In Canada, though, these realities are almost entirely absent from public conversation or debate.
The country’s shockingly permissive immigration policies, multiculturalist ethos and general complacency toward national security threats have made it fertile ground for the Brotherhood’s insidious ambitions.