US senator wants terror designation for Muslim Brotherhood

Texas Senator Ted Cruz has proposed a bill that would drive the Republican-led US even closer to Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's Egypt.

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The New Arab

12 January, 2017

It's time to call the enemy by its name, said Cruz [Getty]

US Republican Senator Ted Cruz and Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart have introduced a bill asking Secretary of State John Kerry to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as an international terrorist organisation.

The bill, dubbed the "Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act," was announced by Cruz on his Twitter page on Tuesday.

"It's time to call the enemy by its name," Cruz tweeted, referring to the movement which is also banned in several Middle Eastern nations, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Syria.

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The bill states that the group has met the criteria of a terrorist group, and thus should be designated as such.