PURPOSE:
- To examine the threat of Muslim Brotherhood to the United States and its interests and how to effectively counter it.
BACKGROUND:
- The Muslim Brotherhood is a radical Islamist organization that has generated a network of affiliates in over 70 countries. The Brotherhood has been designated as a terrorist organization by multiple countries including Eygpt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The United States has designated multiple Muslim Brotherhood affiliates as terrorist organizations, including Hamas.
- On January 31, 2018, the State Department designated Muslim Brotherhood-affiliates HASM and Liwa al-Thawra, and Hamas’ political leader Ismail Haniyeh, as Specifically Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT) under an executive order.
WITNESSES AND TESTIMONIES
| Name | Title | Organization | Document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Hillel Fradkin, Ph.D. | Senior Fellow | Hudson Institute | Document | |
| Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, Ph.D. | Senior Vice President | Foundation for Defense of Democracies | Document | |
| M. Zuhdi Jasser, M.D. | President & Founder | American Islamic Forum for Democracy | Document | |
| The Honorable Daniel Benjamin | Norman E. McCulloch Jr. Director | John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth University | Document |
