Abdelhay Youssef: The Muslim Brotherhood’s Killing Machine in Sudan.. al-Bashir’s Close Friend
The Takfir Machine in Sudan, the Islamist whose name has recently emerged due to what it carries in its folds during the fighting between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army in the country, is the Islamist Abdul Hay Yousif, currently residing in Turkey, known for his support for the Islamist Hamas movement
The Muslim Brotherhood’s member Abdul Hay Yousif owns a series of channels that are broadcast from a platform outside the authority of the Sudanese Broadcasting Authority. These channels are distributed in some African countries, including Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia. They promote the ideas of the Muslim Brotherhood in the local languages of the societies of these countries, and they also broadcast ideas that are poisonous to the Sudanese people in the current crisis.
Who is the Muslim Brotherhood Sheikh?
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Abdul Hay Yousif was one of the closest confidants of the deposed President Omar Al-Bashir. Abdul Hay is considered one of the most prominent Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Sudan, known locally as the “Religious Manias.” Abdul Hay Yousif has accumulated experience in inciting, extremism, and sowing discord inside Sudan and abroad.
Dean of the University of Africa
Youssef, known as Abu Omar, was born in Cairo in 1964. He graduated from the Islamic University of Medina at the College of Sharia and completed graduate studies at the University of Khartoum in 1998.
Yousif worked as dean of the Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Africa. He is also the imam and khatib of the Islamic Missionary Ring Complex in Khartoum. Although he does not follow Maliki’s doctrine, he is inclined to his scholars, especially in matters that he did not investigate.
Al-Bashir Government
Yousif began his life as a supporter of the al-Bashir government, considering it as representing Islam, and it seems that the regime decided to use him behind the opposition curtain and began criticizing the system in order to absorb the tension. However, during the trials of the ousted leader, investigations revealed the strong ties between the preacher and the “Kezan” Brotherhood of Sudan, after it was revealed that al-Bashir had donated to the “Tayba” channel, which is a platform for the controversial Abdul Rahman Youssef.
During one of the Friday sermons, which he dedicated to attacking the government of the Forces of Freedom and Change, he described it as having “raped” the rule, and he challenged the government that sided against him, saying, “Glory be to God, do you fear me, do you threaten me with your solidarity against me? I say that my imprisonment is a retreat, my exile is tourism, and my killing is martyrdom,” citing a statement by the Imam Ibn Taymiyyah.
After the famous sermon, a group of people outside the mosque pledged allegiance to him as the Emir of the Believers, but he refused, considering himself released from that pledge, which may be used against him and will definitely put him on the list of those accused of extremism and terrorism, as described by international agencies.
