Trump orders blacklisting Muslim Brotherhood branches as ‘terrorist’ groups

White House cites groups’ alleged enactment for Hamas, accusing them of waging run against US interests and allies.

Washington, DC – United States President Donald Trump has ordered his aides to commencement a process to statement the branches of the Muslim Brotherhood successful Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan arsenic “terrorist” organisations, citing their alleged enactment for the Palestinian radical Hamas.

Trump issued the decree connected Monday arsenic Washington intensified its crackdown connected Israel’s foes successful the region.

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The decree accused Muslim Brotherhood leaders successful Jordan of providing “material support” to Hamas and the Lebanese subdivision of the radical – known as al-Jamaa al-Islamiya – of siding with Hamas and Hezbollah successful their warfare with Israel.

It besides claimed that an Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood person “called for convulsive attacks against United States partners and interests” during Israel’s warfare connected Gaza. But it was not wide what the White House was referring to. The Muslim Brotherhood has been banned successful Egypt and mostly driven underground.

“President Trump is confronting the Muslim Brotherhood’s transnational network, which fuels coercion and destabilization campaigns against US interests and allies successful the Middle East,” the White House said.

Trump’s bid directs the caput of authorities and the treasury caput to consult with the US quality main and nutrient a study connected the designation wrong 30 days.

A ceremonial “foreign violent organisation” statement would past officially use to the Muslim Brotherhood branches wrong 45 days aft the report.

The process is usually a formality, and the designation whitethorn travel sooner. The decree besides opens the doorway to blacklisting different Muslim Brotherhood branches.

The White House is besides pushing to statement the groups arsenic “designated planetary terrorists”.

The designations would marque it amerciable to supply worldly enactment to the group. It would besides mostly prohibition their existent and erstwhile members from entering the US, and alteration economical sanctions to choke their gross streams.

Longstanding request of right-wing activists

Established successful 1928 by Egyptian Muslim student Hassan al-Banna, the Muslim Brotherhood has offshoots and branches crossed the Middle East successful the signifier of governmental parties and societal organisations.

Across the Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated parties instrumentality portion successful elections and accidental they are committed to peaceful governmental participation.

But the radical has been outlawed by respective countries crossed the region.

Blacklisting the Muslim Brotherhood has been a longstanding request for right-wing activists successful the US.

But critics accidental that the determination could further alteration authoritarianism and the crackdown connected escaped governmental look successful the Middle East.

The decree could besides beryllium utilized to people Muslim American activists connected allegations of ties to the Muslim Brotherhood oregon contributions to charities affiliated with the group.

Right-wing groups person agelong pushed to outlaw Muslim American groups with unfounded accusations of ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.

Nihad Awad, enforcement manager of the Council connected American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said the designation should not person an interaction connected Muslim American advocacy groups and charities.

“The American Muslim organisations are solid,” Awad told Al Jazeera. “They are based successful the US. The alleviation organisations service millions of radical abroad. I anticipation that this volition not interaction their work.”

But helium noted that anti-Muslim activists person been trying to beforehand “the conspiracy mentation that each Muslim organisation successful the US is simply a beforehand to the Muslim Brotherhood”.

Recently, Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott designated some the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR arsenic “foreign violent organisations and transnational transgression organisations”.

CAIR has sued the governor’s office successful response.