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 operate...