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Trump orders process to designate Muslim Brotherhood chapters

The Muslim Brotherhood, is described in the order as a transnational network with chapters across the Middle East and beyond, engaged in or facilitating and supporting violence and destabilization campaigns

President Donald Trump / White House Archives

President Donald J. Trump on Nov. 24 signed an executive order directing top national security officials to begin the process of designating certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). The order instructs Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to undertake the review and follow the statutory steps for potential designations.

The executive order directs to set in motion a process by which certain chapters or other subdivisions of the Muslim Brotherhood shall be considered for designation as Foreign Terrorist Organizations” under section 219 of the INA, and as SDGTs under IEEPA and Executive Order 13224.

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