Ted Cruz Leads Attack on Muslim Brotherhood

This time it’s Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) leading the charge in the Senate, with Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) handling the House version of the bill. This comes at a time when the Obama Administration refuses to acknowledge that “radical Islamic terrorism” is a real thing.

“We have to stop pretending that the Brotherhood are not responsible for the terrorism they advocate and finance,” Cruz told the Free Beacon. “We have to see it for what it is: a key international organization dedicated to waging violent jihad.  Since the Obama administration refuses to utter the words’”radical Islamic terrorism,’ and Congress owes it to the American people to tell them the truth about this threat.”

The bill also helps combat the notion that Brotherhood is a peaceful political group, Cruz said.

“This bill puts the lie to the notion that the Muslim Brotherhood is a peaceful political organization that can be a legitimate partner for America,” the lawmaker said. “In 2008 the Justice Department successfully prosecuted the largest terrorism-financing trial in American history arguing that the Muslim Brotherhood directed U.S. affiliates such as the Holy Land Foundation to provide ‘media, money and men’ to Hamas. That support was used for terrorist attacks against Americans and our allies in the Middle East.  When they are capable they will try to do the same thing here.”

The bill, which includes a lengthy history of the Brotherhood’s links to radical terrorist leaders and violent incidents, concludes that “the Muslim Brotherhood meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization.”

It would require the State Department and other agencies to determine whether the Brotherhood officially meets the requirements to be designated under U.S. law as a terrorist organization.

However, “if the Secretary of State determines that the Muslim Brotherhood does not meet the criteria,” it must submit to Congress “a detailed justification as to which criteria have not been met,” according to the bill.

Muslim Brotherhood affiliates as well as the group’s members have been listed as sponsors of terrorism in the past by the U.S. government.

The terrorist group Hamas, a longtime Brotherhood affiliate, has been sanctioned for some time.

Should this legislation not be passed, it would certainly raise a lot of questions. For example, did President Obama accept donations from them during his last presidential campaign? It wouldn’t be the first time he’s accepted money from questionable sources. Also, why are they being protected? If the Obama Administration won’t admit the legitimacy of radical Islam, does this mean they’re purposefully turning a blind eye to terrorism? Hopefully we’ll find out.

Source: freebeacon.com