Exposing the Muslim Brotherhood’s stealth invasion of America

As the United States gears up to celebrate its 250th anniversary, I have watched with growing alarm as the freedoms we cherish have been systematically exploited by those who despise these very freedoms, and use them to destroy America and American values. The chief offender of this systematic invasion is the Muslim Brotherhood. The “Brotherhood” motto declares “Allah is our objective; the Koran is our constitution; the Prophet is our leader; Jihad is our way; and dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.” It has been executing a decades-long strategy of infiltration into America and the West. This is not conspiracy theory. It is documented fact, revealed through raids, trials, and internal memoranda that the Brotherhood itself produced. But there’s more. 

The Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna with the goal of re-establishing Islamic supremacy and ultimately a global caliphate in the wake of the defeat of the Ottoman Empire. While it often presents a public face of moderation, charity, and political engagement, its core ideology remains unchanged: gradual subversion of Western societies from within to impose Sharia. This is what they call “civilizational jihad.”

Emily Winkler, Founder and CEO of VALOP Group, has spent years working to expose the Brotherhood so Americans in specific and the West in general can understand who they are and the threats they pose, and ultimately how do deal with counteracting their dangerous influence. She notes clearly, “The Brotherhood’s agenda and ideology are largely not known in America. As an Islamist ideology and political movement, they seek to undermine Western democracy and reinstate an Islamic caliphate.” 

One of the most damning exposures came with the 2008 Holy Land Foundation trial - the largest terrorism-financing case in U.S. history. FBI agents seized “An Explanatory Memorandum on the General Strategic Goal for the Group in North America,” written in 1991 by Mohamed Akram. This document, entered into evidence and authenticated in federal court, lays out the plan clearly: “The Ikhwan [Muslim Brotherhood] must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and ‘sabotaging’ its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and Allah’s religion is made victorious over all other religions.”

The memorandum lists dozens of Brotherhood-linked organizations operating as fronts in the U.S., including the Muslim Students Association (MSA), the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT), and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR and others were listed as unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land case. These groups were not random charities; they formed part of a “Palestine Committee” tasked with supporting Hamas, the Brotherhood’s “Palestinian” arm, while building influence across American institutions.

“The Brotherhood is a fraternity of Islamic scholars, well placed, with a clear master plan. That plan, written in 1991, has 12 operational arms and numerous subdepartments, making a total of a 72-department infrastructure to achieve its goals across educational, social, political, and commercial realms to undermine Western democracy and replace it with Islamic rule,” Winkler notes. “Americans must understand the size of the threat – managing billions of dollars, and the depth of the penetration which cannot be underestimated or dismissed.” 

Other examples abound. Brotherhood-linked figures gained access to the U.S. military chaplaincy program in the 1990s. They advised on policy, sat at interfaith tables, and positioned themselves as the moderate “voice of American Muslims” to government, media, and academia. CAIR, in particular, has mastered media influence and lawfare, pressuring critics into silence with accusations of “Islamophobia” while advancing narratives that align with Brotherhood goals.

Europe has faced parallel infiltration. In Britain, France, Germany, and beyond, Brotherhood-affiliated networks have established mosques, schools, and advocacy groups that promote parallel societies and Sharia-compliant norms. The 1982 document known as “The Project,” discovered in a raid in Switzerland, outlined a global framework for this long-term systematic cultural and political conquest. It emphasized building institutions, influencing education, and exploiting democratic freedoms to undermine Western democracy itself.

The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), projects that the Brotherhood is at the halfway point of what appears to be a century-long plan, penetrating  Western institutions - government agencies, universities, media, and even civil rights frameworks. They have formed tactical alliances with “progressive” causes, using issues like “Palestine” to mobilize and legitimize their presence while demonizing Israel and Jews.

Exposures have come repeatedly. The Holy Land Foundation convictions linked U.S. Brotherhood networks directly to Hamas funding. Investigations have revealed influence operations targeting Congress, the State Department, DHS, and DOJ. In Europe, intelligence reports and parliamentary inquiries have documented similar patterns. Yet too often, Western leaders have looked the other way, preferring “engagement” with these groups over confrontation, fearing accusations of bigotry or “Islamophobia,” and as the infiltration deepens, courting the Islamic vote and those of “progressives” who have become the chief apologists for Islamic infiltration. This naivety has allowed the wolf to operate in sheep’s clothing.

The danger of not exposing and counteracting the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence is urgent. Its ideology is not merely theological; it is political and supremacist. It views Western civilization rooted in Judeo-Christian values as the enemy to be subverted. Its success relies on our tolerance of the intolerant and our reluctance to name the threat. Recent moves in the U.S. and elsewhere to designate the Brotherhood and its affiliates as terrorist organizations are welcome and overdue. But the designation is only a first step.

America must vet immigration more rigorously, scrutinize foreign funding of mosques and institutions, reform “counter-extremism” programs that have sometimes empowered the wrong partners, and protect free speech so that citizens and officials can discuss these issues without fear. Educational curricula must present facts, not sanitized Brotherhood-approved and imposed narratives. Civil society - churches, synagogues, community groups - must reject partnerships that compromise core values.

The Brotherhood has been exposed time and again through its own words and actions. The question is whether the West will finally act with clarity and resolve this existential challenge demands to eliminate its dangerous impact in America and across the West. As Israel fights Brotherhood’s ideological spawn like Hamas – backed by Brotherhood-dominated states like Turkey and Qatar – on the frontline, those of us in the West who cherish our freedom must recognize that this is not a distant Middle Eastern problem. It is already in our front yard.

The time for denial is over. The evidence is public record. Civilizational jihad has been laid bare. Now is the moment for courageous leadership to defend the West before the house is sabotaged beyond repair and America’s next 250 years will be threatened from within. Our children’s future and the survival of the freedoms we hold dear depends on it.

Emily Winkler will be the guest on the upcoming “Inspiration from Zion” podcast “Exposing the Muslim Brotherhood in Our Backyard” on June 2 at 2:00pm EST. Advance registration is required.