What happened
Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, experts warn that the ideology behind the tragedy still exists through the Muslim Brotherhood. The group shares the same principles as Al-Qaeda and ISIS, but differs in tactics. The Muslim Brotherhood aims to globalize Islam and build a caliphate, with a century-long plan to infiltrate society and gain power.
The Trump administration has started targeting the Muslim Brotherhood's international financial network, and some Republican lawmakers want to prevent the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) from receiving federal grants due to its links to the Muslim Brotherhood. CAIR is being sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over its operations in the state, with the suit outlining connections to violent Islamic groups.
Experts note that the Muslim Brotherhood poses a unique security challenge for America, as they often operate through funding charities, nonprofits, or sponsoring academics to influence the next generation. This makes it difficult to designate all officials as terrorists without changing US law. The Muslim Brotherhood has been proscribed as a terrorist organization in the Arab world, and President Trump has designated four branches of the Brotherhood as terrorist organizations.
