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I. Introduction

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of Iran ave los eir uman souls. Led by onueand fanaical mullahs, of whom Khomeini is oly the

bes know, e masses of Iran's revol ae bnplunged ino e abyss of seer insaniy. Wu

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nd nvss w e nsncvey peped ee decsns n gecngy dvpmn n ed Wd bu e nw beng d h he essn n s cun g gns p ecnmcpgess

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vey sn ed e esbsmen jun esn's n n ccdng wenmdsucs b Mys nd ndnes sed Musm evs n e b wd Sy n dnve been pecy geed Mum Bedcvy nd n s eceny ben mpced nueng wn cves n ese cunes n Sdb snce de Kng s by n ssn'sbuen ssssn ned e Musm Bednd Bs negence nd Heny Kssngeebed s gned by eps nd bunds une ceu gudnce e bcwd nce bdue ce e Sud n Gud hugu

c nd suwd n c's Mumens e wn s epedy gwng pye psen s s sy e mvemen

nwn s e Musm Bhed m s mnugun n 199 un s cusng by edensse Egyp n 1954 We en sw cgundnd gns e bed mvemen nd s sn Bs subvesn e Musm wd cng dn G Susm h B mve

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Indiana

The network of the Muslim

Brotherhood

nt, a-Afghani, and Mohad Ad. Thn, rsnt th rsnt organization and for of thIkhan sin th 1950s, whn it no longr had thnt of its Cairo as of orations; in this stion

lay artilar hasis on th nas and loationsof th British ontrol of th ovnt. Finally, rsnt th as of Iran as a study of th aliation ofth Musli Brotrhood tratnt to a ajor nation,fousing hr on th arr and rol of Dr. Irahiazdi, th ontrollr of Ayatollah Khoini.

II. History of the Muslim Brotherhood,19291954

Duing its foral xitece, befor it went ndergroudding th aser ea, it was omon knowldg thatte Musli Broherhood was a tool of Britishintelligene. Thoughout its histoy, thr ar anyoumn intace i hih th Ikhwan was aghtin illii ollaboaio with th British Ebassy inCairo, he Sez anal Copany, and so forth. Desitits oftn loud atta on "h riish, th Brotherhood

Islamic Foundation

Federaton of Islaic Organizations

United Islamic Fedration of the Uited Kingdom and relanUnion of Islamic Students in Spain

Union of Islamic Students in ItalyUnited Islamic Turkish Federation of EuropeIslamic nion of GermanyUnited Islamic Federation of Students in FranceUnited Islamic Student Organization in ViennaUnited Islamic Student Association in EuropeIslamic Association of Afgan Students in EurpeUnited Islamic Federation of German-speaking Swiss

loyay srvd th intrsts of t British ir. Itshif aons r violn, trro, and assassination.

Bt th Ikan's ost iortant ontrition toth Britis ir as its roagation of an osur

antist, antihilosohial tris and nohobiaaong th Egytian and Ara asss, siallystdnts. With th ris of Zionisalso, of ors,sonsord y Londonth Msli Brothrhood a t if instrunt of th ral-rosing antiSitis and ogs Islai nationais that kt thBritishand th British Ary!ontinally diatingn arring Ara and Jish fations. With itsoitnt to th Midl Ags, it is no ondr thatth Ikhan a th lading for in oositio toPrsidnt Gaal Ad Nassr, th Egytian nationlist adror that th Ikhan trid, at th nd, toassassinat hi.

Th histor of th Msli Brotrhood, or thSoity of th Msli Brothrs, gins in th riodfolloing Worl War I in gyt. Th intllignor th rsonsil for th Nar ast and Islaas Pro. Arnold Toynb, ho rst srvd in Britishilitary inllign and thn hadd th t RoyalInstitut for Intrnational Affirs (RIIA) fro 1925 to1955. Th 1925 dition of th RIIA anna rort dalshiy ith th irial ro of t si orld,

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Counil o the Advanemento Aab-Bitish Undestanding

Sr Rcard BeaumontSr Cares Duke

nd ws assembled under Toybee's direcioThe founder of he Muslim Broroo a Hasa

lnn, bor i Egyp i 1906. I is ary yearsnn passed i ad ou of a series of rigious adstl orgnizaios, including e scre Sociey for

the Prevention of the Forbidde a "Order of hesyy rothers. Grauay e as iauguradnt the hgher myseries of he Sui circ a curesld network of freeson-like orrs o ioogicaptron is Abu Hamid a-Ghazai By ag of 16Bnnas tire orl rol arou Sui yseriesnd lGhazli.

