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President Trump has tasked Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with providing a report on whether to designate Muslim Brotherhood entities as terrorist organizations. The report is due by Christmas Eve.
At the state level, Govs. Greg Abbott of Texas and Ron DeSantis of Florida have designated the Muslim Brotherhood “mother movement” and one of its front groups, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, as terrorist organizations in their states. These actions align with designations by U.S. allies in the Middle East and beyond.
That’s the good news. The bad news is that the governments of Qatar and Turkey are deemed reliable U.S. allies but fund and enable the Brotherhood’s determination to destroy Western civilization, particularly the United States. Both countries oppose designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna to implement Shariah globally and reestablish the caliphate. Its creed states: “Allah is our objective, the Prophet is our leader, the Quran is our law, jihad is our way, and dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.” It endorses violence against non-Muslims when expedient.
By the 1950s, Muslim Brotherhood leaders established bases in Europe and America. In Germany, they built the Islamic Center of Munich, funded by Nazi ties and later U.S. intelligence. In the U.S., the Muslim Brotherhood formed the Muslim Students Association in 1963 at the University of Illinois as its first front group.
The group’s U.S. strategy is detailed in a 1991 “explanatory memorandum” from FBI raids, outlining a “civilization-jihadist process” to destroy Western civilization through infiltration. The phased plan includes secret leadership, public fronts, media escalation, confrontation and seizure of power. Techniques involve expanding presence via immigration and birth rates, labeling critics “Islamophobic,” and subverting education and lawfare for Shariah.
The Muslim Brotherhood controls key U.S. Muslim organizations: the Islamic Society of North America, with more than 300 chapters, the North American Islamic Trust, holding many mosque deeds, and CAIR, founded by Hamas leaders. The 2008 Holy Land Foundation trial named them unindicted co-conspirators for aiding Hamas.
The U.S. threat extends beyond terrorism to subversion. Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Shariah supremacists, backed by Qatar and Turkey, avoid violence temporarily but pursue domination, exploiting a U.S. focus on terrorism to subvert security.
Earlier this month, the Victory Coalition released “The Choice: Ban the Brotherhood or Face Civilization Erasure,” a report urging President Trump to designate the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliates as terrorist organizations. In the report, several experts issue warnings about the Muslim Brotherhood.
Charles Faddis says the Muslim Brotherhood seeks Western destruction and subjugation, aligns ideologically with al Qaeda and uses deception. Robert Spencer notes that terrorism is one jihad tool, but the Muslim Brotherhood uses “civilization jihad” nonviolently for Shariah hegemony. David Wurmser warns that Damascus’ fall and Europe’s Islamization will embolden the Muslim Brotherhood, ending minority tolerance.
Stephen Coughlin questions the impact of designations on Muslim Brotherhood alliances amid Qatari-Turkish influence.
Trevor Loudon advises treating the Muslim Brotherhood as organized crime with anti-racketeering tactics and amnesty for informants. Joe Kent testified that 18,000 known terrorists entered the country under President Biden, raising the risk of self-radicalized attacks. Richard Pollock reports expert warnings of imminent al Qaeda/Islamic State group mass-casualty strikes.
I cite British “civilization erasure” via unchecked Muslim Brotherhood entities, student groups and Qatari investments.
Failure to ban the Muslim Brotherhood now will accelerate civilization erasure through violent jihad, ideological subversion and alliances with hostile forces. Designate the “mother movement” and all subdivisions as terrorist organizations immediately. Enforce Mr. Trump’s pledge to strip out radical networks using counter-Mafia tactics. Harden defenses against imminent attacks from jihadis, Chinese communists and leftist proxies, and mobilize public vigilance to detect and report threats.
You can access the full report, video briefing and letter to the president at www.banthebrotherhood.org to support urgent action.
• Peter McIlvenna serves as chief of staff to Lord Pearson of Rannoch in the British House of Lords, hosts the “Hearts of Oak” podcast and is a fellow of the American Freedom Alliance.
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