The Muslim Brotherhood: Repository Of Foundational Documents – Part V: On The Qatar-Backed…

This report is part of MEMRI’s repository of contemporary and historical foundational documents of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) movement.

The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), an arm of the Qatari regime for disseminating extremist Islamist, anti-Western and antisemitic ideology,[1] maintains close ties with the terrorist organization Hamas, in line with Qatar’s decades-long policy of supporting terrorist organizations around the world. Both the IUMS and Hamas are closely affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), whose branches in Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan were designated by the U.S. as terrorist on January 13, 2026, with a similar designation being considered by the E.U.[2]

The Tragedy of Great-Power Foreign Policy

For almost 30 years after the Cold War ended, American foreign policy elites argued that the United States should use its unmatched military and economic power as a force for transformation. For some, this meant working to expand the role of multilateral institutions such as NATO, promoting unfettered free trade, and protecting human rights worldwide, even by using military force. Others believed that the United States should wield its military power as democracy’s spear by subduing violent terrorists, overthrowing tyrannical regimes, and deterring potential revisionist powers. These views, however, were two sides of the same coin: underlying both was a belief that the United States must maintain its dominant position in the world and, when necessary, wield its might to defend liberal rights.

Sixty Russian agents identified: Prigozhin’s influence network taken over by the foreign intelligence service

At the “Company”, a group of “34 specialists,” sometimes referred to as “sociologists” or “political technologists,” work under Klyukin’s supervision. Responsible for monitoring and analyzing the political situation in 15 countries, they write briefing notes and conduct telephone surveys with thousands of respondents — 1,133 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in June 2024, another 1,024 in Mali in August, and so on.

How Turkey Can Help the Economies of the South Caucasus to Diversify

A comprehensive, forward-looking strategy for the South Caucasus that also factors in the potential of Central Asia is critical to help the South Caucasus strengthen its competitiveness, diversify its economic relations, and move beyond its traditional path dependencies. One key step would be to establish a regional cooperation framework that leverages the industrial potential of countries such as Uzbekistan by linking them more closely with EU technology and Turkey’s commercialization capacity. This would make envisaged connectivity projects meaningful and truly transformative. At the same time, smaller South Caucasus economies could benefit from targeted sectoral transformation in areas such as cultural exchanges, ecotourism, and IT, which offer opportunities for inclusive job creation.

L’Europe et l’OTAN

Les nations européennes ne peuvent pas être souveraines au sein de l’OTAN.

La réunion annuelle du Forum économique mondial à Davos n’est pas réputée pour être un foyer de résistance anti-impérialiste, et encore moins pour son discours anti-américain. Pourtant, ce ton a indéniablement prévalu dans de nombreux discours prononcés lors du dernier Forum.

A warning for anti-fascists as ‘brown plague’ spreads in France

Anti-racist organiser Denis Godard spoke to Thomas Foster about the wave of fascist violence on the streets, how the political centre has enabled it—and what the left should do

The far right is on the offensive in France. Fascist mobs have ­rampaged through the streets, sometimes in groups hundreds-strong.

L’Amérique est-elle un pays indépendant ou un État fantoche d’Israël ?

L’Amérique est-elle un pays indépendant ou un État fantoche d’Israël ?

Comment les nations sont détruites

La fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale ne marqua que le début de la destruction de l’Allemagne. Les Américains prirent le contrôle du système éducatif allemand. Ce contrôle leur permit de définir les programmes et de rédiger les manuels scolaires. Cette mainmise américaine sur l’éducation fut utilisée pour culpabiliser les Allemands d’être Allemands. On leur enseigna que le Troisième Reich était un crime contre l’humanité rendu possible par le nationalisme allemand. Chaque aspect du Troisième Reich devint indéfendable. Toute forme de nationalisme allemand fut suspectée d’être une résurgence du nazisme.

Iran: When Ayatollahs Lampoon the Clergy

“Look at our times a handful of imposter clerics
Having no notion of reason and science
Having no notion of what man is about
Desperate like donkeys in search of fodder
All they care about is eating and fornicating
Have cast aside notions of shame and honor
They seek nothing but loot and plunder
Alien they are to rules of faith.”

— Sanai, 11th century Persian poet, from a samizdat distributed in the “holy” city of Qom, the bastion of Iranian clergy, February 20, 2026, the 40th day of the deaths of thousands of protesters across Iran.

Carlson–Huckabee Clash Ignites Diplomatic Firestorm After Biblical Land Claims, Epstein Allegations, and Conservative Rift Over Israel

A bruising, nearly three-hour exchange between conservative commentator Tucker Carlson and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has ignited political backlash across the Middle East and exposed deep fractures within the American right over Israel, religion, and US foreign policy. Filmed at Ben-Gurion Airport, the wide-ranging interview mixed theology, Gaza war ethics, espionage controversies, and sensational allegations—some of which Carlson later retracted.