,,ii #aadth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #bbcj ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,november #c1 #bjae ,mr4 ,cruz introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations ,a ,,bill ,to require the ,secretary of ,state to submit a report to ,congress on the designation of the ,muslim ,brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,muslim ,brotherhood ,terrorist ,designation ,act of #bjae4 #b4 ,findings2 sense of ,congress 7a7 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,multiple countries have declared the ,society of the ,muslim ,brothers 7commonly known as the ,muslim ,brotherhood7 a terrorist organization or proscribed the group from operating in their countries4 7#b7 ,in #aihj1 following a wave of assassinations targeting government officials and the ,june #af1 #aigi1 massacre of #hc military cadets in ,aleppo1 the ,government of ,syria-- 7,a7 banned the ,muslim ,brotherhood from the country2 and 7,b7 made membership in the organization punishable by death4 7#c7 ,in a ,february #ad1 #bjjc1 court decision1 the ,russian ,supreme ,court-- 7,a7 described the ,muslim ,brotherhood as a terrorist organization2 and 7,b7 banned the organization from operating in ,russia4 7#d7 ,in #bjac-- 7,a7 an ,egyptian court banned the ,muslim ,brotherhood from ,egypt2 and 7,b7 the ,government of ,egypt officially declared the ,muslim ,brotherhood a terrorist organization4 7#e7 ,the ,kingdom of ,saudi ,arabia designated the ,muslim ,brotherhood as a terrorist group on ,march #g1 #bjad4 7#f7 ,the ,cabinet of the ,united ,arab ,emirates has published a list of terrorist organizations1 which includes the ,muslim ,brotherhood and its local affiliates4 7#g7 ,on ,march #ba1 #bjad1 the ,foreign ,minister of ,bahrain backed the terrorist designations of the ,muslim ,brotherhood by the ,united ,arab ,emirates and ,saudi ,arabia4 7#h7 ,the ,muslim ,brotherhood1 which was founded in ,egypt in #aibh by ,hassan al-,banna1 remains headquartered in ,egypt but operates throughout the world4 7#i7 ,the ,muslim ,brotherhood's long-standing motto includes the following3 ,allah is our objective4 ,the ,prophet is our leader4 ,the ,qur'an is our law4 ,jihad is our way4 ,dying in the way of ,allah is our highest hope4 ,allah is greater64 7#aj7 ,hassan al-,banna1 in a book entitled ,the ,way of ,jihad1 taught-- 7,a7 ,jihad is an obligation from ,allah on every ,muslim and cannot be ignored nor evaded4 ,allah has ascribed great importance to jihad and has made the reward of the martyrs and fighters in ,his way a splendid one4 ,only those who have acted similarly and who have modeled themselves upon the martyrs in their performance of jihad can join them in this reward42 and 7,b7 ,jihad means the fighting of the unbelievers1 and involves all possible efforts that are necessary to dismantle the power of the enemies of ,islam including beating them1 plundering their wealth1 destroying their places of worship and smashing their idols44 7#aa7 ,hassan al-,banna also taught that it is the nature of ,islam to dominate1 not to be dominated1 and thus that the mission of ,islam1 as interpreted and executed by the ,muslim ,brotherhood1 must be to impose ,islamic law on nations and to extend its power to the entire planet4 ,while al-,banna's plan for accomplishing this mission was multifaceted1 it centrally incorporated training for and the execution of violent jihad-terrorist operations4 7#ab7 ,in ,richard ,p4 ,mitchell's #aifi book on the history of the ,muslim ,brotherhood1 entitled ,the ,society of ,muslim ,brothers1 ,professor ,mitchell explained al-,banna's teachings on violent jihad3 ,the certainty that jihad had this physical connotation is evidenced by the relationship always implied between it and the possibility1 even the necessity1 of death and martyrdom4 ,death1 as an important end of jihad1 was extolled by al-,banna in a phrase which came to be a famous part of his legacy3 ,the art of death4 ,death is art4 ,the ,koran has commanded people to love death more than life4 ,unless the philosophy of the ,koran on death replaces the love of life which has consumed ,muslims1 then they will reach naught4 ,victory can only come with the mastery of the art of death4 ,the movement cannot succeed1 al-,banna insists1 without this dedicated and unqualified kind of jihad4 7#ac7 ,this philosophy pervaded the ,muslim ,brotherhood's prioritization of training for combat4 ,professor ,mitchell observed that it was the tone of the training which gave the ,muslim ,brotherhood its distinctive qualities1 adding3 ,if the ,muslim ,brothers were more effectively violent than other groups on the ,egyptian scene1 it was because militancy and martyrdom had been elevated to central virtues in the ,society's ethos44 ,its literature and speeches were permeated with references identifying it and its purposes in military terms4 ,al-,banna told members again and again that they were the army of liberation1 carrying on your shoulders the message of liberation2 you are the battalions of salvation for this nation afflicted by calamity4 7#ad7 ,al-,banna's blueprint for revolution anticipated a final stage of execution at which point the battalions the ,muslim ,brotherhood had trained would conquer ''' every obstinate tyrant4 ,this violent ideology continued to be part of the ,brotherhood's indoctrination in standard membership texts1 such as ,sayyid ,qutb's ,milestones and ,fathi ,yakan's ,to ,be a ,muslim4 7#ae7 ,in ,muslim ,brotherhood organizations and chapters throughout the world1 including in the ,united ,states1 al-,banna's originating philosophy continues to be taught4 7#af7 ,in its earliest days1 the ,egyptian ,muslim ,brotherhood established a terrorist wing1 referred to as the secret apparatus1 which conducted bombings and assassinations targeting foreigners and government officials4 ,the assassinations by the ,muslim ,brotherhood of ,judge ,ahmed ,al-,khazinder ,bey in #aidg and ,prime ,minister ,mahmoud ,al-,nuqrashi in #aidh prompted the first ban on the organization in ,egypt4 7#ag7 ,the ,united ,states has previously designated global elements of the ,muslim ,brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations1 including-- 7,a7 the terrorist group ,hamas1 which self-identifies as one of the wings of the ,muslim ,brotherhood in ,palestine1 which was designated as a foreign terrorist organization by ,president ,william ,j4 ,clinton on ,january #bc1 #aiie1 by ,executive ,order #abidg1 and by ,secretary of ,state ,madeline ,albright on ,october #g1 #aiig1 under section #bai7;a7 of the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahi7;a772 and 7,b7 the ,kuwaiti ,muslim ,brotherhood's ,lajnat al-,daawa al-,islamiya 7,islamic ,call ,committee71 which was designated as a foreign terrorist organization by ,president ,george ,w4 ,bush on ,september #bc1 #bjja1 by ,executive ,order #acbbd and by ,secretary of ,state ,colin ,powell on ,january #i1 #bjjc1 under such section #bai7;a74 7#ah7 ,lajnat al-,daawa al-,islamiya was designated as a foreign terrorist organization for-- 7,a7 being a financial conduit for ,osama bin ,laden and ,al-,qaeda2 7,b7 funding terrorist groups in ,chechnya and ,libya2 and 7,c7 including ,al-,qaeda operations chief ,khalid ,sheikh ,mohammed and ,world ,trade ,center bomber ,ramzi ,yousef as leaders with the organization4 7#ai7 ,militias of the ,libyan ,muslim ,brotherhood recently joined forces with ,united ,states designated terrorist organizations1 particularly ,ansar al-,sharia1 as part of the ,shura ,council of ,benghazi ,revolutionaries and ,libya ,dawn forces fighting against the military forces of the internationally recognized ,libyan government4 7#bj7 ,individual ,muslim ,brotherhood leaders have been designated by the ,united ,states as ,specially ,designated ,terrorists1 as authorized under the ,international ,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agja et seq47 and initiated under ,executive ,order #acbbd 7,september #bc1 #bjja71 including ,shaykh ,abd-al-,majid ,al-,zindani1 a leader of the ,yemeni ,muslim ,brotherhood's ,al-,islah political party1 who was designated by the ,secretary of the ,treasury as a specially designated terrorist on ,february #b1 #bjjd4 ,the designation states that al-,zindani has a long history of working with ,bin ,laden1 serving as one of his spiritual leaders1 in addition to his activities in support of ,al-,qaeda1 including recruiting and procuring weapons4 ,al-,zindani was also identified in a ,federal lawsuit as a coordinator of the ,october #bjjj suicide attack targeting the ,,uss ,,cole in ,aden1 ,yemen1 that killed #ag ,united ,states ,navy sailors1 including personally selecting the #b suicide bombers4 ,in ,september #bjab1 al-,zindani reportedly called for his supporters to kill ,united ,states ,marines stationed at the ,united ,states ,embassy in ,sana'a1 ,yemen4 7#ba7 ,mohammad ,jamal ,khalifa1 a veteran of the ,soviet-,afghan war1 senior ,muslim ,brotherhood leader1 and brother-in-law and close confidant of ,osama bin ,laden was arrested in ,california in ,december #aiid on charges related to the #aiic bombing of the ,world ,trade ,center4 ,evidence was found at that time that linked ,khalifa to the planned al-,qaeda ,operation ,bojinka plot that included the bombing of #aa airplanes between ,asia and the ,united ,states4 ,he was deported to ,jordan in ,may #aiie4 ,prior to that time he operated an ,islamic charity in the ,philippines that was accused of funneling money to the ,abu ,sayyef terrorist group and laundering money for ,bin ,laden4 ,he was sought again by ,united ,states authorities in #bjjg1 and an ,interpol bulletin was issued to several ,united ,states intelligence agencies4 ,khalifa was killed four days later in ,madagascar4 7#bb7 ,sami ,al-,hajj1 an ,al-,qaeda member and senior leader of the ,muslim ,brotherhood's ,shura ,council1 was imprisoned as a detainee at the ,department of ,defense facility at ,guantanamo ,bay1 ,cuba4 ,he was captured by ,pakistani forces near the ,afghanistan border in #bjja and transferred to ,united ,states custody4 ,he was detained for his work as a money and weapons courier for ,al-,qaeda4 ,he reportedly worked directly with ,taliban commander ,mullah ,mohammad ,omar to procure weapons1 and met with senior ,afghan ,muslim ,brotherhood officials in mid-#bjja to discuss the transfer of ,stinger missiles from ,afghanistan to ,chechnya4 7#bc7 ,according to a ,may #aiie report by the ,united ,states ,house of ,representatives ,task ,force on ,terrorism and ,unconventional ,warfare1 a series of conferences hosted by ,sudanese ,muslim ,brotherhood leader ,hassan al-,turabi in ,khartoum1 ,sudan1 during ,october #aiid and ,march to ,april #aiie featured representatives from virtually every ,islamic terrorist organization in the world4 ,the conferences included representatives from ,iranian intelligence1 ,hezbollah1 ,palestinian ,islamic ,jihad1 ,egyptian ,islamic ,jihad1 and the ,armed ,islamic ,group of ,algeria1 and leaders from the international ,muslim ,brotherhood1 the ,muslim ,brotherhood in the ,gulf ,countries1 ,hamas 7the ,palestinian ,muslim ,brotherhood71 the ,islamic ,action ,front 7,jordanian ,muslim ,brotherhood71 and the ,ennahda ,movement 7the ,tunisian ,muslim ,brotherhood74 ,osama bin ,laden was present at the conferences4 ,the parties agreed to launch a terrorism offensive beginning in #aiie1 with targets including ,united ,states interests and personnel in the ,middle ,east and attacks inside the ,united ,states homeland4 7#bd7 ,in ,october #bjjc1 ,richard ,clarke1 former ,national ,coordinator for ,security and ,counterterrorism for ,presidents ,william ,j4 ,clinton and ,george ,w4 ,bush1 testified before the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs of the ,senate that terrorist organizations continued to operate inside the ,united ,states and their connection to the ,muslim ,brotherhood networks1 stating ,dating back to the #aihj's1 ,islamist terrorist networks have developed a sophisticated and diversified financial infrastructure in the ,united ,states4 ,in the post ,september #aath environment1 it is now widely known that every major ,islamist terrorist organization1 from ,hamas to ,islamic ,jihad to al-,qaeda1 has leveraged the financial resources and institutions of the ,united ,states to build their capabilities4 ,we face a highly developed enemy in our mission to stop terrorist financing4 ,while the overseas operations of ,islamist terrorist organizations are generally segregated and distinct1 the opposite holds in the ,united ,states4 ,the issue of terrorist financing in the ,united ,states is a fundamental example of the shared infrastructure levered by ,hamas1 ,islamic ,jihad and al-,qaeda1 all of which enjoy a significant degree of cooperation and coordination within our borders4 ,the common link here is the extremist ,muslim ,brotherhood--all of these organizations are descendants of the membership and ideology of the ,muslim ,brothers44 7#be7 ,one of the examples cited by ,richard ,clarke in his testimony before the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs of the ,senate was the case of ,soliman ,biheiri1 who ran an investment firm specializing in ,islamically permissible investments1 the ,secaucus1 ,new ,jersey-based ,baitul ,mal1 ,incorporated1 which offered a range of financial services for the ,muslim community1 and invested in businesses and real estate4 ,according to ,federal prosecutors1 the shareholders of ,baitul ,mal included al-,qaeda financier ,yassin al-,qadi and top ,hamas leader ,mousa abu ,marzook1 both of whom are specially designated global terrorists and operated separate businesses out of the offices of ,baitul ,mal1 ,incorporated and also did business with ,baitul ,mal1 ,incorporated4 ,other ,baitul ,mal1 ,incorporated investors included ,abdullah bin ,laden1 nephew of ,osama bin ,laden1 and ,tarek ,swaidan1 a ,kuwaiti ,muslim ,brotherhood leader4 ,in a ,september #bjjc detention hearing1 ,federal prosecutors described ,biheiri as the ,united ,states banker for the ,muslim ,brotherhood1 and stating that the defendant came here as the ,muslim ,brotherhood's financial toehold in the ,united ,states44 ,biheiri was convicted on ,federal immigration charges on ,october #i1 #bjjc4 7#bf7 ,the fact that the international ,muslim ,brotherhood engages in