The "Muslim Brotherhood" & Freemasonry

Hassan el-Banna established the Muslim Brotherhood secret society. Sayyid Qutb was the ideologue of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in the 1950s and 1960s and became the most influential theorist of the Islamic revolution in Egypt and beyond. He is considered by some to be the foundation of what is referred to as "Radical Islamism," which is viewed as the ideological basis for groups like ISIS. Qutb projected the image of a devout Muslim who rejected all forms of Western secularism and materialism and openly criticized Freemasonry. However the Muslim Brotherhood drove recruitment from Masonic lodges, and that Qutb himself was a Mason.

"I learned from Antoine Catafago, head of the Nour Libnan (Light of Lebanon) Lodge, which is part of the Greater Syrian-Lebanese Lodge, that Sheikh Ahmad Yousef Hamoud who, as I mentioned in a previous report, is a Freemason and member of this Lodge, suggested that he invite a large number of Muslim Brothers to join his Lodge, because once they join and assume leading position, its influence will be strengthened and its revenues will increase; but that he refused... The objective behind Ahmad Hamoud’s proposal is to use Freemasonry for political aims, namely to further the interests of the Muslim Brothers... his actions towards this end are illegal and could lead to chaos, as has happened in Egypt" (A Journalist informant in Beirut, 1949).

"Hassan el-Banna, founder of the secret society the Muslim Brotherhood. We know little about his family, except that they were watchmakers – a trade reserved for the Jewish community in Egypt. Despite denials, Sayyid Qutb was a Freemason" (nexusnewsfeed.com, 2018).

"The Egyptian historian, Helmi Nimnim has just published a new biography of Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966). Qutb theorized jihad as interpreted by the Muslim Brotherhood. In this book, the historian reproduces an article that Qutb had written, ennoscriptd “Why I became a freemason” published in the journal al-Taj al-Masri (the “Crown of Egypt”) on 23 April 1943, i.e., before Qutb journeyed to the United States and became part of the Muslim Brotherhood. A number of authors have already signalled the similarities between the initiation rites of the Muslim Brotherhood and Free Masonry. However this is the first time that someone is putting forward evidence that Sayyid Qutb was a freemason. At that time, the Egyptian lodges were under the direct control of the British Secret Services and the Egyptian King Farouk was a freemason. What we still need to clarify is whether Sayyid Qutb was a CIA Agent” (voltairenet.org, 2018).