President Donald Trump told Just the News on Sunday morning that he would designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization.
“It will be done in the strongest and strongest terms,” Trump said. Just the News reported that “final documents are being prepared.”
In Texas, Governor Greg Abbott recently designated both the Egyptian-based Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal organizations.
Republicans in the House and Senate, along with some Democrats, are asking the State Department to designate the Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in August that designating the MB as a foreign terrorist organization was “under consideration,” but the process would be long and careful, including the MB’s many chapters and affiliates that should be investigated individually.
The report added that many Middle Eastern countries have already taken action against the MB, with Egypt and Jordan banning the group and Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain labeling it a terrorist organization.
MNA