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December 1, 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

December 1, 2010
Egypt, Lebanon | Special Dispatch No. 3422

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

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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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