Message from Hosni Mubarak to Ed Husain et al.

From: The Office of the Commander of the Believers, President of the Islamic Republic of Egypt, His Eminence, Hosni Mubarak

To: Ed Husain, Rashad Zaman Ali, Maajid Nawaz et al.

Dear Brothers,

I have read with great comfort your words of support and am happy to be enjoying good health. The mufti has made me aware of your joint fight against those backward people who want a "caliphate" not realising that I am the Ameer of the believers, ruling with justice over Dar al-Islam. Do they not realise that a caliphate is now old and that Maulana George has made it clear that there is a semblance of an evidence that the Egyptian regime is the next best thing? I also learnt of your fight against the prohibition of apostasy, homosexuality and usury - you must fight these backward Muslims who want to implement ancient laws in the twenty first century.

I was especially happy to read the articles in the Sunday papers about Nawaz - we have taught him well and we hope he will continue to repay us with such works - he must defend the office of the President, after all I'm not as bad as Hajjaj bin Yusuf, who was really evil.

Accept my greetings,

Hosni

Authorised: This 9th Day of September 2007 by the Commander in Chief, President George W Bush