As Bnna was dra coser ad oser o e ierre of he Su eorks his poliica aciiy began.During th 1920s e passed i ad ou of a squecef relgiouspolitia orgaizaios i ic ivarint was viole opposiio o ecuar aioalispltscalled "aposasy a iiis by Baa's

ssitesand agais h scuar pioopica iasthen giig momeum a Egypia uirsiis, atrend spurred by Musafa Ka Aaur rol irkey.

The y the age of 21 Baa a b irouced o hest ntmte circes of e Bris iligcspon-

Mu'slim Wold League

slami Coneene

Prnce Abdua

sored Muslim moveme led by e Syria Rashidida he disciple of Mohame Abu buh, iturn, ws he sude ad homosexual parer of JmDin aAfghai, he Brish agen wo as theorignor of the "Islam naioalis or pan-Islmic

movemen.The philosophy tha Afghai AbduandBannadhered to opposed "Wester ifuence,mterialsm, frai (foreig) radiios, ad the ulturaltrappings o he West i favor of "pure Islm.

In 1927 Baa helped to found the Young MensMuslim Associaio. This was uickly superseded bythe establishment i 1928, of the oiety of the uslimBrothers. Baa set up his headuarers i Ismlyy, port ity onrolled by he Anglorenh uez CnalCompany. From the sart he Suez Cnal Compnythe eaing represenio of British imperalim nEgypnace he Musim Brotherhood, helpngana to buld the rst mosue run by the roherhood,

omplete in 1930. By 1932, he slm rotherhoodof Hasan al-anna joined by his brother Abd alahmn alBanna had se up branches in Ismliyya,Port Sad an Suez; it rpidly spread to Car ndother ities, icludng Alexadria.

Over the ext years, the Muslim Broherhood bultits orgaizain, beginng a series of new publtonsinluding a ewspaper. y the ate 1930s, he Brother-

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rg egh re i r prmilirbrc, he k ("bli). I be ih hecrei f dii clled he "rover, rgrig of h yoh ecio hleic rii bgrlly becmig me d ore pely privermy. he rgizio f he Broherhd' kbflle clely he per of he Nzi you rMlii' sq uds; ided, hrogho he rb

Midle E imilr moveme were beig emledi riih, Ili, d Germ Nzi ic. Iebo, Pierre Gemyel eblihed he Kib, orFlgi.

I 193, Abd Rhm lB mde cocih he icreigly proNzi, Briihuppored Mfif Jerlem, j Ai lHueii. Durig hi eireperid, Mli ho oppoed he iro of Zioieler Plei were forced ito upporigeXlicily iJeih, fic prie like he Ihkd he Mufi rher h oppoe he overll olicie ofhe riih

fc, drg hi period he Ikhw ough receie ppr frm he crrupt, proBriih KigFd d, ler, Kig Fq, boh obeqiou ogef d o he Egypi hrone. Like Egyp's oherci pry, Yo Egyp (Msr al-Fatat), th Ikhw l celebre he rule of th kig whileqiely preprig fr vil evolion tht woldeblih mbed (d, Lodo hoped, moreble) regime.

Entr Anwar Sad at

Wih he oubrek of Worl W II, th uslimrherhd beg i r period of xpio.

e coc eblihed i h yer 1939-1941frmed he erk , il hi dy, hs rid

d' Mlim Broherhoo. I this period, thIk eblihe ie ih he Azz fmily,icldig AbdelRhm Azz, he r hd of heArb ege fer Wrld Wr I, ho uetly livei d h op of he Ikhw pprt (eeSeci III); Fd Sergeddie, the ldr of th rightig fci of Egyp' Wf prty; Awr elSdd key circle i he Egypi Army.

I 1939, Prime Miier Ai Me dvloped cl relihip i B, d rporedly eg tof he grh f he Mlim Broherhood ihEgpi e fd. Aher fried of Ali her wSei f lMrghi, he chie of lAzhr,

Egyp chief mqe d eligio! hool d ceerf he lmic rld eblihme oide of ecc.h her d Mrghi becme ogif someimeecrbcer f he Ih.

A key lly f Mher delRm Azzm,h i 1939 r miier of awqa or eligioir, d he chief of Egyp' key "rritoril rmy.

he ex lik i he ci formed y heEgypi Chiff Ge. Aziz Al lMiri,

ledg ymphier f he lim rherd. eerk he complee Azz, Mher, ii,Mrgi, he lAhr erk of mllh, YgEgyp, d he lim Broerhod. e le gr i cloe cc ih Ger Nzi ielligcege.

