administration debates designating Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group

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By Mark Hosenball | WASHINGTON Reuters

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They worry that a U.S. move to designate the entire Brotherhood a terrorist group would complicate relations with Turkey, a key American ally in the fight against Islamic State, and where the Islamist-rooted AKP Party that dominates the Turkish government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in power. Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda Party has also participated in democratic elections.

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, the country's oldest Islamist movement, was designated as a terrorist organization in that country in 2013.

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Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates among others have designated the group on their terrorist lists, and Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, described the Brotherhood an "an agent of radical Islam", during his Senate confirmation hearing.

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1. Right. Because you want to alienate more Muslims and box them

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all out of the mainstream regardless of their actions. I mean there are only 60 thousand people is ISIS. That's no fun.

What is wrong with treating people according to what they do? Think of all the misguided youth who would join a peaceful version of the Muslim Brotherhood. Then they are forever labeled a terrorist even after they have dropped out. And never did anything.