Trump May Back Terror Label on Muslim Brotherhood

Trump may back terror label on Muslim Brotherhood

US President Donald Trump may support a new congressional effort to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt said during a press briefing this week. The renewed push follows a bipartisan proposal introduced in mid-July by Republican Representative Mario Díaz-Canel and Democratic Representative Jared Moskowitz. Republican Senator Ted Cruz, a long-time supporter of the move, has adv…

Will Trump take a stand against the Muslim Brotherhood?

Senator Ted Cruz isn’t giving up. Cruz, who believes that the Muslim Brotherhood serves as the “key foundation stone for radical Sunni terrorism,” has just reintroduced – together with five Republican senators and bipartisan support in the House of Representatives – the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act, which he first proposed in 2015. Cruz is no stranger to controversy when it comes to Islam: in March 2016, following a terrorist att…

US Pushes to Label Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist

It has been broadly reported that US Senator Ted Cruz is introducing a bill to officially declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation. This is part of a meticulous and long campaign led by the Republican from Texas. The bill, nonetheless, is going to adopt a “bottom-up” strategy to first identify Brotherhood branches that explicitly...

Think-Tank Backs Efforts to Label Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Group

The Heritage Foundation said July 30 that it welcomes congressional attempts to designate the Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood a Foreign Terrorist Organization. The conservative think-tank cited the Muslim Brotherhood's long-standing support for violent extremist groups, including Gaza-based Hamas. Sen. Ted Cruz...