Io thi circle cme Awr Sd. Alhogh efll ry i ko, i i cler th Sd ere

criicl lii ol etwee he Egypi milirepecilly Geerl Miri, he Muli Broherh. hi me Sd' collororw Abd lMiAbd lRf. hi rmy fcio, hogh oeib"proNzi d herefor iBriih, rked herely veriv teecy ihi he emegigree Ocer group h, i 1952, ovrhre heEgpi orchy d velly illed lbdl e he preiet of he Egypi repbl.

I urig thi period, i 1941, h he rpblicly ocumeed c f direct cooperio beeehe Mlim Broherhoo d ledig Brii ielligece ofcer, J. eyorthDue, t Loo' Ci

emby i repore. I w me hdo of hig coe.Immeitely folloig th rpord coc ih

he riih, he Mlm Brohrhood eg i expe: he eblihme of e widely fered SereApr. Begiig i 1941-42, he Ikhw e p iprive ielligece rm, clled he "ecre ppr,hich rpidly ecme widepred error, priliry, d itelligc rch of the lim rerhod. he SA ed o h rly rover lio h kb d i ws foed ih th exliciio f cryig out extrlegl civiy. he i frhe SA he eil Ilic concep of he jd rholy r.

A he m tim, h itel orgiziolrcre of he Mli Brothhoo w rergizedlg he ie of cell em. Th Broherhod preprig for i errot pe. y 1944, he Ikhw Secre Aptus had egto ilr, d in so ss tk o, oterorgizio. Iterestigly, o of th orgiziilred y the Ikhw Scrt Atus w hCmmi Pry of Egypt.

hi eblihed h pttn of wht, in ftredecde, l e como occurrc, nmely, hcllbri f Comi prtie of th Ar orldd r i he Mulim Brothrhood. hi lig

of "lef d right twork is clic m ofBriih mehod, red d ployd th Lodovick ie d Sex Uiverity. I is the ifor e "Ilic Mrxi movmt tht ctpledAyll homeii to powr i I.

Wav of terror

A he er f World Wr II pprochd, th Ikhched ve of error. I thi rct, the chef

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f the rtsh n Eypt n the pstwr perd wst destry elements n the natnalst Wafd Party,wthn the Cmmunst and abr mement, ndmn the rmy and ndstral crcles that tether,mht he frged a catn t ust the ritsh frmthe uez and Car

he endess assssnatns by the Ikhwan A seredths rtsh cuse, culmnatng n the Dec 28, 1948,

ssssntn f Prime Mnster uqrashAer 1945, a quet allance was estabished n Eyptmn the palace, the arstcracy, nd the Muslmrtherhd Crtcl t the establshment f thsncethe crnerstne f the rtsh presence nEyptws Anwar adat Aer hs relese frm prsnn 1944, dat mmedtely set up cntcts wth Hsnnn, wh asked adat t medte a del wth KnFruq

adats cntact t the palce then ws YusufRshd, the persnal physcn t Faruq nd the

drectr f the Ryal Intellence erce dt ndRshd ha been clse frends fr mny yers We

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Hq P - C (M SA ) a z i , SA is n 1970 a seftaiv. G -P) G Qt h cst leadrship j

rew t be mre thn frends, sys dt f Rshdn hs utbrhy In Search of eniy, We becmeerpetu cmpnns I st remember the dyhe e me Jhn turt s Toaiarianism Liberyand Represenaive Govemen whch mpressed meeey

ws dt reruted nt the serce f rtshnteene /V Rsh, t sered s Lndn's lnk betweenthe n, ncresny prnd bt the ritsh, ndthe uslm rtherhd f Hsn l-nna

hruht 194647, the rtherhd functneds a ptl wrecker, assssntng eders f l prtesnd esecy try t bck the pssblty f WfdCmmunst lnce he Wfd, thuh splt by fctnsnd rrupt, eeed dey ccustns t the certnce mn the Kn, Prme Mnster dq, ndnns rtherhd he ntnlst Wfd Prty pressttcked the fscst terrr f the usm rtherh, ccsng the z-ke phnxes f Msmrthers f thuery When the Wfd wuld estblsh

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pcl "minority governmen, the Brotherhoowould then estabilize it by a fe well-directed actsofterrorism. In one ase, the Finane Minister AminUthmn Pasha was assassinated in 1946 amid publicchrges that he as a "British agentcharges made,surprisingly, in douments blished by the RIIA! Inthis cse, Anar Sadat as arrested for the mrder.

he Mslim Brotherhoo ave of terror limaxedin 1948. That year, an Egytian government crackdonginst the obviously sbversive and:angerous Ikhanfscists le to a svere deline in the Brotherhood'sctivities, hih ha exaned tremendously ntil then.At rst, as the government sression hit, Bannapiously denied having anything to do ith the errorwve, blamng it on ncontrollable elements of themovement. Bt in November 1948, Prime Minist\Nuqrshi issued an order issolving and otlaing theBrotherhood. On De. 28, Nuqrashi as ten himselassassintedand the Ikhan as natally heldresponsile. In Janary 1949, anna, seeking to goover to the offensive, rediated his ealier disavoalof terrorist methods, and alled the Ikan to jihad.