terrorism financing inside the ,united ,states was attested to in ,february #bjaa by ,,fbi ,director ,robert ,mueller1 who testified before the ,permanent ,select ,committee on ,intelligence of the ,house of ,representatives about the ,muslim ,brotherhood's networks and agenda in the ,united ,states1 stating3 ,i can say at the outset that elements of the ,muslim ,brotherhood both here and overseas have supported terrorism4 ,to the extent that ,i can provide information1 ,i would be happy to do so in closed session4 ,but it would be difficult to do in open session44 7#bg7 ,in the ,holy ,land ,foundation prosecutions--the largest terrorism financing trial in ,united ,states history--,department of ,justice officials successfully argued in court that the international ,muslim ,brotherhood and its ,united ,states affiliates had engaged in a widespread conspiracy to raise money and materially support the terrorist group ,hamas4 ,,hlf officials charged in the case were found guilty on all counts in ,november #bjjh1 primarily related to millions of dollars that had been transferred to ,hamas4 ,during the trial and in court documents1 ,federal prosecutors implicated a number of prominent ,united ,states-,islamic organizations in this conspiracy1 including the ,islamic ,society of ,north ,america1 the ,north ,american ,islamic ,trust1 and the ,council on ,american-,islamic ,relations4 ,these groups and their leaders1 among others1 were named as unindicted co-conspirators in the case4 ,the ,department of ,justice told the court that these ,united ,states-,muslim ,brotherhood affiliates acted at the direction of the international ,muslim ,brotherhood to support terrorism in a ,july #bjjh court filing3 ,,isna and ,,nait1 in fact1 shared more with ,,hlf than just a parent organization4 ,they were intimately connected with the ,holy ,land ,foundation and its assigned task of providing financial support to ,,hamas4 ,shortly after ,,hamas was founded in #aihg1 as an outgrowth of the ,muslim ,brotherhood1 the ,international ,muslim ,brotherhood ordered the ,muslim ,brotherhood chapters throughout the world to create ,palestine ,committees1 who supported ,,hamas with media1 money and men4 ,the ,u4,s4-,muslim ,brotherhood created the ,united ,states ,palestine ,committee1 which documents reflect was initially comprised of #c organizations3 the ,holy ,land ,foundation1 the ,islamic ,association for ,palestine1 and the ,united ,association for ,studies and ,research4 ,,cair was later added to these organizations4 ,the mandate of these organizations1 per the ,international ,muslim ,brotherhood1 was to support ,,hamas1 and the ,,hlf's particular role was to raise money to support ,,hamas' organizations inside the ,palestinian territories44 7#bh7 ,in ,september #bjaj1 the ,supreme ,guide of the ,muslim ,brotherhood1 ,mohamed ,badie1 delivered a weekly sermon mirroring the ideological themes of ,al-,qaeda's ,august #aiif declaration of war against the ,united ,states4 ,calling on ,arab and ,muslim regimes to confront not just ,israel1 but also the ,united ,states1 he declared that ,resistance is the only solution against the ,zio-,american arrogance and tyranny44 ,this resistance can only come from fighting and understanding that the improvement and change that the ,muslim nation seeks can only be attained through jihad and sacrifice and by raising a jihadi generation that pursues death just as the enemies pursue life4 ,he also predicted the imminent downfall of the ,united ,states1 saying ,the ,united ,states is now experiencing the beginning of its end1 and is heading towards its demise44 7#bi7 ,since ,august #bjac1 ,muslim ,brotherhood members in ,egypt have been killed in firefights during attacks on police and military targets1 and during the manufacture and placement of explosives for acts of terrorism4 7#cj7 ,the ,august #ad1 #bjac1 clearing of ,muslim ,brotherhood protests in ,egypt resulted in attacks by ,muslim ,brotherhood supporters targeting the ,coptic ,christian community4 ,attacks included #gj churches and more than #a1jjj homes and businesses of ,coptic ,christian families torched in the ensuing violence4 ,during the ,muslim ,brotherhood protests1 there were repeated reports of direct incitement towards the ,copts from leading ,muslim ,brotherhood figures1 and since the protest dispersal this targeting of the ,christian community continues in official statements on ,muslim ,brotherhood social media outlets and from its leadership4 ,as the ,united ,states ,commission on ,international ,religious ,freedom has previously noted1 this terror campaign by the ,muslim ,brotherhood is not a new development4 ,over the past decade violence by the ,muslim ,brotherhood has been directed at the ,coptic community4 ,as the ,,uscirf observed in