Terrorist Designations Of Muslim Brotherhood Chapters

Marco Rubio, Secretary of State

January 13,
2026

Today, as a first step in support of President
Trump’s commitment to eliminate the capabilities and
operations of Muslim Brotherhood chapters that pose a threat
to the United States as described in Executive Order 14362,
the United States is imposing terrorist designations against
the Lebanese, Jordanian, and Egyptian chapters of the Muslim
Brotherhood.

The Department of State is designating
the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist
Organization and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
(SDGT), and the group’s leader Muhammad Fawzi Taqqosh as
an SDGT. Concurrently, the Department of the Treasury is
designating the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and Jordanian
Muslim Brotherhood as SDGTs for providing material support
to Hamas.

These designations reflect the opening
actions of an ongoing, sustained effort to thwart Muslim
Brotherhood chapters’ violence and destabilization
wherever it occurs. The United States will use all available
tools to deprive these Muslim Brotherhood chapters of the
resources to engage in or support
terrorism.

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