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** Why Trump Must Now Ban the Muslim Brotherhood ([link removed])
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by Khaled Abu Toameh • June 24, 2025 at 5:00 am
* The letter [from the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Salah Abdel Haq] shows that the Muslim Brotherhood has officially endorsed the Iranian regime's slogans of "Death to Israel!" and "Death to America!"
* The [Muslim Brotherhood's] founder, Hassan al-Banna, accepted the utility of political violence, and members of the Muslim Brotherhood conducted assassinations....
* The takfirism doctrine's endorsement of "extreme violence" is why several Islamic countries such as Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Mauritania have banned the Muslim Brotherhood.
* The Muslim Brotherhood has dozens of branches, offshoots and affiliates in many countries, including Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, Kuwait, Mauritania, Syria, Sudan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Belgium and the United States.
* Qatar has publicly funded and supported Islamist groups, and its state-owned Al-Jazeera TV network continues to serve as a platform for the Muslim Brotherhood.
* "What is needed today is a genuine dismantling of the Muslim Brotherhood's machinery in the Arab world: Its platforms, associations, online accounts, and cultural facades. The Muslim Brotherhood is still alive and kicking, just waiting for the right moment to reproduce itself through more violence...." — UAE columnist Hani Salem Masshour, al-ain.com, June 20, 2025.
* It is time for the US government to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. There is no reason why Hamas, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, is designated by the US as a terrorist organization, while the Muslim Brotherhood itself has not been banned.

In a letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (pictured), the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, the world's largest and most influential Islamist Sunni organization, has come out in support of the Iranian regime. The letter shows that the Muslim Brotherhood has officially endorsed the Iranian regime's slogans of "Death to Israel!" and "Death to America!" (Image source: MEMRI ([link removed]) )

As the Iran-Israel war enters its second week, the Muslim Brotherhood, the world's largest and most influential Islamist Sunni organization, has come out in support of the Iranian regime.

In a letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Salah Abdel Haq, named Israel, the US, and other western countries as a common enemy of the Islamic ummah (nation). The letter reflects an ideological affinity with the rhetoric of the Iranian regime and its terror proxies: Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, and the Houthis in Yemen. The letter shows that the Muslim Brotherhood has officially endorsed the Iranian regime's slogans of "Death to Israel!" and "Death to America!" Abdel Haq wrote in the letter:

"On behalf of myself and the Muslim Brotherhood, I would like to reaffirm our full support for the Islamic Republic of Iran in the face of the brutal Israeli aggression...

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