WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has ordered that chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood be designated as terrorist groups.
The president signed an executive order on Nov. 24, directing Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to start the process of classifying certain chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
The executive order, which was posted on X, states that the Muslim Brotherhood’s chapters in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon “engage in or facilitate and support violence and destabilization campaigns that harm their own regions, United States citizens, and United States interests.”
The document gives examples of the Muslim Brotherhood supporting the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by terrorist group Hamas, which is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood….