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December 3, 2010
Special Dispatch No.3422
Egyptian TV Host Tamer Amin: I Support Iran and Egypt Obtaining Nuclear Weapons Because 'There Must Be Some Scarecrow to Frighten' Israel

Following is an interview with Egyptian TV host Tamer Amin, which aired on LBC TV (Lebanon) on November 10, 2010

To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2700.htm.


Interviewer: "Are you for or against revoking the Egyptian citizenship of Egyptian men who marry Israeli women?" 

Amin Taher: "Everything should be taken from them, not just their citizenship." [...] 

Interviewer: Are you for or against the government outlawing the Muslim Brotherhood? 

Amin Taher: "I support it." 

Interviewer: "You said, in an interview with the Al-Dustour newspaper, that you are not allowed to host members of the Muslim Brotherhood. In a TV interview, you said that you oppose the Muslim Brotherhood and Kifaya, but you are not against the opposition. The way I see it, the Muslim Brotherhood and Kifaya are two important components of the opposition." 

Amin Taher: "I did not say that I was forbidden to host them. It is the Muslim Brotherhood members who are not allowed to appear on TV. It is not that I personally am not allowed to host them. No show on Egyptian TV would host them, because the Egyptian TV considers them to be an illegal organization. I have a problem with the Muslim Brotherhood and Kifaya because they are illegal organizations." [...] 

Interviewer: "Are you for or against granting full rights to homosexuals – like the right to come out of the closet, the right to marry, the right to adopt children, the right to live?" 

Amin Taher: "All their rights should be shattered to pieces." 

Interviewer: "Are you for or against the ban on the niqab in universities and governmental departments?" 

Amin Taher: "I support the ban on the niqab." 

Interviewer: "Why?"

Amin Taher: "For security reasons. I need to know who is facing me. It might be someone in disguise." [...] 

Interviewer: "Are you for or against Egypt obtaining nuclear weapons?" 

Amin Taher: "I'm very much for it." 

Interviewer: "Why?" 



 

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