Florida Muslim Brotherhood’s Muslim Capitol Day (video)

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Governor Rick Scott’s Kabuki Dance with the Muslim Brotherhood in Tallahassee

It was the third annual Florida Muslim Capitol Day in Tallahassee organized by ex-Tampa CAIR director, Egyptian-born Ahmed Bedier, former spokesperson for convicted terror supporter Sami al Arian, and founder of United Voices for America (UVA). There were Florida National Guardsmen armed with sub-machine guns patrolling the courtyard of the Capitol Rotunda building. Unlike last year there was relative calm this year.

Last year Joe Kaufman of Americans Against Hate and The United West (TUW) videographer, J. Mark Campbell were involved in separate assaults and battery by a Muslim professor at Florida Atlantic University and Islamic Center of Boca Raton leader, Bassem Abdo Alhalabi on Florida Muslim capitol day on March 11, 2010. Alhalabi was a research assistant of convicted felon Sami al Arian, a former computer science Professor at the University of South Florida convicted of raising funds for Palestinian terrorist group, Islamic Jihad. Professor Alhalabi pled guilty to the assault and battery charges against Kaufman and Campbell in a Tallahassee court decision in February, 2011.

This year on Florida Muslim Capitol day, Bedier got an endorsement from Governor Rick Scott. This despite evidence that Rich Swier in a Red County article “Florida Muslim Brotherhood Organizes Muslim Capitol Day” portrayed Bedier’s “two faces” –speaking about grass roots democracy in both Florida and Egypt while advancing the Muslim Brotherhood's green flag. Bedier, according to Swier, wants Democracy for the Muslim Brotherhood and not for the rest of us.

Scott may have been under the influence of a Muslim sympathizer and noted conservative, Grover Norquist. Red-bearded Norquist was seen frequently on Governor Scott’s campaign bus during the 2010 gubernatorial election campaign in Florida. Norquist is the doyenne of Conservative lobbyists on Washington’s K-street. He is viewed by many as the architect of the Bush tax cuts. He was instrumental in inviting Washington conservative Muslim American Lawyer and former Congressional aide Suhail Khan to join the American Conservative Union (ACU) board. ACU sponsors the annual, well attended, Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington; a must stop for GOP Presidential candidates and conservative icons. Suhail Khan in a video answer to TUW activist J. Mark Campbell’s question at the 2011 CPAC said that “Sharia doesn’t exist in America.”

For whatever reason today Governor Scott chose to do a ‘Kabuki dance’ with Bedier and his UVA contingent while stiff arming anti-Sharia activists organized by the newly formed The United West (TUW) organization led by Tom Trento of the Florida Security Council. 24 TUW activists showed up, including six teenagers, in Tallahassee to distribute information about the activist group and materials in support of the Florida versions of the “American Laws for American Courts”, SB 1294 and HB 1217.  Earlier in the day, several TUW activists approached the Governor’s office and inquired whether he would meet with Bedier and several hundred United voices of America (UVA) supporters.  They were informed that nothing was listed on his appointment scheduled.  However, later he did show up at the UVA meeting.

TUW activist and videographer J. Mark Campbell approached Governor Scott three times following the meeting with Bedier and specifically asked him why he was meeting with a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and the revolution in Egypt. Scott simply opined, send me your information. Campbell noted to this writer, “either Scott is totally ignorant or he is complicit.” Or was this part of Governor Scott’s ‘kabuki dance’ with the Muslim Brotherhood, without revealing his cards.

We interviewed several TUW activists who were present at the Bedier encounter with Governor Scott. Here were their impressions of what occurred.

The UVA meeting was held in a room on the 22nd floor of the office building adjacent to the Capitol rotunda in Tallahassee. TUW activists spoke of constantly being hassling and their pictures taken by security people at the UVA meeting. Some were threatened with being ejected. TUW event coordinator Alan Kornman was told to leave the public area by a Capitol police officer who previously told him that his presence was a disruption. Kornman complied, but then later returned. TUW videographer, Campbell was also ordered to leave but refused. Capitol police later agreed with Campbell’s right to stay.

Bedier  told his audience that American Muslims had to become empowered by entering into the political process and standing for elective office. On specific initiatives this year he focused on their opposition to the Florida Senate and House anti-Sharia bills, "American Laws for American Courts" legislation, as an affront to their dignity and freedom of worship as American Muslims. Bedier argued that undocumented aliens should not be subject to criminal prosecution and their children permitted to attend public universities. That was a reference to Florida HB 55 introduced by State Rep. Bullard exempting so-called undocumented students from paying non-resident tuition in the Florida College System. That fit Bedier's portrayal of undocumented aliens as impoverished immigrants.

Gov. Scott spoke about his themes from his election campaign: jobs, reducing taxes and attracting business to the Sunshine state. He did not endorse their anti- anti-Sharia and pro undocumented aliens stands. While he did pose for a group picture, and a picture with Bedier who blocked the Governor’s exit. When the governor was asked by a TUW activist later why he made the appearance at the UVA event, he answered that he was just doing his job.

Following his departure and the conclusion of the UVA meetings, Governor Scott held a press conference at which J. Mark Campbell posed his questions about the UVA Muslim Brotherhood connections that received no good answers.

Bedier will clearly use the pictures as evidence of an endorsement by Governor Scott. We can visualize the Governor's media minder spinning the argument that he was simply making a courtesy stop with his 'constituents' visiting the State Capitol.

