Monday 24/November/2025 – 11:41 PM
The White House announced that US President Donald Trump He began the process of designating some branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
According to a White House statement, today, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury to consider whether certain branches of the Muslim Brotherhood should be designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs).
The order directs the two above-mentioned Secretaries, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence, to report on whether any Muslim Brotherhood affiliates such as those in Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan should be designated as foreign terrorist organizations under Section 1189 of Title 8 of the United States Code (8 USC 1189), and as SDGTs under Section 1702 of Title 50 of the United States Code (50 USC 1702) and Executive Order 13224, in accordance with For the statement.
The order requires the Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury to take action within 45 days after submission of the report to designate the relevant affiliates as FTOs and SDGTs if appropriate.
The ultimate goal of the order is to eliminate the capabilities and operations of the designated branches, deprive them of resources, and end any threat they may pose to American citizens and the national security of the United States.
Confronting terrorist threats
US President Trump confronts the transnational Muslim Brotherhood network, which fuels terrorism and destabilization campaigns against US interests and US allies in the Middle East, according to the statement.
Following the October 7, 2023 attack, the military wing of the Lebanese branch of the Muslim Brotherhood assisted terrorist groups in launching several missile attacks against civilian and military targets inside Israel, and a senior Muslim Brotherhood leader in Egypt encouraged violent attacks against US partners and interests in the Middle East on the same day that Hamas carried out the October 7 attack. Reports indicate that Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Jordan have long provided material support to the armed wing of Hamas.
