By Laurence F. Sanford

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed that the State Department is in the process of designating the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) a terrorist organization. The process requires careful paperwork, as the designation will no doubt generate lawsuits. The designation is appropriate because the MB and its spawn create chaos, violence, and terror in American society.

To be designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the U.S. State Department means that it is unlawful for a person in the U.S. or subject to U.S. jurisdiction to knowingly provide to the designated FTO “material support or resources” such as:

• Sending money.
• Offering training, weapons, or strategic advice.
• Providing transportation, housing, or a haven.
• Spreading propaganda or recruiting.

The MB is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt in 1928 by Islamic scholar Hassan al-Banna. It is widely recognized as the ideological parent of Hamas, al-Qaeda, and numerous other jihadist groups, with a stated goal of Islamic world domination and implementation of Sharia law. The MB credo is:

• Allah is our objective.
• The Prophet Muhammad is our leader.
• The Quran is our law.
• Jihad is our way.
• Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.

Violent uprisings, political assassinations, and terrorist financing have been linked to the MB, resulting in it being banned in the following Muslim countries:

1. Egypt
2. Syria
3. Kazakhstan
4. Tajikistan
5. Saudi Arabia
6. Bahrain
7. United Arab Emirates
8. Libya
9. Jordan

In 1963, the MB started to build and fund infrastructure for radical Islam in the United States. The first organization was the Muslim Student Association (MSA), followed by the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT), and the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA).

U.S. Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Akram authored a memorandum that explained the MB’s goal in America was “Settlement,” or the process of “Civilization-Jihadist.” Muslims would immigrate to the U.S. for the grand jihad to destroy Western civilization from within and sabotage its miserable house with their own hands.

The Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a Muslim Brotherhood spawn launched in 1994 to support Hamas. CAIR claims to be a Muslim civil rights group but is in fact a propaganda arm of the MB.

CAIR was listed as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 2008 Holy Land Foundation (HLF) trial for terror financing of Hamas. The U.S. government had declared Hamas a terror organization in 1995.The HLF was once the largest Muslim funding organization in the U.S. but was shut down for funding Hamas.The Obama administration, for unknown reasons, declined to follow up and prosecute CAIR.

The October 23, 2023, genocide attack by Hamas on Israel was supported by CAIR’s executive director, Nihad Awad.

Summary

Charges of Islamophobia will be spewed at the State Department when the Muslim Brotherhood is designated as a terrorist group. If the charges were true, then the Muslim countries that banned the MB must also be Islamophobic.

There is no such thing as “Islamophobia.” A phobia is an unreasonable fear of something; there is nothing unreasonable about fearing Islam. Christians in Africa have a reasonable fear of Islam, as Islamist terror groups have killed and are killing thousands throughout the continent. Persecution of infidels (non-Muslims) is common throughout the world in Muslim-majority countries, especially Pakistan.

It is not surprising that chaos, anti-Semitism, and cultural divisiveness have increased in America with the surge of Muslims in America. Violence against Jews is written in the Quran and coincides with the rise of Muslims in the U.S. and Europe.

Violence against Israel is an attack on Western civilization, which is based on the Judeo-Christian belief system of individual freedoms and the search for truth. Western democratic governments exist to serve the individual; totalitarian governments exist to have the individual serve the state.

Islam seeks domination of Western civilization and will use terror, subterfuge, and deceit to achieve its goals. Taquiya is an Islamic expression that states it is permissible to lie and cheat if it furthers Islam.

Turkiye and Qatar are leading supporters of the MB. Both countries have agendas to spread Islam and bring down the West.

Action

1. Designate the Muslim Brotherhood and affiliated groups, including CAIR, as terrorist organizations.
2. Recognize that Islam is fundamentally anti-American and anti-Western.
3. Ridicule the leaders of Western countries that support Hamas in their recognition of a nonexistent Palestinian state.
4. Support Israel in its fight for existence.

Laurence F. Sanford is a senior analyst at the American Security Council Foundation.