By Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen
FrontPageMagazine.com | March 14, 2006

“We are continuing in Khomeini’s path,” HAMAS leader Khaled Mashaal declared on March 1, 2006, while in Iran for another of his many recent visits. Mashaal emphasized that HAMAS is the spiritual offspring of the Ayatollah Khomeini—a surprising reaffirmation that the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence extends to Shiite Iran, not only to Sunni organizations.

Mashaal’s statement should have come as no surprise, considering the February 22 public reassurance of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinedjad: “Since the divine treasures are infinite, you [HAMAS] should not be concerned about economic issues.”

The MB heavily influenced Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who developed the Iranian version of their ideology in the 1970s. Khomeini adhered to the teaching of Egyptian MB spiritual leader Sayyid Qutb and followed the lead of Muhammad Navab-Safavi, who fled from Iran to Egypt and was an MB guest donate a quarter of their income to HAMAS. Continue reading “The Mullah-Hamas Axis” →

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