RYAN MAURO: A WINDOW ON THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN AMERICA
An Annotated Interview with DHS Advisor Mohamed Elibiary
gence community and homeland security/law enforcement community, as well. On November 11th, Brennan agreed.
This document purge was accompanied—and enhanced—by another effort forwhich Elibiary takes some credit: the promulgation of new Countering Violent Extremism training guidelines issued by the Department of Homeland Security. The Clarion Project published an analysis of those guidelines in May 201360, pointing outhow they restrict training related to the US Muslim Brotherhood and non-violent Islamist tactics. Indeed, these guidelines effectively require the approval of “partners” inthe American Muslim community (i.e., the sorts of “mainstream” groups Elibiary promotes, despite their ties to the Muslim Brotherhood) before trainers can be engagedand the training undertaken.
In addition to Mohamed Elibiary, other controversial members of the DHS Advisory Council involved in crafting these guidelines included Mohamed Morsi, the president of the Islamic Society of North Ameica. ISNA was the very first group listed in the Brotherhood’s 1991 roster of “our organizations and organizations of our friends.”Here’s how Elibiary describes this effort.
