A former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Ibrahim Rabie, has revealed the dark history of Yahya Hamad, a former Brotherhood leader and minister of investment under Mohamed Morsi. Hamad's activities did not stop at political work within the Brotherhood or holding a government position during its rule. Instead, his activities extended to international media and politics after leaving Egypt. He appeared on foreign platforms and wrote articles about Egypt's situation.
Ibrahim Rabie stated that the Brotherhood received external support to promote its discourse against the Egyptian state. One form of this support was buying spaces in English newspapers to publish articles by Brotherhood leaders, aiming to incite against the Egyptian state. Rabie considered that the matter is not limited to publishing opinion articles but extends to using these platforms to attack the Egyptian state and promote what he described as lies and fabricated information.
Rabie added that the English newspapers publishing Brotherhood leaders' articles receive generous funding. He believes that this is part of broader relations between the Brotherhood and some external parties. Rabie pointed out that Britain played a role in supporting the organization and hosting its elements, allowing its leaders to move from its territory and use its media platforms.
The former Brotherhood leader believes that this support is related to the nature of the role that the Brotherhood was established to play. He stated that Britain and its agencies and newspapers supported the Brotherhood, which was founded to act as its agent in influencing the Arab citizen's awareness and infiltrating society, weakening its cultural and national immunity.
Rabie linked this activity to attempts to create chaos within national states, aiming to break the state's prestige, overthrow its institutions, and create a political reality that serves the interests of the powers supporting the organization. He stressed that the latter was one of the prominent Brotherhood faces that continued to appear on foreign platforms after leaving Egypt.
Yahya Hamad published an article in Foreign Policy magazine, discussing the Egyptian economy, which sparked widespread criticism from Egyptian figures. They considered what was mentioned in it an attempt to present a negative image of the Egyptian economy in foreign media. According to reports, Hamad's role was not limited to writing, as he was accused of participating in financing Brotherhood tours in Europe and preparing reports sent to Western governments.
Ibrahim Rabie pointed out that publishing Brotherhood leaders' articles in foreign newspapers was not an isolated media activity but part of a broader support system, where money, media platforms, and external political relations intersect. He stated that Britain and the West, in general, have not stopped supporting the organization and opening platforms for its leaders to publish what he described as incitement and lies against the Egyptian state.
Key points
- A former Brotherhood leader reveals external support for the Brotherhood
- Yahya Hamad's activities extended to international media and politics after leaving Egypt
- The support received by the Brotherhood includes buying spaces in English newspapers to publish articles by its leaders
