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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Cognitive dissonance at the Nobel prize offices

The gave the Nobel peace prize to a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, and now tell us that it's OK, there is nothing to worry about, and we should not be concerned.

Rabbit hole alert!


From The Jerusalem Post October 12 by Oren Kessler


Nobel Peace panel stands behind Muslim Brotherhood winner


The chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize committee has dismissed concerns that one of this year’s three recipients, Tawakkul Karman of Yemen, represents a party directly linked to the Muslim Brotherhood.

Thorbojern Jagland told reporters in Oslo this weekend that he disagrees with the “perception” widespread in the West that the Brotherhood is a threat to democracy.

Perception holds fast against reality, a dangerous land to inhabit.

“There are many signals that that kind of movement can be an important part of the solution,” he said. “We have included the Arab Spring in this prize, but we have put it in a particular context.

“Namely, if one fails toinclude the women in the revolution and the new democracies, there will be nodemocracy.”

Karman, 32 and a mother of three, is a leading member of Islah (Reform), Yemen’s main opposition movement. The movement is split into three wings: a tribal confederacy led by the head of the powerful Al- Ahmar tribe; a political movement that operates under the Muslim Brotherhood banner; and a religious branch linked to the worldwide Salafi movement.

So where is she NOT a jihadist?

The last of these is led by Abdul Majeed al-Zindani, a Sunni religious scholar and former adviser to Osama bin Laden who is considered a terrorist by the US.

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