{"id":2514182,"date":"2025-11-24T18:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T23:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-begins-fto-process-for-some-muslim-brotherhood-chapters\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T18:44:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T23:44:39","slug":"trump-begins-fto-process-for-some-muslim-brotherhood-chapters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-begins-fto-process-for-some-muslim-brotherhood-chapters\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump begins FTO process for some Muslim Brotherhood chapters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-begins-fto-process-for-some-muslim-brotherhood-chapters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2514182&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump signed an executive order to start the process of designating certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >specially designated global terrorists<\/a> (SDGTs).The order instructs Secretary of State marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in consultation wiht Attorney General Pam Bondi and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, to prepare a report on whether to classify Muslim Brotherhood chapters in countries like Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan under these designations. Following the report, the officials are to take action within 45 days if appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>Trump had previously announced plans to designate the group as a terrorist organization, emphasizing the seriousness and strength of this action. His remarks received international attention, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praising the move and stating that Israel would also work to outlaw the group.<\/p>\n<p>The Muslim Brotherhood has faced criticism from American lawmakers for its alleged support of sharia law, oppression of women, violations of the U.S. Constitution, persecution of other religions, and links to terrorist groups such as Hamas. Bipartisan legislation has also been introduced in Congress to formally designate the organization as an FTO, with meaningful co-sponsorship.<\/p>\n<p>Several U.S. officials, including Rubio, have acknowledged the complexity of designating the various branches of the Muslim Brotherhood. Meanwhile, individual states like Texas, led by Governor Greg Abbott, have already taken action by designating the Muslim Brotherhood and affiliated groups as terrorist organizations.This state-level designation allows increased surveillance and prohibits these groups from acquiring property in Texas.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump signs order to begin terrorist designation process for some Muslim Brotherhood chapters<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1445796\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> signed an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/executive-orders\/\">executive order<\/a> on Monday to begin the process of designating certain chapters of the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/muslim-brotherhood\/\"> Muslim Brotherhood<\/a> as foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated global terrorists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2025\/11\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-begins-process-to-designate-certain-muslim-brotherhood-chapters-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations-and-specially-designated-global-terrorists\/\">order<\/a> directs Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\">Marco Rubio<\/a> and Treasury Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/scott-bessent\/\">Scott Bessent<\/a>, consulting with Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\/\">Pam Bondi<\/a> and Director of National Intelligence <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\/\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a>, to submit a report on whether to designate any Muslim Brotherhood chapters, such as those in Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan, as FTOs under federal statute.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3895367\/trump-administration-ai-genesis-initiative-apollo-program\/\">Trump&#8217;s moonshot: Administration compares AI &#8216;Genesis&#8217; initiative to Apollo program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3897451\/fcc-broadcast-ownership-cap-review\/\">Trump signals caution on raising media ownership limits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3897371\/vance-mcconnell-ukraine-peace-plan\/\">Vance spars with McConnell over &#8216;ridiculous attack&#8217; on Ukraine peace plan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The order also mandates Rubio and Bessent to take action within 45 days after the report to designate chapters as FTOs and SDGTs, if appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>His order adds to remarks he made on Sunday, in which he said that he would sign an executive order to designate the group as an FTO in the coming months.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It will be done in the strongest and most powerful terms,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/all-things-trump\/trump-says-he-will-designate-muslim-brotherhood-terrorist\">Trump stated<\/a>. &ldquo;Final documents are being drawn.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The president&rsquo;s remarks against the organization have already garnered international attention.&nbsp;Israeli Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> applauded the president&rsquo;s remarks on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On this occasion, I also want to commend President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> on his decision to outlaw and designate the &lsquo;Muslim Brotherhood&rsquo; organisation as a terrorist organisation,&rdquo; Netanyahu <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IsraeliPM\/status\/1992666032570286583\">said on X<\/a>. &ldquo;This is an organization that endangers stability throughout the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/middle-east\/\">Middle East<\/a> and beyond the Middle East.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prime-minister-netanyahu-israel-is-targeting-a-terrorist-organization\/\" title=\"Prime Minister Netanyahu: Israel is targeting a ...\">prime minister added<\/a> that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a> will follow the president&rsquo;s footsteps and designate the organization as a terrorist hub as well.