US confirms that Brotherhood is not a designated terrorist organisation

[Jefferson23]

2/7/2015

The United States government has confirmed that the Muslim Brotherhood has not been designated as a "terrorist organisation" by the state department.

Spokeswoman Marie Harf was referred to a statement on the movement's official website apparently calling for jihad. When asked if it would change the way that the US is dealing with the Islamic movement she pointed out that surfing the Brotherhood's website "is not usually part of [her] morning reading [but] we engage with a variety of parties in Egypt... The Muslim Brotherhood is not designated as a terrorist organisation by the United States."

She noted that she was updated about the issue and said: "I think it was attributed to the Revolutionary Punishment Group. And the message contained in the video is certainly disturbing in light of last week's attacks in the Sinai."

The government, Harf added, is seeking more information about the jihad statement. "We would condemn any call for violence, and do not have more to say than that."

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/americas/16845-us-confirms-that-brotherhood-is-not-a-designated-terrorist-organisation

[quadrature]

1. but it should be ....nt

[Jefferson23]

2. No, it should not..besides, we do this kind of labeling when we want to push someone out of

the way. You should think about why Obama does not want to do this.

[quadrature]

3. for example .. the MB seems to be behind the ethnin cleansing

on the Coptic Christians in Egypt

[Jefferson23]

4. Yea, ugly actions. You then feel al Sisi should be designated as such too?

Egypt: Mass Attacks on Churches
Christians Say Pleas for Protection Fell Largely on Deaf Ears
August 22, 2013
http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/08/21/egypt-mass-attacks-churches

Egypt: 25 activists sentenced as al-Sisi tightens grip on human rights
http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/egypt-25-activists-sentenced-al-sisi-tightens-grip-human-rights-2014-06-11

Lots of bad actors out there, who fits the label of terrorist? Lots of bad actors..and the word
has been politicized to death..pardon the pun.

[quadrature]

5. I don't have an answer to your questions, other than you are correct

in stating that the word
'terrorism' is manipulated for
political reasons.