Peloni: The designation of the FTO brings with it legal ramifications for those supporting the group being targeted, while the SDGT faces economic isolation and comprehensive asset seizure. The targeting of only some of the Muslim Brotherhood chapters will leave others, ie Turkey and Qatar, free to continue their corrupting practices worldwide, even as they are targeting the US public. The consequences to those who support the designated groups is that under the FTO, providing material support is a criminal offense in the US, while under the SDGT, it provides the ability of US sanctions being placed on those who provide support for the relative group in question. There are immigration consequences for the designations as well, with the FTO being directly relevant due to the criminal nature of the designation, while the SDGT designation is useful but far less so.
It was a grave mistake to not ban the Muslim Brotherhood entirely. They are using US institutions and protections to infiltrate and expand their control over US officials and organizations. The constitution is not a suicide pact, unless it is allowed to be interpreted as one, and allowing the Muslim Brotherhood chapters which are most relevant in the US to go un-banned in the US is an example of exactly this. See relevant article pinned at the top.
President Donald Trump’s administration has made good on its pledge to label three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, imposing sanctions on them
By Associated Press | US News & World Report |
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President Donald Trump’s administration has made good on its pledge to label three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, imposing sanctions on them and their members in a decision that could have implications for U.S. relationships with allies Qatar and Turkey.
The Treasury and State departments announced the actions Tuesday against the Lebanese, Jordanian and Egyptian chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood, which they said pose a risk to the United States and American interests.
The State Department designated the Lebanese branch a foreign terrorist organization, the most severe of the labels, which makes it a criminal offense to provide material support to the group. The Jordanian and Egyptian branches were listed by Treasury as specially designated global terrorists for providing support to Hamas.
“These designations reflect the opening actions of an ongoing, sustained effort to thwart Muslim Brotherhood chapters’ violence and destabilization wherever it occurs,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement. “The United States will use all available tools to deprive these Muslim Brotherhood chapters of the resources to engage in or support terrorism.”
Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent were mandated last year under an executive order signed by Trump to determine the most appropriate way to impose sanctions on the groups, which U.S. officials say engage in or support violence and destabilization campaigns that harm the United States and other regions.
Muslim Brotherhood leaders have said they renounce violence.
Trump’s executive order had singled out the chapters in Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt, noting that a wing of the Lebanese chapter had launched rockets on Israel after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack in Israel that set off the war in Gaza. Leaders of the group in Jordan have provided support to Hamas, the order said.
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