The Muslim Brotherhood designation push aimed at controlling American Muslims rather than fighting terrorism.
Evidence
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Trump’s threat to issue an executive order on the Muslim Brotherhood during his presidency was squarely “aimed at American Muslims and controlling them while at the same time continuing to demonize Islam.” — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 652
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to Beydoun’s New Crusades treatment of US policy as controlling domestic Muslim civic life. — connects to: Designating the Muslim Brotherhood would hand terrorists a recruiting propaganda tool. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 647; The Muslim Brotherhood designation would threaten constitutional rights of US Muslims. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 662; Terrorist designations function as tools to criminalize Muslim civic participation. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 665
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 652
Related
- The Muslim Brotherhood designation would threaten constitutional rights of US Muslims. (similarity 0.90)
- Designating the Muslim Brotherhood would hand terrorists a recruiting propaganda tool. (similarity 0.88)
- The CIA warned that designating the Muslim Brotherhood would fuel extremism. (similarity 0.83)
- Terrorist designations function as tools to criminalize Muslim civic participation. (similarity 0.82)
- No hard evidence supports a Muslim Brotherhood terrorist designation beyond one discredited memo. (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- The Muslim Brotherhood designation would threaten constitutional rights of US Muslims.
#expands(0.85) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 662 - Terrorist designations function as tools to criminalize Muslim civic participation.
#expands(0.75) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 665