US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting the Muslim Brotherhood – a worldwide Islamist political group.
The order targets chapters in Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, among others, directing US government departments to determine if the chapters are terrorist groups. If the US finds that to be the case, that could lead to sanctions or other measures. Egypt and Jordan have already banned the organization.
The Muslim Brotherhood was founded almost 100 years ago in Egypt. Its greatest political success was when its leader Mohammed Morsi became president of Egypt in 2012, only to be ousted by the military a year later. It has historical connections to Hamas, which started as a Palestinian nationalist offshoot of the group.
00:00 US President Trump targets Muslim Brotherhood
00:48 Daniel Byman, Center for Strategic and International Studies
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