The Muslim Brotherhood’s Global Threat
- Subject
- The Muslim Brotherhood’s Global Threat
- Date
- July 11, 2018
- Time
- 10:00 am
- Place
- 2154 Rayburn HOB
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:
Dr. Hillel Fradkin, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
Hudson Institute
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Senior Vice President
Foundation for Defense of Democracies
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President & Founder
American Islamic Forum for Democracy
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Norman E. McCulloch Jr. Director
John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth University
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