The House Designates the Muslim Brotherhood A Terrorist Organization, Criminalizes Ties

Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs

A bill has been introduced  to the House to impose sanctions against persons who knowingly provide material support or resources to the Muslim Brotherhood or its affiliates, associated groups, or agents, and for other purposes.

Atlas Shrugs has obtained a copy of the legislation. 2014_July_22_MB_FTO_Version_4

Look out, CAIR, ISNA, ICNS and all the other MB enemies of freedom.

The Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2014 was sponsored by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R., Minn.) and has seven co-sponsors: Peter Roskam (R., Ill.), Trent Franks (R., Ariz.), Cynthia Lummis (R., Wyo.), Kevin Brady (R., Texas), Steve Southerland (R., Fla.), Louie Gohmert (R., Texas), and Doug LaMalfa (R., Calif.).

In the past individuals have designated organizations (ie Hamas) and terror-tied individuals (i.e. members of CAIR leadership), but this sanctions the Muslim Brotherhood as a whole. SANCTIONS AGAINST PERSONS WHO KNOWINGLY PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT OR RESOURCES TO THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD OR ITS AFFILIATES, ASSOCIATED GROUPS, OR AGENTS.

(a) SANCTIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall subject
to all available sanctions any person in the United States or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States who knowingly provides material support or resources to the Muslim Brotherhood or its affili- ates, associated groups, or agents.
(2) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the term ‘‘material support or resources’’ has the meaning given such term in section...

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