London journalist exclaims why MB is not on U.S. terrorism list

CAIRO – 11 November 2017: “I don’t understand why the Muslim Brotherhood group has still not been proscribed on the terrorism list in the United States, despite U.S. President Donald Trump's sincere efforts to eradicate extremism and terrorism,” Breitbart News’ London editor-in-chief, Raheem Kassam, exclaimed on Friday.

Speaking on a defense panel at an American Conservative Union event in Kansas, Kassam asserted that Trump’s policies reveal his keenness to address the threat of terrorism and extremist thought, but there are many obstacles and steps towards that, including adding the Brotherhood on the terrorism list.

Kassam commented on how deeply embedded the Muslim Brotherhood is in American governmental institutions, saying that the influence is “quite massive”, considering the small numbers of individuals involved, according to Breitbart’s London website.
“The Muslim Brotherhood is very adept at working its way into institutions, playing the victim card, and the funding stream is almost unlimited with blank checks coming from abroad,” he said.

Earlier, in response to a question posed by FOX News anchor Sean Hannity on whether the U.S. should designate the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) as a terrorist organization, President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi said the U.S. is a country with its own respected agenda, and it may take some time for the country to recognize terrorist groups and their impact on the whole world.

In the wake of assuming responsibilities as the president of the United States, and given his anti-extremism-themed narrative, Donald Trump was highly expected to pick up the speed of labeling the MB as a foreign terrorist group.

Congressmen like Ted Cruz have long encouraged labeling the MB as a foreign terrorist organization. “A move that should have been implemented early on,” Frank Gaffney, the creator of a 10-part video titled ‘The Muslim Brotherhood in America: The Enemy Within’,” said on Monday during an online radio meeting with Phil Haney, former Department of Homeland Security employee.

A short time before Trump’s inauguration, Republican Senator Ted Cruz tabled a bill that designated the MB as a terrorist organization; however, the decision has dragged heels until today. Since December 2013, the Muslim Brotherhood has been declared a terrorist group in Egypt.