https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/04/09/the-muslim-brotherhoods-mendacious-charm-campaign-in-washington/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 01:01:56 -0400<![CDATA[In a certain sense, the Muslim Brotherhood’s representatives had no other choice. If they admitted, for example, that they intend to repeal the law that criminalizes sexual harassment—as one of their female parliamentarians declared earlier last week—they would have killed their chances at winning over an American public that embraces gender equality. Similarly, if the Brotherhood’s representatives used their time in Washington to reiterate their leaders’ calls for banning beach tourism, it would have destroyed any hopes of an American taxpayer-aided bailout for the nearly bankrupt Egyptian economy. And if they’d repeated their leaders’ 9/11 conspiracy theories, they would have been on the first plane back to Cairo, rather than invited for meetings at the White House and State Department.]]>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:52:21 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/04/09/the-muslim-brotherhoods-mendacious-charm-campaign-in-washington-n279214