its #bjjc ,annual ,report3 ,coptic ,christians face ongoing violence from vigilante ,muslim extremists1 including members of the ,muslim ,brotherhood1 many of whom act with impunity44 7#ca7 ,on ,january #bg1 #bjae1 the ,muslim ,brotherhood published on their official ,ikhwanonline4com website an announcement that the organization was entering a new phase and calling its followers to prepare for a long1 uncompromising jihad against the ,egyptian government4 ,the statement also positively recalled the ,muslim ,brotherhood's terrorist past1 including the operations of the secret apparatus terror wing active in the #aidjs and #aiejs1 and the group's battalions organized by ,brotherhood founder ,hassan al-,banna that fought against ,israel during its ,war of ,independence in #aidh4 7#cb7 ,on ,may #bg1 #bjae1 a group of #aei ,muslim ,brotherhood-associated scholars from #ce nations announced the publication of a document endorsing violence in ,egypt in response to a war against ,islam's principles44 ,specifically1 ,article #d of the ,call to ,egypt calls for retribution punishment against government officials1 judges1 police1 soldiers1 religious officials1 and media personalities backing the government4 ,the document was affirmed by the ,muslim ,brotherhood in an ,english-language statement published on their official website4 7#cc7 ,a ,july #a1 #bjae1 statement published on the ,muslim ,brotherhood's official ,english-language website called for rebellion against the ,egyptian government after a group of senior ,muslim ,brotherhood leaders were killed in a shootout after opening fire on ,egyptian anti-terror police who were raiding the secret meeting in #fth of ,october ,city4 ,documents reportedly recovered at the scene showed that the leadership was planning acts of sabotage and attacks on police stations during the second anniversary of the removal of ,mohamed ,morsi on ,july #crd4 7#cd7 ,a senior ,egyptian ,muslim ,brotherhood leader1 ,ashraf ,abdel ,ghaffar1 gave a ,july #c1 #bjae1 interview in which he defended the sabotage of power stations and high voltage pylons targeting ,egyptian citizens by the ,muslim ,brotherhood as punishment for support of the ,egyptian government4 7b7 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress that-- 7#a7 the ,muslim ,brotherhood meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization under section #bai of the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahi72 and 7#b7 the ,secretary of ,state1 in consultation with the ,attorney ,general and the ,secretary of the ,treasury1 should exercise the ,secretary of ,state's statutory authority by designating the ,muslim ,brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization4 #c4 ,report on designation of the muslim brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization 7a7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,appropriate congressional committees ,the term appropriate congressional committees means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate2 7,b7 the ,committee on ,armed ,services of the ,senate2 7,c7 the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the ,senate2 7,d7 the ,select ,committee on ,intelligence of the ,senate2 7,e7 the ,committee on the ,judiciary of the ,senate2 7,f7 the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs of the ,senate2 7,g7 the ,committee on ,homeland ,security of the ,house of ,representatives2 7,h7 the ,committee on ,armed ,services of the ,house of ,representatives2 7,i7 the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of ,representatives2 7,j7 the ,permanent ,select ,committee on ,intelligence of the ,house of ,representatives2 7,k7 the ,committee on the ,judiciary of the ,house of ,representatives2 and 7,l7 the ,committee on ,financial ,services of the ,house of ,representatives4 7#b7 ,intelligence community ,the term intelligence community has the meaning given that term in section #c7d7 of the ,national ,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cjjc7d774 7b7 ,report ,not later than #fj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,state1 in consultation with the intelligence community1 shall submit a detailed report to the appropriate congressional committees that-- 7#a7 indicates whether the ,muslim ,brotherhood meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization under section #bai of the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahi72 and 7#b7 if the ,secretary of ,state determines that the ,muslim ,brotherhood does not meet the criteria referred to in paragraph 7#a71 includes a detailed justification as to which criteria have not been met4 7c7 ,form ,the report required under subsection 7b7 shall be submitted in unclassified form1 but may include a classified annex1 if appropriate4