Outlaw the Muslim Brotherhood!
Why is that the Muslim Brotherhood is not designated a terrorist organisation in the West? After all, it *is* considered a terrorist organisation by the governments of Bahrain, Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. What, you may ask, do they know that the USA, EU and UK don’t.
The answer is simple - they know the truth and they act on it whilst the gullible West allows the MB to operate with impunity rather than risk being accused of Islamophobia. Is it just fear or stupidity that informs such a decision? Or both?
Some politicians in the West realise the truth and way back in 2021 U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) introduced the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act, a bill that urged the U.S. Department of State to use its statutory authority to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation. It was defeated and so the MB continue operating as a benign organisation.
There are two primary reasons for this: 1) Embarrassment — the US government and law enforcement have been “advised” by CAIR for decades. 2) A large percentage of American Muslims are associated with the MB.
The U.S. Muslim population is estimated at around 4.5 million. The Hudson Institute notes that “most prominent Muslim organisations in America” are influenced by the MB, particularly through education and youth programs.
Beyond the Muslim Student Association, other MB-linked groups like Islamic Society of North America and the Council on American Islamic Relations have significant reach. ISNA’s annual convention attracts around 10,000 attendees and CAIR claims a network of over 300,000 supporters. However, these numbers overlap, and “association” doesn’t necessarily mean formal membership. However there is a suggestion that between 225,000 to 450,000 American Muslims might be associated through attending MB-influenced mosques, schools, or events. The top end estimate equates to the size of the US army.
The Muslim Brotherhood was banned in Russia in 2003 by the Supreme Court, which designated it a terrorist organisation. It was banned in the United Arab Emirates in 2014 due to concerns over its political and ideological influence, which the UAE government perceived as a threat to national security and its monarchical system. Saudi Arabia, views the Muslim Brotherhood’s advocacy for political Islam and electoral systems as a direct challenge to its dynastic governance. The Saudis moved to take action and banned it in 2014.
Just as a final point, the illegal Egyptian Muslim immigrant who used incendiary devices to burn Jewish marchers in Boulder, Colorado was tied to the Muslim Brotherhood.
In all fairness, US President Donald Trump has taken to Truth Social, writing that the Boulder attack showed why “the Muslim Brotherhood must stay banned and its sympathisers removed.”
Amen to that.
Close it down and deport its advocates.
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Totally agree David, ban them immediately.
When will our politicians grow a spine !
You’d think there was a cunning plan to flood the west with Muslims.. but seriously I’m wondering what the people “in power “ are getting from this, do they not realise that they will have to live in countries that bear no similarity to the one they possibly grew up in.