The Case for Designating the Muslim Brotherhood: A National Security Imperative.

A recent congressional push—led by Senator Ted Cruz—has revived the call to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization in the United States. Backed by reports from credible sources such as the Washington Free Beacon, this effort signals growing awareness of the Brotherhood’s decades-long tactic of embedding itself into civil society while pushing an ideological agenda that opposes democratic values.

This isn’t a foreign problem anymore. The recent terrorist attack in Colorado has drawn renewed scrutiny on the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence inside the United States. Mohamed Soliman, the perpetrator of the attack, was reportedly engaging with Muslim Brotherhood-aligned content online and had shown affinity toward the group’s messaging. These findings raise alarms about the ideological underpinnings that radicalized him.

Senator Cruz has repeatedly pointed to the Brotherhood’s links to terrorist groups such as Hamas and Al-Qaeda, noting that the group operates under a mask of moderation while pushing for Islamist domination through infiltration—not explosions. Indeed, countries like Egypt, the UAE, and Russia have already banned the Brotherhood and labeled it for what it is: a terror outfit.

If the United States continues to ignore the Brotherhood’s creeping influence across campuses, media, and religious institutions, it does so at its own peril. The Colorado attack should be treated not as an isolated incident, but as part of a global ideological export. Urgent policy action is needed to halt this infiltration before it claims more lives under the radar