Finally, on Feb. 12, 1949, Banna as assassinated.

Reorganization-and the assault against NasserThe assssination of Banna temorarily set theIkhwan etork, bt it raidly stailized itself again.

In Egyt's risons, here the members of theMuslim Brotherhood sent mh of the eriod beteen1949 nd 1951, the netorks had been ket alive. Teornization maintained a seret existene inside the

jails In addition, exile Mslim rotherhood branheswere established in Syria, Jordan, and Pakistan.

A large Egytian landoner, Mnir alDila, tookchrge of the Brotherhood aer the mrder f Banna.

Dilla installed Hasan Ismail alHdaybi as the Sremeuide, Hdaybi being a brother-in-la of the hief ofthe royal hosehold. Hdaybi and Dilla layed thecrcial role in the eriod aer 1952en the FreeOcers staged their o d'etat tat osted the king.

From the beginning of te ne goernent, inwhich Nasser layed a oerfl bt not doinant role,the interests of the ritish and the ai rgim erereresented by the Msli rtherhd and AnrSdat. The 1952 o as a joint rojet of anyforeign intelligene netrks in onjntion ith armyocers, eseially British, Aerian, and Frenhlnked forces, ith an essentia Egytian nationastcore. General Negib, the regie' fr an, asclosely linked to te Brthero.

As early as 1953, tensin eerged bteen e FreeOers and e rotherhood. In February nd Ariof 1953, Sree Gide Hdaybi f te a had aseries of to-seret, onsiratorial meetings ith reorvans of the Britis Embassy i Cairo. Ating on ison athority, aoring o ofial gytia government doments released in 1954, Hdaybi seretly old

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Ikhwan was fored ou ino e opn as an agen oLonon

In 1955 e usli Broerood relocaed oheadquarers in London and Geneva Sizerland. InGeneva e Insiue for Islaic Sudies aa se up bySaid Raadan. Raadan o as a leadingember of e Ika in gyp fled Nasser's purgealhough he was indiced as a conspiraor in e

assassinaion aep agais e Egypian residen.In London Sala zza a bdel-Raan

Azzam he laer e esecreary of e rab Leagueand boh roers a e p of e usli Broerhood relocad in London Tere ey esablised eIslaic Council of urope Today e zza failyand he Islaic Council are e cief force beind euslim Broherood fro orocco o akisanperaing hroug udreds of "religious enersaross urope an via a neork of fundaenalissudens a European universiies

eedless o sa aadan ad e zzam fail

are horoughbred Briish agens nglophile o core.

Fro London e Islaic Council and he Ikhwanneorks ave esablise a far-ung empire One ofe key bases for e Ikan is Souh frica and inrecen ies Nigeria as beoe a ener for Ikhwanaciviies in frica. In e Unied Saes e uslimBroherhood operaes roug several suden organi

zaions especially e large and ell-funded uslimSuden ssociaion (S) and roug soe channels iin he World usli League.

Naurally ere are poerful underground Ikhwanneorks in Indoesia Turkey ad virually everyrab counr especiall Egyp and e Sudan. Iranand akisan no are virually colonies of e usliBroherhood.

Te hef organizaios and foundaions ha odayrepresen he core of e usli Broherhood neworkof Briish inelligece are e following:

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sin an d g r the z n Irani pe l d by hmtof w sternvus. Flw isrevaling cuof p -sp ical un d rg of the K m u of c p . In to u,F Abdu H -S is wkn o a K ch O A k t plan t is e to Mis "bc to the lad . r a in Ep c

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ropehis orgaizatio, sd i Lodo, is ad u ofay dozs of orgaizatios (s hart.) t futioss a urlla orgaizatios.

The Islamic Cuncil f Eupe. This is t Azzafaily, tiod aov.

Te Islaic Fundtinhis organization, hadquartd i Listr, Englad, is add u yKhurshid Ahad. t is a lading ndit for oy

fro British intllign and fro th Ara Glf stats,sially Kuait ad Saudi Araia. Te Hans Seidel Fundation. founatio,

ased i Muih, Wst Grany, is hadd u y Ottovo Hasur. h rrstativ of th Sidl groui Cairo, Dr. Rainr Glasgo, is vry los to thMusli Brothrhood thr.

