Washington hosted the Muslim Brotherhood’s leadership while branding Brotherhood violence acceptable

Evidence

“Let me be extremely clear,” said J. M. Berger, a counter-terrorism analyst at George Washington University’s Program on Extremism. “This initiative is concerned with controlling American Muslims, not with any issue pertaining to the Muslim Brotherhood in any practical or realistic sense.” In fact, counterterrorism experts have consistently acknowledged that there is no hard evidence at all to support a Muslim Brotherhood designation apart from one murky unauthenticated “1991 memorandum” written in Arabic by a mystery man allegedly affiliated with the Brotherhood. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 653 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The US hosted the Muslim Brotherhood despite its violence against Egypt; The CIA cultivated the Muslim Brotherhood to counter Nasser’s pan-Arab nationalism; Pan-Arab anticolonial unity prompted CIA support for the Muslim Brotherhood (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• The US welcomed Muslim Brotherhood leaders despite their political assassinations. #corroborates (0.92)
• No hard evidence supports a Muslim Brotherhood terrorist designation beyond one discredited memo. #complicates (0.78) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 653