Egyptian MP Interrupts Legislative Session With Loud Muslim Prayer: ‘Allah Akbar’
- Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:30am by
Sharona Schwartz
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This story will make the most provocative rhetoric from Capitol Hill look tame and demonstrate it’s not only American politicians who crave publicity. An Egyptian member of parliament from the hardline Islamist Salafi party provoked an uproar Tuesday when he stood up in the middle of legislative proceedings and began chanting his afternoon Muslim prayers. Loudly.
His action angered the speaker of the parliament, startled fellow lawmakers, and evoked embarrassment from those sitting nearby. Shortly after he began his chants, other members of parliament got up and tried to gently coax him into leaving.
MEMRI – the Middle East Media Research Institute – translated the video and reports:
In the middle of proceedings during yesterday’s [Tuesday’s] session of the Egyptian parliament, Salafi MP Mamdouh Ismail suddenly stood up from his bench and gave the call to the afternoon asr prayer, which is usually given from mosque minarets. Parliamentary speaker Saad Al-Katatny reacted angrily.
Those curious about a Muslim Brotherhood effort to bring Islam into the legislative process might be encouraged to know Sa’ad Al-Katatny, the speaker who criticized MP Ismail vehemently, repeatedly shouting at him to “Sit down!” is himself a representative of the Muslim Brotherhood-founded Freedom and Justice Party. Here is an excerpt of the exchange that MEMRI translated and transcribed:
Parliamentary speaker: “I did not authorize you to do this. We have a mosque. You can call to prayer there.”
Mamdouh Ismail: “…I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah…”
Speaker: “Mr. Mamdouh Ismail, when you finish calling to prayer, I will have to speak with you, because you have violated the protocol of this session.”
Mamdouh Ismail: “…come to prayer, come to success. Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar. There is no God but Allah.”
Speaker: “MP Mahmdouh Ismail has violated the protocol of this session. He used the time given to him to call to prayer without asking my permission. There is a mosque where you can call to prayer. This hall is for talking. Don’t you patronize us. You are no more Muslim than us. Prayer is no less important to us than it is to you.”
[Applause]
The speaker seemed to accuse Ismail of playing to the cameras:
Speaker: “This place is not for calling to prayer. If you want to call to prayer, excuse yourself… Go and call to prayer at the mosque. This is not the hour of prayer. You are a respected lawyer. Do you need all this attention from the media?
Ismail told reporters after the session that he was concerned proceedings were running so long he would miss his afternoon, or Asr prayers. Devout Muslims pray five times a day. The third prayer – for which Ismail claimed he was late – is the Asr afternoon prayer.
From MEMRI:
After the session, Ismail said, “We are not in the Vatican, this is a Muslim country, we need to pray on time.” Adding that the politicians had been missing many prayers during the parliamentary sessions, he said, “I asked the speaker several times to organize the parliamentary sessions around prayer times… [He] agreed and said he would take action, but he never followed through. His reply to me was like that of a dictator, even though he was in the wrong.”
Ismail told the London-based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat that:
…it would be a disgrace to the Muslim Brotherhood-led parliament if he is punished, and that he had been surprised by the attack on him by Muslim Brotherhood MPs. He added that the Muslim Brotherhood, whose alliance occupies nearly 47 percent of seats, wants to steer the assembly according to its will, and that the group’s members would not have objected had it been one of them who had given the call to prayer.
The Egyptian parliament is made up of almost three-fourths Islamist members. The Democratic Alliance, headed by the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, won almost 47 percent of seats, and the Salafi Nour party won 24 percent of seats. If he wasn’t well-known before, Member of Parliament Mamdouh Ismail is now likely a household name in Egypt.
Watch the video translated courtesy of MEMRI:
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Comments (42)
janmil200
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 12:36amSheila Jackson Lee–Keith Ellison-YUP!
Report Post »notreally
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:37pmNotice how he was not evicted? He speaks the truth — to all Muslims: “Allahu Akbar!, and all your damned protocols can go to hell!”
Report Post »recoveringeden
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:15pmSilence! I kill you….
Report Post »barnsy
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:32pmHaHa look at that goofball……Alalaah Alalaah…..I cant here you….Alalalalah !
Report Post »Seagal45
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:10pmGet used to it, you and your glorious revolution…you wanted, you got it.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:01pmmuslim = crazy.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 3:57pmAll is Normal… just life in a State of the Caliphate!
Report Post »garbagecanlogic
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 1:22pmGive him a couple of virgins for that outburst! He deserves it.
Pray For Obama. Psalm 109:8
The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
Report Post »The U.N. Out Of The U.S.
hwyphd1
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 12:47pmOff with all the infidels heads
Report Post »ginger100
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 12:33pmThe Egyptian version of Sheila Jackson Lee.