. Te Institute f slaic Studies his is Saidaadha, in Gnva.

Fudig for th Musli Bothrhood ativitis ofhs orgaizatios ad isittios os largly frotwo ours. Part of th aita os dirtly froBritish irls, sially th British Hos of Lordsaristoray ad t lit British anks ad ororatis.hs ilud ay of th istitutions os loslyidtid it th Zionists, suh as aard Frs.

h lk of th fudig for th oratios of throthrhoo, hvr, os fro British-likd irls i th Araia isula. Chif aog t isPri Adullah of Saudi Araia, ho is idly koo Lodo's oy i Riahd. Allid t Adullah isth Er of Kuait, Sad aAdllah a-Sal asSaah, h has rtly xrssd sti i favorof Khoii. Bot Adullah nd Eir Saah rtraind toghr at Hdo Poli Collg in Lodo.

Othr Glf fudig sours fr th sli Brothroo ntork ar Qatar, Bahrain, and th Uitd

Ara Eirats, sially Dui.CBU ND MECAS

o unrstand th fors i Lodon tat stand idt Musli Brothrhood, it is nssary to xaito arhtyial Br t sh irialist astions tat akth kha ntork.

h rst is th Ara-British Cntr, ih is asoalld th Counil for th Advnt of Ara-BritihUndrstanding (CAABU). sond, rntly osaft 35 yars, is th rlatd Middl East Cntr orArai Stdis at Slan, Lao.

h Middl East Ctr for Arai Studis ME

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s staishd undr th asis of th Royalnstitt for ntratioal fairs (RA) in 1944. tas st u in Shlan, jst soth of Birt, as traiig tr for British itllig ad ForigO rsonnl assigd to th Middl East.

ECAS rought togthr th lit of British,Zionist, and roBritish Ara irls. Aog th hiffoundrs of EAS, rhas vn th godfathr of th

tr, was Aa Ea. At t te, Eawho eros to o forg iister of srawas a eeatai i th British Ary wit vry los is toBritish ad Zioist itlige. th irls los toEa a MECAS i 944 r svral to BritishAraists: Gral 1tyd Clayto, th ilitaygovror of Egyt drig orld War o as vrylos to th Musli Brothrhod; Lord iar, th

British aassador to Cairo; ad his aid, Sir altrSart. his grou as likd drtly t t BritishSial Coad of Liaiso tn t SialOratios Exutiv (SOE) and th Jis AgySvral SOE British itllig ors r assigdto th MEAS gr th, iludg Gnral ilso,Major Gral Taylor, ad oths.

ssoiatd ith th MECS rojt at th tir suh to British gurs as ari Chatris, thdirtor of British Srt tllig Srvis; SirHarold Bly, rivat rtar to Qun lizah;ad Alrt Hourai, a as r of th RA. 1946, MECAS ad Aa Ea sosord a sinarith ths ad othrs o th ujt of tr or notEgyt is art of th Ara orld

Sin th 1940, litrally hudrds of lading Britishitlli ofials ad agts hav n taind atMECAS, larig th Arai laguag, istory, andltur. Aog ast stuts ad tahrs tr d th faous Sir Joh Bagot Glu asa ad his

so Fais Gu; Gorg Kirk of R A A.J. Witon,Britain's st aassador to Saudi Araia; Kihily; Sir Doald Maitlad, Col. Brtan Thoas; andotrs.

h MECAS grou ovr 35 yars a th orof th British itllig stalisht that ld tosonsor th vil Musli Brothrhood and otr Britis

orations i th ara. Aog its hif gradats art odr-y Lars o Araia that st thAra-British Ctr.

h ntr is th as of oratios for svralintrlokd orgaizatios: th Couil for th Advant of Ara-British Undrstandig; th nglo-AraAssoiatio; th Ara-British Charil Trt and thLaur iddl East Couil.

Aog its ladrs ad dirtors ar: Si HarolBly of MECAS, forr aassador to airo,rstly haira of th World stivl of slaTrst ith th UAE Aassador Mohad ajir iLonon Sir Riar Bauot, K, OE; Sir

Carls Duk, CMG, CE, OB Si GoffryFrlong, KBE; Coli Jakso, MP; Ptr Masfild,Editor of Promr ad Joh Rddaay. RortSann, an assassi a to British-Thai tlligagnt, is also assoiatd to th CAABU.

