Donald Trump has begun the process of designating some factions of the Islamic Muslim Brotherhood Foreign terrorist organization.
On Monday, the President of the United States signed an executive order requiring the Secretary of State, framework … blondAnd to the Minister of the Treasury, Scott BesantTo prepare a report on whether it is appropriate to include Muslim Brotherhood divisions in countries such as Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan on the list of foreign terrorist organizations and specifically designated global terrorist groups. Rubio and Picent They have 45 days to submit their findingsTrump will then make his final decision.
The Muslim Brotherhood is considered one of the most influential Islamic organizations in the world. It is almost a century old – it was founded in Egypt in 1928 – and It seeks to impose the Qur’an and Sunnah as a means of governing the state. It gained greater political importance after the 2011 revolution, when they came to power after the elections that followed the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak.
As Trump defends in his executive order, the Muslim Brotherhood “has become a transnational network with factions in the Middle East and beyond” and its leaders in Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt engage in, facilitate, or support campaigns of violence and destabilization that harm their regions, American citizens, and American interests.
Trump provides an example of this The Lebanese faction of the Muslim Brotherhood joined Hamas and Hezbollahamong other things, for firing missiles at Israel following Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023. It is also reported that a Muslim Brotherhood leader in Egypt called for attacks against the United States on the same date, and that Jordanian members of the organization provided material support to Hamas.
The start of the appointment of the Muslim Brotherhood had been expected since the end of last week. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Trump on Sunday on this initiative. “It is an organization that endangers stability in the Middle East.”He said in a message on social media.
The Muslim Brotherhood has a presence and importance in some Arab countries, but it has also been declared a terrorist organization in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain. And in Egypt, too, where President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is a great ally of Trump and was a key player in the recent regional negotiations for the Gaza peace process.
Trump’s executive order comes after a campaign by his Republican allies to classify the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group. For example, Sen. Ted Cruz introduced a legislative proposal this summer to that end, after a similar attempt in the House shortly before. This comes after Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Republican, last week described the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group, along with the main Muslim activist organization in the United States, the Council on American-Islamic Relations.