Marco Rubio: We are designating the "Brotherhood" as a terrorist organization.

Arab Sea Newspaper - Special

Arab Gulf - Translations: U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said in an interview on Tuesday that the United States is working to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. Rubio added in an interview with the Sid and Friends in the Morning program that his country is "in the process" of designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, noting that it is "in the works." He went on to say that the designation process is "long and complicated, but work is underway." He pointed out that "there are clearly different branches of the Muslim Brotherhood, so each branch must be identified." He explained, "We are constantly reviewing groups to classify them for what they are: supporters of terrorists, perhaps terrorists themselves, whatever the case may be. We haven't done that in a long time, so we have a lot of catching up to do." According to Rubio, the process "involves a careful review of each branch of the group individually, with documentation of evidence to ensure the decision stands up to legal challenges." Rubio considered the Muslim Brotherhood to be of "great concern." U.S. Republican Senator Ted Cruz presented a bill to Congress last month to designate the "Brotherhood" as a terrorist group. Cruz considered the "Brotherhood" to be a "terrorist organization" and "provides support to its terrorist branches such as Hamas." According to Cruz, the Brotherhood "poses a serious threat to U.S. national security interests." The Washington Free Beacon newspaper said that Cruz's bill is entitled the "Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2025" and adopts what Cruz's team described as a "modern strategy" based on targeting the group's affiliates instead of focusing on its undefined global structure. According to a document distributed by Cruz's office to members of the Senate, the bill grants the State Department new powers to designate Brotherhood-affiliated branches as terrorist groups, and requires the Department to prepare a comprehensive list of these entities within 90 days of the law's enactment. The proposed legislation includes 3 tracks for designating the "Brotherhood" as a terrorist organization, which are an action by Congress under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987, then an official designation by the State Department as a foreign terrorist organization, followed by the group's inclusion on the global terrorism list. Under these designations, U.S. citizens would be prohibited from conducting any financial transactions or providing services to the group, and its assets would be frozen.