T British ororatios ad aks that uortCAABU rad li irialist whos ho: Barlay'sBa, Britis Airra Corp., ritish Bak of th

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idle Eat, Lazard Broter, Lloy Internationa,onro, Nationa Wetinter Bank, oll oyce, andniever

Linked to CAAB and MEAS i te Anglo-ArabAoation of Sir Jon Bagot Glubb aa Glbb,te forer coander of the Jordanian Arab Legion,i te foreot riti Middle Eat and Hi on FariGlubb is a correondent in Beirut for te ubveriveddle Es Ineonl

agazine, in ic obertSwann, Critoer Mayew, Lord Hug Caradon,Davd atkins, and Marion Wolfson aear a rter

CAAB MECAS, the Anglo-Arab Asociation,and ddle Es Ineonl bring togeter te eitesuort netork for te intelligence oeration tatontrols t Musli Broterood Tey are the realcontroller of te Azza faily, Sai aadan, andte oter Arab Briti agents

Or investigation in Euroe have turned u directevience tat te CAABU circles rereent te onduitin cotinental Eroe for te Musli BroteroodFor intance, in Aaen, West Gerany te o-calledMoque Bilallinked to the Islai Council grou

a erved a a overt tation for the deloet of teKeini forces Te Moque Bila acted a a clearingoue during te ot to detabilize Iran trougKoeiniIkwan ircles in 1978, funneling oeinioerative fro Pari and London aros Euroe andinto te Midd Eat

I i cae, te cannel oerate riarily througMui-extreist grous of tudents. Tey are ollectedinto te Fedeation of Ilaic Organizations n suorganization a te nited Islai Federation of tenited Kngdo and Ireland or te Unio of IslaiStuent in Sain

I V London cults: the heirs fal-Ghazalial-Aghai,the Bahis the Sufis

n a very rea ene, te founder of te MusliBroterooand ineed of al Mui ytical aextreit organizationi te ifaous al-Gazali Ini book te Desruon of Plosopy, Gazaiaembe togeter al te tae arguent of antirationa deologue ince before te tie of lato,baingielf ciey on te "fundaentalit, utraortodx

writing of al-Aari Te 11t century a-Gazaliarkd te beginning of te raid decine of Isla aa yte dicae to science and reason and te rie ofmytici as te doinant force in te Ilaic word

olling al-azali, te Su ytic Ibn a-Arabiecae te ocial fater of Iai yticis frote 12t century onar Te obect of Su, a utforard by Ibn a-Arabi, i to nd te "interediateorld erein counication between an and God

i iectly poible i, n -i i, i e"worl of te imaination, n etee te ltiiviio between te orl o te ene nd t thintellec In fact, in te S vie, ti i e rea and fantaie _eribed "ilintin yte Su Suc "lluination i oe rce b taid of alinogenic dr to induce cedelic teof "eaveny viion

Suc ectatic oveent ave given rie ovr eyear to e ny tracendenta! orer of ti adervie any of tee orer are till n exitencetoay Aon t cief ne are e Qadri teNaqandi, and te Suaardi In te Su traitionany iortant eader of a grou de fcto creae on "b-order, leading to a contant roliferation oSu orer

One of te triking ting t arke uorder over te centurie, and i ill true toay, i tewori of te grave an of deat omb an buriaite ave becoe rine for oloer of SuMany of te Su tradition ae ere olover frre-Ilai tie ad ave imly itroduce aanrite and ritual into te quai-Ilaic ereonies ote Su Witccraft a? oter c di \wori andoter-goddes or are coon 10 Su rcletoug iguied agic an ncantation often lay aroinent role

Like te backward Hindu cture, many Suadoted yoga and editation a a ean o te ottranscendental exerience

Pera e ot ortant of e u rder is eNaqsbandi et, a Su roteroo of Central i Te aqbandi order gre raidly beging in t17t century under Sei Ame Siini an teSa Waliula of Dei (1703-1765, is ucceor

ot of tee Su ytic ar u orodoxideoogy and a retrn to ure Ila ater te collaeand breaku of te Mogol Emire and te ecin ofIa in te Eat

Te Naqadi order read raiy to te N!rEast Various Naqsbandi teacers travele rCentra Asia to Mecca, Cairo, Tukey and erareading te Su ytical revival Te o o SWaiulla, Sa Abal-Aziz, gatered arou i anetwor of diciles including te urdih SeKalid a-Bagdadi (1775-1826, wo vied Ina n1809 In tis intance, te iact of the Britisinuence cold begin to be fel aiatng fro Briti

run India, Eastern myticim engedeed an lacrevival of xenopobic, lamic"purity tat conidereall outide infuence t be u and evil. Soe Ofte Ilamic or emanded "afeguarding relvefrom te enetration of Perian taition nd Indiahabits." Among the movements tat aroe at ths tieere te extremist Waab movement in te Arabianeninua