TUW activists present on Florida Muslim Capitol Day said that there were not as many people present as were at last year's event. Moreover, there were not many young people with the exception of a couple with two small children used as props for supporting ‘education’ aid. The usual assortment of women swathed in head coverings were present including an American convert to Islam. Bedier said the UVA gathering was evidence of Muslims in Florida gaining power and that they should smile at opponents and act superior. Because they represent a superior culture, or so they believe.

I found the interview with the teenage TUW volunteer to be precious and an uplifting experience. She was compelled to come along with her Godmother, because she was concerned about women being oppressed and denied equal rights under Sharia. She commented that it was an empowering experience for her and the other young people who came to the TUW sponsored event because they got to see how government works and how advocacy can affect outcomes. She is 17 and will be off to college next year with the intent of possibly entering the law. She was articulate and thoughtful - a harbinger of the next generation of activists in the TUW “boots on the ground” mold.

It would appear that she knows more about the subject of Sharia and the Muslim Brotherhood than does Governor Scott who appears to have struck a Hogan’s Heroes Sgt Schultz pose saying “I know nothing.”  But then it’s all politics, right?
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More via the Red County article mentioned above. It highlights many of Bedier’s terrorist sympathies and also points out that Bedier, like his CAIR counterparts, was in Egypt to help overthrow the government:

Ahmed is not just a community organizer with ties to individuals and organizations in America who are part of the Muslim Brotherhood; he is also an anarchist who personally traveled to Cairo, Egypt to take part in the effort to topple the government there. Photos on Ahmed’s Facebook page show him proudly waving an Egyptian flag and standing in front of a tank in Cairo.


Ahmed Bedier on cell phone in Cairo, Egypt.


Ahmed Bedier with Egyptian anarchists and military.

The only problem is we now know that the primary group behind the revolution is the Muslim Brotherhood.

The New York Times column by Michael Slackman “Islamist Group Is Rising Force in a New Egypt” states:

“In post-revolutionary Egypt, where hope and confusion collide in the daily struggle to build a new nation, religion has emerged as a powerful political force, following an uprising that was based on secular ideals. The Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group once banned by the state, is at the forefront, transformed into a tacit partner with the military government that many fear will thwart fundamental changes.” [My emphasis]

According to the Paltalk News Network column “Muslim Brotherhood: Egyptian revolution was Islamic, not democratic”:

“The leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood on Sunday maintained that the toppling of President Hosni Mubarak and his regime was driven primarily by a desire to return Egypt to its Islamic roots, and not by a Western ideal of democracy.

Speaking from Iran, where he is attending the International Conference on Islamic Unity, Kamal Helbawi stressed the Islamic nature of the Egyptian uprising, and criticized international efforts to make the revolution look like a move toward the West and its principles.

‘People of Egypt are seeking human dignity, social justice, and their human rights none of which has any contradiction with Islamic principles,’ Helbawi told Iran’s IRNA news agency. He added that the people’s demands stemmed from their interest in Islam.”

Are you seeing the picture unfold before you? The Muslim Brotherhood and Ahmed Bedier are all for democracy as long as it is under Islamic Shariah Law. How do I know? Because he and his organization, the United Voices for America, are against passage of American Law for American Courts legislation in Florida – SB1294. In an e-mail to Muslims and non-Muslims alike Mr. Bedier states:

“A nationwide assault on religious freedom is underway. Right-wing lawmakers across the country are trying to demonize Muslims with sneaky new laws. It’s happening in Oklahoma, Missouri, and, now, Florida.”

This law is not about “religious freedom”, it is about equal justice under American laws. Why would a Muslim organization like UVA want Shariah Islamic Law implemented in Florida? If you believe in equal rights and justice then U.S. laws, not Shariah Islamic Law, provide all of us those freedoms. What is wrong with American and Florida law in the mind of Mr. Bedier?

According to a paper provided by proponents of the law, titled “Why American and Florida Laws for Florida Courts“:

“The purpose of American and Florida Laws for Florida Courts [HB 1273] is to preserve the sovereignty of the US and Florida and their respective Constitutions by preventing the encroachment of foreign laws and legal systems, such as Shariah law, that run counter to our individual constitutional liberties and freedoms.”

In closing, Mr. Bedier is closely following the Muslim Brotherhood’s “Phases of the World Underground Movement Plan” as described in the seminal work Shariah: The Threat to America. The MB’s document, defines five (5) phases of the MB’s infiltration into a society:

I.        Discreet / Secret establishment of elite leadership (CAIR and Sami Al Arian)

II.       Gradual appearance on the public scene & utilizing various public activities (CAIR, Sami Al Arian, PIJ and Mr. Bedier)

III.    Escalation phase, prior to conflict/confrontation with rulers, utilizing mass media (Mr. Bedier as communications director of CAIR Florida Chapter, founder of CAIR Tampa Chapter,  unofficial representative of Sami Al Arian and founder of United Voices of America)

IV.    Open public confrontation with the government through political pressure approach (Muslim Capitol Day, pressure on Florida legislature against American Laws for American Courts – SB1294)

V.      Seizing power to establish the Islamic Nation (Mr. Bedier in Cairo, Egypt last month and this month in Tallahassee, FL)

Egypt, with the help of Mr. Bedier is at Phase Five, the United States and Florida in particular, again with the help of Mr. Bedier and UVA, are at Phase Four of the plan moving rapidly toward Phase Five.