Rupert
2013-08-22 07:11:41 UTC
A new petition on the White House website asks the
administration to declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist
organization.
The request was posted on petitions.whitehouse.gov on July 7 and
quickly garnered more than the 100,000 signature requirement for
the Obama administration to officially consider the request.
"Declare Muslim Brotherhood organization as a terrorist group,"
was written within days of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi,
who drew much of his support from the group, being removed from
power by the military in early July.
The petition states, Muslim Brotherhood has a long history of
violent killings & terrorizing opponents. Also MB has direct
ties with most terrorist groups like Hamas.
The Muslim Brotherhood has shown in the past few days that it
is willing to engage in violence and killing of innocent
civilians in order to invoke fear in the hearts of its
opponents. This is terrorism, the petition reads.
We ask the US government to declare MB as a terrorist group for
a safer future for all of us.
The administration has remained relatively quiet about the
Brotherhoods recent methods in Egypt while Morsi was in power.
The Muslim Brotherhood has surely inspired or spawned terrorist
organizations, I dont know that the Brotherhood itself has
engaged in specific terrorist activities itself, Lawrence Haas,
a former senior White House official and current Senior Fellow
for U.S. Foreign Policy at the American Foreign Policy Council
told FoxNews.com.
For the [Obama] administration, the issue is more basic, he
added. The Brotherhood has now involved itself fully in the
political process of its home nation, Egypt. Rather than rule
democratically, however, Morsi and the Brotherhood began to rule
in an authoritarian manner, which was always the fear about this
fundamentalist organization.
By downplaying human rights, the administration avoids some
government-to-government conflict. At the same time, it raises
doubts among the hundreds of millions of people across the
region, whether we are on their side or on the side of the
autocrats. ..I think the better long-term strategy for the
administration is to promote human rights more forcefully, even
if that means occasional discomfort on the diplomatic front.
The We the People petition program, which was set up by the
White House late last year, stipulates that all requests must
receive some sort of response from the administration when150
signatures are added within the first 30 days and the petition
gains 100,000 signatures by the second 30 days.
The goal was met in less than a month with the petition hitting
136,383 signatures as of Thursday.
The White House did not immediately return a request for comment.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/02/petition-calls-for-
white-house-to-declare-muslim-brotherhood-terrorists/
administration to declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist
organization.
The request was posted on petitions.whitehouse.gov on July 7 and
quickly garnered more than the 100,000 signature requirement for
the Obama administration to officially consider the request.
"Declare Muslim Brotherhood organization as a terrorist group,"
was written within days of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi,
who drew much of his support from the group, being removed from
power by the military in early July.
The petition states, Muslim Brotherhood has a long history of
violent killings & terrorizing opponents. Also MB has direct
ties with most terrorist groups like Hamas.
The Muslim Brotherhood has shown in the past few days that it
is willing to engage in violence and killing of innocent
civilians in order to invoke fear in the hearts of its
opponents. This is terrorism, the petition reads.
We ask the US government to declare MB as a terrorist group for
a safer future for all of us.
The administration has remained relatively quiet about the
Brotherhoods recent methods in Egypt while Morsi was in power.
The Muslim Brotherhood has surely inspired or spawned terrorist
organizations, I dont know that the Brotherhood itself has
engaged in specific terrorist activities itself, Lawrence Haas,
a former senior White House official and current Senior Fellow
for U.S. Foreign Policy at the American Foreign Policy Council
told FoxNews.com.
For the [Obama] administration, the issue is more basic, he
added. The Brotherhood has now involved itself fully in the
political process of its home nation, Egypt. Rather than rule
democratically, however, Morsi and the Brotherhood began to rule
in an authoritarian manner, which was always the fear about this
fundamentalist organization.
By downplaying human rights, the administration avoids some
government-to-government conflict. At the same time, it raises
doubts among the hundreds of millions of people across the
region, whether we are on their side or on the side of the
autocrats. ..I think the better long-term strategy for the
administration is to promote human rights more forcefully, even
if that means occasional discomfort on the diplomatic front.
The We the People petition program, which was set up by the
White House late last year, stipulates that all requests must
receive some sort of response from the administration when150
signatures are added within the first 30 days and the petition
gains 100,000 signatures by the second 30 days.
The goal was met in less than a month with the petition hitting
136,383 signatures as of Thursday.
The White House did not immediately return a request for comment.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/02/petition-calls-for-
white-house-to-declare-muslim-brotherhood-terrorists/