By te midde of te 19t century, te myta

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nec w crted nto th ovntht evet, der Brtih guinc, ca thi Brthehod

he ito o p-ic was Jaal ad-Din- H ovet r in upposd raction the ver coervtiv, pro-British Sir Sad Ahdh, di chor who argu that Muslist certe th the Britih Epir, an argunt

or which he w ghte! A-Aghani, also

aidget o th Brth, too p th othr sid of th oin, ir Sye hed Khn o ing a "rationt t h, the theoogians ros in orridpotio, ad -ghi stpp in to organi thirer

e hoei tod, ghai organid th lrgyi "tern rtolis the erl 19th centr, th Scottish Rit ofreeor Brh itlinc had startd to joinp wth the ro S rothrhoods in dirtthips g th chi British ontrolrs ofth peto were ired S Blnt, a lading Mason,d wr G Brow Bnt ad Bron togethrwre he ce ocer or a-gani Fro 1871rd, -hi trveed ro Aghanistan oeri t re to Ept nd Araia, ot visitingrop we rg h og crr, al-Aghani h e dcpe ohd Aduhaid thdato or te hw o Han al-Banna

rig t to reso th story gosa 1-Ah wrecrued ito th Frmasonryby WifrdBt, d the e w et to Cairo to organz thr Freemo oge. Thr h as sonsord yt id Pha, o colaorator o Londoncl nteret Lord Cror o th Baringbkg fmly. In Egypt, a-Aghan oranized the

circe rond Mohmmed Aduh ad Rashd Rda ofSy, which became known s th "Salayya irl It ths grop ito whih th youn Hasan al-Bn, proerly selcted and channd ntrd n th1920 d crte the Msli Brothrhood

.

The lh.icordig to everl rort, a-Aghan as srtly aeber o the sterious Bahai ult of Prsa

Te Bhi, who tod r ovr 300000 neri (r) lone, ar nd alwys havn a tool oft Brith Secret Itllign Svi. Athoh thrret uber i in Iran, th argst tmp of th

Bi cutist i i Hia, sral and th hadqartrso e Bhi wrd organizaton is in Witt Iinois.

haii gan as a radial ssanit n Prsat the eginin o t 19h ntury. sslng ah-ho i, Christian and Zoroastranidas,the oder o th Bhaiith th ful sort ofthBrth Freesonr-bilt a Ji Jonssty ut thatrpd de ite th ny of vry govrnnt inhe Mide Est, pially th rian Shah and th

urish Ottoan sultan. In Prsia fooing nattt assassination against th Shah n th . i-19th ntury th Bahai ut as ld fro rsiaand vntually sttld in Istanu

Dspit th fat hat th Bahais r nothng ortan insan ultists and trrorists th rtsh rui o dfnd th Aong th ading dfnrs ofth Bahai as E.G Bron th artnr oaAfghani

Th ost iortant oranizr of th aha ult asBahaullah and his son Adulaha In th rst ars ofth 20th ntury hn it as idly non that tBahai ult was th rodut of rtish inspiration, thBahai wr acsd by th Turish govrnnt otring to stalish a "olony of sorts in Sri thtou thn provid a ahhad for th ritish in thOttoan Eir n 1904 and 197 the ursinvstigatd th Bahais, and th rort of th invtiation rcond that th Bahai ult anshdr th Ottoan doain. But fr th sntnould arrid out, th BritshFrasonry-ad"oung Turs ad thir rvoution and Adul-ahaas rlasd ro prison.

mmeiately folloing his release Abdul-ahaban a world tour to Londonhr h t th ito that ityand to New York, for a tour of speaingngagmnts in th Unitd Stats. In th cor of1912, aoring to the oial Bahai publicatio,dul-Baha in Amria sok to "univrsity tudnts,soialists, Mormons Js, Christians, agnostis Eperntists, eae soietes Ne Thought lubs, women'ssuffrag socitis, and many othr ntrs

Finally in 1918, dulBha as nightd thQun of Englan

Thoughout his lifti Adul-Baha and th Bahaicult wr at th ntr o th organiing of th Britih

Faian Socity and lind to th orld fdralists, thEsranto grou d various ritish-ld soial rforonts.

During th stailization o th Shah of Iran in1978, it as reorted that in several instanes the Bahaiultwhih is hated n Iran even toay, and is stcorrectly considered to be an agent of the BritihCrown-funed secretly the Komeini Shi'ite movemnt! any Iranians hav rortdthat th Bahais arstill ativly orkin for rtish ntllign.

