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2018-07-19 Home Front: WoT
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Experts reflect after testifying at US Congress hearing on Muslim Brotherhood
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Experts who recently testified at a US Congressional hearing looking into the Moslem Brüderbund have lauded Republican efforts into reviving a bill designating the group as a terrorist organization but said that much more needs to be done.
Last week, several experts testified before the House Oversight National Security Subcommittee hearing on whether the US should designate the Moslem Brüderbund ‐ or at least some of its factions ‐ for its terrorist activities.
During his opening statement during the hearing, Congressman Ron DeSantis (R-Florida), chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security of the House oversight committee, spoke on the origins of the Moslem Brüderbund and its founder Sayyid Qutb, whose books some observers note were used as manifestos by modern political Islamist regimes like Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,.
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"Thankfully, the Trump Administration has discarded the Obama-era policy of treating the Brotherhood as a potential ally," DeSantis said. "Now, the questions are focused on how expansive should the terror designation be, and whether it should be done through the State Department or Treasury Department," DeSantis said in his opening statement.
| Why not both? The Brüderbund has been active in the U.S. for about two generations, as I recall, so there is plenty of work to go around. |
In 2014, several countries among them Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
and Egypt, formally declared the Moslem Brüderbund as a terrorist organization. Among its members include many who are listed as terrorist supporters or financiers as per lists released in countries like the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
’Lessons learned’
Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, and a longtime associate of the Center for Security Policy ‐ and the only expert to testify ‐ said that many within the United States have tried to move legislation against the Moslem Brüderbund in the past but only received support in recent years with the Republicans controlling the White House and Congress.
"We have tried for too long now to see the good in the Moslem Brüderbund and we must stop now ignoring their violent jihadi oaths and even their logo which is swords calling for preparation of war. Some claim they have been peaceful since the 70’s," Jasser told Al Arabiya English.
"This is a deception and now over 90 years we should have learned our lesson that they prove over and over again to be advocates for terrorism and refuse to accept peaceful, modern rules for democratic engagement," he added.
He went on to say that the fact that a hearing even took place demonstrated that both Congress and the White House were taking a serious look at changing the way the US government viewed the Moslem Brüderbund. The hearing was long overdue, he told Al Arabiya English, and had been discussed for some time but never materialized due to the pressure by Moslem Brüderbund sympathizers in Washington.
Past efforts to designate the Moslem Brüderbund failed to gain traction during the B.O. regime and US Moslem advocacy organizations such as the Council on American Islamic Relations, or CAIR
...designated a terrorist group by the UAE...
, have galvanized their supporters to oppose a Moslem Brüderbund designation, according to conservative Washington Free Beacon website.
Another expert, Foundation for Defense of Democracies senior vice president Jonathan Schanzer, argued for a more targeted approach to ensure momentum against the Moslem Brüderbund should efforts for a full designation fall short in the coming years.
"I am not sure there will be a bill. I would not be surprised to see a ’Sense of Congress’ that the Brotherhood is a hate group, condemning its ideology. From there, I think Congress will urge the Treasury to assess whether certain affiliates of the Brotherhood are terror groups," Schanzer told Al Arabiya English.
"A blanket designation bill, in my view, would not pass. So, rather than see certain failure, I expect members of congress will take the more targeted approach I note here, to ensure success," he added.
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