We also found the video on YouTube:
You might be surprised, but his mother comes off as....articulate, respectful, religiously moderate, and intelligent. We here at the blog wish his mother was running instead of him. His mother, Dr. Nawal AbdelAziz Nour, presents herself very well, speaking positively of other religions and condemning the Al-Qaeda attacks.
Nour's attitude is in stark contrast to that of her son, who regularly issues streams of lies to the Egyptian people. An example of that can be found in this video that we found on Bramjnet. Here, Abu Ismail rails against American aid to Egypt, spouting lies such as:
American aid never consists of actual money; Americans love homosexuality and gay marriage, and American aid is intended to promote that; American aid is tool intended to end American unemployment by giving jobs and factories to Americans in Egypt but disguising it as American aid to Egyptians; Americans give Egypt defective food; Americans throw thousands of tons of wheat into the sea to keep the prices high....the list goes on and on. Watching Abu Ismail's videos really shows that the man is not fit to be a president.
Yes, the video of his mother's interview is translated by MEMRI.
ReplyDeleteYes, I know that MEMRI has an anti-Arab, anti-Muslim agenda and that their translations are not always 100% accurate.
However, I think the benefits of having this video translated outweigh the drawbacks.