US blacklists Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as ‘terrorist’ group | Muslim Brotherhood News

The Trump administration has accused the group of receiving support from Iran and carrying out violence against civilians.

The United States has designated the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as a “terrorist” group, as President Donald Trump’s administration stepped up its crackdown on the organization.

The State Department on Monday accused the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood of receiving support from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Washington labeled the group as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist” (SDGT) and said it would designate it as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization” (FTO) starting next week.

“The Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood uses unbridled violence against civilians to undermine efforts to resolve the conflict in Sudan and advance its violent Islamist ideology,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement.

The SDGT designation enables economic sanctions against the group, while the FTO label makes it illegal to provide material support.

The State Department accused Muslim Brotherhood fighters in Sudan – where Sudanese forces are fighting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group – of carrying out “mass murder of civilians.”

The RSF, which has been accused of major human rights violations, and its supporters often argue that they are fighting Muslim Brotherhood forces.

On Monday, the United Arab Emirates welcomed Washington’s move to blacklist the group in Sudan.

The UAE Foreign Ministry said, “The US measures reflect the sustained and systematic efforts by President Trump’s administration to stop the excessive violence against civilians and destabilizing activities carried out by the Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan.”

In January, the Trump administration blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood affiliates in Lebanon, Jordan and Sudan, a move the groups rejected.

Founded in 1928 by the Egyptian Muslim scholar Hassan al-Banna, the Muslim Brotherhood has branches and branches across the Middle East, including political parties and social organizations.

The group and its allies say they are committed to peaceful political participation.

In the US and other countries in the West, right-wing activists have for years tried to discredit Muslim immigrant communities and critics of Israel by accusing them of being linked to the Muslim Brotherhood.

Some of Trump’s fiercest allies in Congress have also been calling for the group to be blacklisted for years.