Senator Ted Cruz has reintroduced legislation to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, tying it to violence committed by other known terrorist groups like Hamas. This is the latest attempt in what Breitbart calls Senator Cruz’s “decade-long crusade.”

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From Breitbart:

The Texas Republican’s Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2025 employs a new “bottom up” strategy designed to overcome previous Democratic opposition by first identifying Brotherhood branches that explicitly engage in terrorism before designating the entire organization for supporting those terror affiliates.

“The Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organization, and it provides support to Muslim Brotherhood branches that are terrorist organizations,” Cruz declared in a statement. “One of those branches is Hamas, which on October 7 committed the worst single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, which included the murder and kidnapping of at least 53 Americans.”

Cruz emphasized the urgency of the designation, noting that the Brotherhood remains “committed to the overthrow and destruction of America and other non-Islamist governments across the world, and pose an acute threat to American national security interests.”

Senator Cruz has introduced similar legislation in 2015, 2017, 2020, and 2021. This new legislation attempts to address previous criticisms. In the past, the Senator reportedly faced pushback over concerns his legislation would sweep up Brotherhood affiliates not directly involved in violence.

The new act, however, establishes the link between the Muslim Brotherhood and some of its violent branches like Hamas, which is already formally recognized as a terrorist organization. The text of the bill says that “Hamas is a Muslim Brotherhood branch, according to its charter; which describes Hamas as ‘one of the wings of the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine.'”

Five Republican senators are cosponsoring this legislation. Additionally, two representatives, one Republican and one Democrat, have introduced companion legislation in the House, showing that this is a bipartisan issue.

Breitbart also notes that many U.S. allies, including Austria, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, have already labeled the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group.

As this legislation continues through the Senate, let’s pray. Let’s pray for the United States to stand boldly against Islamic terror across the globe!

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(Excerpt from Breitbart. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America – Ted Cruz, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=157320306)