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Hearing Hearing Date: July 11, 2018 10:00 am 2154 Rayburn HOB

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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Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President
Foundation for Defense of Democracies

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M. Zuhdi Jasser, M.D.

President & Founder
American Islamic Forum for Democracy

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The Honorable Daniel Benjamin

Norman E. McCulloch Jr. Director
John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth University

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