Report on Muslim Brotherhood's campaign in U.S.

Washington D.C. - A new report written by Ran Meir, from the Clarion Project recently published and exposed the hectic efforts exerted by the Muslim Brotherhood to establish new connections inside the current U.S. administration. The US-based Clarion Project center is keen on studying the Brotherhood's group activities and asks U.S. citizens to put pressure on members of the U.S. Congress to designate the group of the Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.

Lectures, discussions and events are being held in prominent American universities, including Harvard and Georgetown, about the “constructive contribution” the Brotherhood has made to Egypt since the Arab Spring began.

For example, speaking under the title “The Nobility in Justice,” Mahmoud al-Sharkawi, a Brotherhood official in Washington, lectured about the “positive” role the Brotherhood has played in Egypt since January 25, 2011 (the date marking the beginning of the Arab Spring in Egypt) in a conference at St. John’s University in New York.

The group is also reaching out to members of Congress, trying to re-brand the way it is perceived in Washington after El-Sisi’s successful visit.

Testifying in Congress, Tarek al-Zimer, head of the Building and Development Party, the political party of the Egyptian Brotherhood, urged Americans to change their views about the organization. Other officials of the Brotherhood who attended the hearing used their presence to incite against El-Sisi and the current Egyptian government.

Writing in a blog, al-Zimer asked, “Have the Americans internalized the lesson and fully understood the danger of the current situation to their interests?”

Sources close to the Brotherhood say the purpose of the campaign being waged on American university campuses is to put pressure on Trump in light of the negative opinions about the Brotherhood that are now prevalent in Washington due to the change in administrations.
What they fear most is a decision by the administration to designate the Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.

Hisham al-Naggar, an Islamic scholar, agreed. He said the purpose of the Brotherhood campaign is to confront the new negative shift in American opinions toward the Brotherhood. These opinions include support for El-Sisi and allying with him against terror – positions that include a crackdown on Brotherhood activities.