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The British daily The Telegraph has unveiled the strategy of the Muslim Brotherhood in the United Kingdom, which is based on presenting a moderate discourse in public while concealing radical ideological aims behind closed doors. This is part of a structured plan to infiltrate political and social institutions and build long-term influence.

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In his article, David Abrahams, former vice-president of the Royal Institute of Security, notes that an unusual silence hangs over Britain whenever the Brotherhood is discussed. “This silence,” he writes, “is not the careful stillness of academic caution, but a suffocating muteness born of political cowardice disguised as cultural sensitivity.”

Abrahams asserts that the Brotherhood is “not merely a religious school of thought or a minor strand of Islamic heritage,” but rather “a transnational political project, meticulously organized, ultimately aiming to reshape society.”

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Their skill, he argues, lies not in overt extremism, but in exploiting democratic processes to undermine their own foundations. “They display moderation in public while promoting ideological radicalism in private. Their representatives are educated, articulate figures who cloak extremism in the language of human rights.”

The movement, he says, does not win through force but through infiltration: taking seats at government roundtables, securing grants, gaining control of community organizations, and penetrating institutions while presenting themselves as the legitimate voice of Britain’s Muslims.

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“They do not shout for jihad in the streets; they whisper about Islamophobia in council meetings, while discrediting Muslims who oppose their rule. It is a soft coup against identity—loyalty replaces pluralism, and ideology supplants faith,” Abrahams writes.

The article warns that in its pursuit of social cohesion, Britain has at times granted influence to actors who are among the least representative of the diversity within Muslim communities. Local authorities, government departments, and academic institutions often give platforms to figures linked to Brotherhood networks, mistakenly assuming their organizational presence reflects popular legitimacy. This has the effect of sidelining moderate Muslim voices who reject the Brotherhood’s vision but lack the means to counter it.

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The consequences are severe: British Muslims are caught in a double bind—targeted by anti-Muslim hatred on one side and hemmed in by Islamist gatekeepers on the other, who label dissenters as traitors. The movement has created a political climate in which Islamic identity is defined not by faith, but by allegiance to its cause.

Abrahams warns that conflating Islam with Islamism is not just a mistake—it is a danger, as it feeds the false narrative that every Muslim in Britain supports a regressive ideology. This fuels division and pushes moderate Muslims to the margins. Real inclusion means engaging Muslims as citizens, not as proxies for political Islam.

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In 2015, a government review commissioned by former Prime Minister David Cameron concluded that the Brotherhood maintains a dual discourse—moderate in public, radical in private—and warned that its ideology and networks pose a potential threat to democratic values. Nearly a decade later, the report remains neglected, while the Brotherhood continues to entrench itself in civil society.

Protecting British Muslims, Abrahams argues, requires more than condemning anti-Muslim hatred: it also means confronting the forces seeking to control Muslims from within. This is not repression but liberation—refusing to allow ideologues to speak for an entire religion.

He concludes: “Silence is not the price of tolerance; moral clarity is. The United Kingdom must reject the myth that Islamist movements embody Muslim identity. Only then can we ensure that British Muslims are not left trapped between the hammer of hatred and the anvil of Islamist domination.”

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