Report Post »moreteaplease
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 2:40pm….after she stopped shaving :)
Report Post »janmil200
Posted on February 10, 2012 at 12:33amAin’t THAT the truth!
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 11:55amThis time next year we’ll all be told to get on our rugs and pray five time as day. If you refuse, you die. Well, guess I’ll be dead. “Give me liberty or give me death.” I want liberty, and will die for it. See ya in Heaven.
Report Post »BlackCrow
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 10:55amThe book is open (I’m taking wagers) on how long it will take before this assembly of camel drivers are hacking each other to pieces over herds of sheep.
Report Post »B-Neil
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 10:53amNow you know why they are TWO THOUSAND ( 2000 ) years behind schedule. CARRY ON McDUFF
Report Post »jihadazzkicker
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 10:52amGood thing odumbo was not there, he would have dove to his knees and had his head on the floor before he realized what he was doing Alla ak NUT we are all nuts
Report Post »TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 10:15amEgypt is becoming the Islamic state that many in the MSM said would not happen-that she would be a democracy…right…what is next? The governmental system of a Caliphate?
Report Post »donh2
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 10:11amVery interesting to see Mahmoud use the Aleister Crowley sign of the Beast hand gesture in Egypt …. casting a dark horned Baal beast shadow upon the wall……> http://www.crystalinks.com/crowleypyrhat.jpg
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 9:59amPure and simple, what he did is acceptable in their messed up country. You cannot separate their religion from their everyday life…just an example of their form of government, not our form of government…
Our government is trying to remove the real God out of our lives…there is an attack going here in the USA…
The Radical Muslims will use the useful idiots, atheist and others, to ratchet up the attack here…and the most organized gang will take over…and who do you think that will be? Get ready, Jesus is coming.
Report Post »BEAR0571
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 9:26amThere’s a saying, that I am trying to remember, ” If you lie with dogs, you get “? Can anyone help with this saying?
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 10:01amGoogle is your friend. LOL
Report Post »marecanine
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 10:11amIf you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 8:30amKeith Ellison, muslim in Congress, does the same thing…only a little more quietly.
Report Post »Macman1138
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 9:01amI know that your comment is in half jest, but it will happen in this country some day.
Report Post »Hope I’m dead and gone by then.
SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 8:16am.
He must have felt like Joe Wilson……………
Can you imagine if someone stood up and started saying the “Our Father” during a session of congress?………….
Report Post »Thevoice
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:55amWas it me… or was he upset they didn’t order him a pork chop for lunch ….
Report Post »Watchyer6
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:53amHow’s that Arab spring working out?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 8:01amJust like 1776 isn’t it?
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 8:44amobama thinks its great
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 10:27amJust like the Hopey Changey thingy
Report Post »barnsy
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 5:28pmThe Arab Spring is has worked out perfectly.Egypt will most likely get a Muslim Brotherhood prime minister,their taking U.S. citizens hostage,their tearing up the peace treaty with Israel. Boy, Obama must be proud of the movement he backed and touted.
Report Post »JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:45amSo what, it’s their country. Right? They’re just trying to make Obama proud! Let’s hear it for Barak Obama, hip-hip GOODBYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Delta D-5-3
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 8:06amHip Hip Goodbye?? God, I hope so. But if he keeps doing as well as he’s doing in the head to head polls against “any” republican, you should be worried. Why is Barry doing so well in the polls?? Because he HAS THE MEDIA. Look at the news lately. You would think we’ve returned to “Happy Days Again”, and all is great with the world. I don’t know, will the BLIND Americans who voted him in the first time do it again? YES, they will. He has the black vote, hispanic vote, Jewish vote (yes, they still love him), and the left and far left vote. And I just read somewhere where he also has 20% of conservitive vote (ummm, what?). So, bottom line, Barry just may get his 2nd term. I don’t need to remind anyone what that will mean for all of us……………
Report Post »barber2
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 9:11amYes. Like the Obama administration they tell Big Lies – like that phony ” we are the 99% ” variety . The International Left controls the media. That is why they have brought the Murdoch London scandal here to America ! They want to shut down Fox and all conservative information outlets. Very transparent . The Media controls “ public thought” or at least prints all the “ news” they want you to believe !
Report Post »TJexcite
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:36amThis is why there will be a Islamic civil war in Egypt well before there is a war with Israel.
Report Post »marvel
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:26pm@TJexcite
Are you aware that your icon looks like a swastika made of Canadian and Israeli flags?
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:42amThere’s a (dys)functional government for you.
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 7:20amKoo…koo….koo…koo
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 9:56amNo it’s not…you can not remove their religion from their every day life….what the man did is acceptable in the eyes of the religious Muslim.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 6:39amObama must be very proud his radical brothers are in power; wonder if the guy continued later on saying… “brother Obama we will be in the US shortly, prepare the jihad against the infidels,”
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