&nbsp;&ldquo;Therefore, the State of Israel has already outlawed part of the organization, and we are working to complete this action soon,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IsraeliPM\/status\/1992666036819439752\">he wrote<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s call follows the pressure put on him by American lawmakers, who have long criticized the organization for its support of the controversial sharia. It is also known for its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hudson.org\/national-security-defense\/the-muslim-brotherhood-s-u-s-network#:~:text=Islamists%20are%20strenuously%20opposed%20to,no%20room%20for%20liberal%20democracy\">oppression<\/a> of women, violations of the U.S. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/constitution\/\">Constitution<\/a>, persecution of followers of other religions, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.counterextremism.com\/muslim-brotherhood-ties-to-extremists\">documented ties<\/a> to designated terrorist groups such as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\">Hamas<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A bipartisan coalition of legislators in both chambers of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">Congress<\/a> introduced legislation in July to designate the organization as an FTO.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/senate-bill\/2293\">Senate version<\/a> of the bill, spearheaded by Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ted-cruz\/\">Ted Cruz <\/a>(R-TX), has attracted nine Republican and one Democratic co-sponsors. The bill&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/d12t4t5x3vyizu.cloudfront.net\/moskowitz.house.gov\/uploads\/2025\/07\/25.07.15-Muslim-Brotherhood-Terrorist-Designation-Act.pdf\">House companion<\/a> has garnered <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/4397\/cosponsors\">19 co-sponsors<\/a>, including four Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the bill, individual members of Congress urged the president to open an investigation into the group.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m urging the President to conduct a comprehensive investigation to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a Foreign Terrorist Organization,&rdquo; Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMoskowitz\/status\/1929967685397270842\">wrote<\/a> on June 3. &ldquo;Its history of promoting extremist ideologies and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/terrorism\/\">terrorist <\/a>activities through affiliates like Hamas threatens our national &amp; global security.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other members of Trump&rsquo;s Cabinet, such as Rubio, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2025\/08\/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-with-sid-rosenberg-of-sid-and-friends-in-the-morning\">hinted at the designation<\/a> in August.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Obviously, there are different branches of the Muslim Brotherhood, so you&rsquo;d have to designate each one of them,&rdquo; Rubio stated, adding that the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\">State Department<\/a> needed to go through a lengthy &ldquo;process which I didn&rsquo;t fully appreciate until I came into this job.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Individual states, such as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\">Texas<\/a>, have already taken initiative and begun to push back against the Muslim Brotherhood.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/greg-abbott\/\">Greg Abbott<\/a> (R-TX) led Texas in becoming the first state in the nation to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/governor-abbott-designates-muslim-brotherhood-cair-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations\">designate<\/a> the organization as an FTO on Nov. 18.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR have long made their goals clear: to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greg-abbott-designates-muslim-groups-as-terrorist-organizations\/\" title=\"... ...s Muslim groups as ...\">forcibly impose sharia law<\/a> and establish <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/islam\/\">Islam&rsquo;s<\/a> &lsquo;mastership of the world,&rsquo;&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/governor-abbott-designates-muslim-brotherhood-cair-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations\">Abbott stated<\/a>. &ldquo;The actions taken by the Muslim Brotherhood and[the[the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cair\/\">Center for American Islamic Relations<\/a>]to support terrorism across the globe and subvert our laws through violence, intimidation, and harassment are unacceptable.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3890787\/greg-abbott-designates-muslim-brotherhood-cair-terrorist-organizations-anti-sharia-push\/\"><strong>ABBOTT DESIGNATES MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND CAIR AS TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS IN ANTI-SHARIA PUSH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These radical extremists are not welcome in our state and are now prohibited from acquiring any real property interest in Texas,&rdquo; the governor added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The designation permitted state authorities to increase surveillance on the organizations and their affiliates, and permanently banned them from purchasing or acquiring land in the state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump orders start of terror designation for some Muslim Brotherhood chapters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4015,"featured_media":2514183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25321716023717_b6798e.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[67630,67631,3634],"class_list":["post-2514182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-fto-process","tag-muslim-brotherhood","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25321716023717_b6798e.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2514182"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2514186,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514182\/revisions\/2514186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2514183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2514182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2514182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2514182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}