The CIA warned that designating the Muslim Brotherhood would fuel extremism.

Evidence

According to a summary of a finished intelligence report for policymakers that was shared by a US official with POLITICO, several CIA experts publicly warned that designating the Muslim Brotherhood may actually “fuel extremism” and further damage relations with America’s allies. The CIA document—published internally on January 31, 2017—also noted that the Brotherhood had already publicly “rejected violence as a matter of official policy.” They also noted that the Brotherhood had openly “opposed Al-Qaeda and ISIS” in public condemnations as well over the years. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 659

Categorization

• XREF: Intelligence agencies contradicting the political push parallels Esposito’s and the Times’s arguments, a counterweight to the control narrative. — connects to: Designating the Muslim Brotherhood would hand terrorists a recruiting propaganda tool. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 647
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 659

Related

• Designating the Muslim Brotherhood would hand terrorists a recruiting propaganda tool. (similarity 0.87)
• The Muslim Brotherhood designation push aimed at controlling American Muslims rather than fighting terrorism. (similarity 0.83)
• No hard evidence supports a Muslim Brotherhood terrorist designation beyond one discredited memo. (similarity 0.80)
• The Muslim Brotherhood designation would threaten constitutional rights of US Muslims. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Designating the Muslim Brotherhood would hand terrorists a recruiting propaganda tool. #corroborates (0.80) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 647