Idris Sa

Out of th ritish ting ot of Sus, Bahais, th

ystial rothrhoods lik that of a-Afghani and soorth, th Musli Brothhoo rgdAs it rgd ndr ritish ttlag th Su

ovnt ord rftly ith th dvloingstratgy for a N Dark A Bas th Sust isspiall fousd on introstion and ana, o thdstrution of ons go and sf th ntllt ssuprssd in favor of th otions and snsouditation.

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cmmce h -ea ysic cp i e mer cex he Briish vira creveri py S ellec aed Idris Shah.esee frm eri S crcles f h 19h cnuryIris Shh's fher wre q csey wih Loda ahre a b Cnrng h Min f As.

I simpes ers Irs Shh wh is on cid ashe wr's frms exper Sus is a fraud ad

bsr je. Am hs schry boos w drs Oren Mgc ses suy f wichcraf acc by beiever; Th Bk f th Bk, a 263-pae vlume whc s erey ba! (Th LondnSy Teeraph is revew ca h k anexrarnary sychlic es!)

Le s ce he is f hs wh ndd ree Sympsiu Hr of Idris Shah h

fes fr ice he w Ma. n h is we

Sr Jh B. Glubb shaSr Ewi Chpm Adrew Knigh f S. Jh

KCMG OBE KCSG; S. Jhn's Ceg Oxfrd;Brsh Ambassar S Lba Cunci f hA-Arb Assciai

Rev. Sdey Specer auhr S Aude r

fssr f Cparaiv Riin Oxord UniaraChrch; specials i ysicisMar beid a Egyian auhr of

Inuence Susm n Wr ivilizin; VcraClee; fried f war Sada and so forh. These arehe preraors of h frau of Iris Shah Su. Ahs is hw cs are mad.

I sgm Yazdi : a B sh c reatio nThe Execuve Inegece Revew has cpild anexesve sser pv h Ir srmaIbrhim Y s he cre l f a sri fAl-Amerc elece es perai u fhe Uversy f isbrh Gerew riceOxfr Cmbre.

XCtUSIV ro .,"

blshe here fll fr he rs me he ssirrces he creer f he m who s Ayllah Ruhllhhmei's persl crller he mvi frcebeh he c wve f errr a bllei Ir. Y s s respsble fr he rsic eser rec i Ir l pci.

Beh Y's cve e f ps siceriyles he erl ewr f he Mslm Brherh. Ibrhm Y s sclicl phemeh resle frm he rp mer Irn s he res prrys hm b n ivlelberely selee rme plye fr hiscre re By fcs Y he ExeuveIegee Ree e re ires f frmprmer cl fres espeily he Mle

Eas ies expse hm only as an iniviualb as a pe explc h med se byBrish ellece s cllbrrs crry u sDar Aes ess.

Wat i Ibraim Yazi?

Dr he 15 whe sill Ir Yai wh wscve he reem r resisce mvemer ns leer sseh was exesvely

roid y his fuur oror Rihard Coa.Cm was an America r Servie cer se Ir wih isrucs ma cacs wih heShah's ppsi. C als red ad meaher meber of h resisan aid Ghbadeh.Le Y Ghbaeh was o rg as a yerial rdiaor f Ayaah Khoii'sever f Ira. Ghbadh is curry h direcrf he Naoal Ira Raio and Tlvisi erhmeii.

r he nex 20 yars Ca ainain os iswh Yai and Ghbaeh freuy ing wihhem fr sraey in he Uid Sas uro aIr. I 197 Coa visie Iran. Ghadh se upa l f cacs for e whi I as hr Coarcely remiisc. u h did a sy jo. I asblew sme cvers. Th las eing ih Yadi dGhbeh place la as winr hn Corve hmeii's hadquarrs i Fran.

Cam's ivlve i h Iran orain ismsre raphiay by his coaboraion ih aulrlefis errrs by h of Drakshsh whw ies Bri wh h ary 1960s over he r Naial Teahrs Assoiai. I163 he eliberaely le he Naial Tahrs Aci i sup srie suain ha rsud i a

bly cofrnaio wih h ary riggig a avf clshes hruhu h ounry. I Aril 1977Dershesh rve o rac and hn h UidSaes crde h Khomeini opraion einwh bh Ghbeh an Yadi. H aso wihCa.

Dershesh rredly asd Coa o inrcede hs behlf Washingn fr suor fro heCrer misrai ecouragd y Carr's sad

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