The U.S. designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization is “in the works,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Aug. 12 in an interview with radio host Sid Rosenberg.
Rosenberg asked Rubio, “I got to ask you: Why wouldn’t you guys designate the Muslim Brotherhood and [the Council on American–Islamic Relations]?”
Rubio said: “All of that is in the works. Obviously, there are different branches of the Muslim Brotherhood, so you’d have to designate each one of them.”
Rubio said there could be legal challenges behind such a designation.
“These things are going to be challenged in court,” he said. “Any group can say, ‘Well, I’m not really a terrorist. That organization is not a terrorist organization.’…
Rubio: Designating Muslim Brotherhood as Terrorist Organization ‘in the Works’
