Muslim Brotherhood rejects US terrorist designation, accuses UAE and Israel of involvement

The Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday rejected the executive order issued by the White House to consider designating the group as a “terrorist” organisation. It accused the United Arab Emirates and Israel of pressuring the US administration to take this step.

In a statement sent to Arabi21, the group said it firmly opposes the executive order issued on the 24th of this month. It stressed that the move is politically motivated and the result of external pressure from Israel and the UAE to push President Donald Trump’s administration to issue the decision.

The statement said: “Many Democratic governments, including the United States government, have previously reviewed such proposals and reached the same conclusion: that classifying the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group is completely detached from reality and not supported by any evidence (..) The facts have not changed.”

It added: “But what has only changed is the level of external pressure, especially that exerted by the United Arab Emirates and Israel, to adopt policies that serve foreign agendas and not the interests of the American people”.

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