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The Muslim Brotherhood: Terrorists or Subversives?

On Nov. 24, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) directing the State and Treasury Departments to begin the process of deciding whether to designate some select branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). Notably, this initial executive order specifically named…

Muslim Brotherhood Subversion Targets All of Western Civilization

The Muslim Brotherhood’s long game isn’t bombs but burrowing—an influence network shaping campuses, media, and government while Washington looks past the foreign regimes bankrolling it.   Twelve years ago, in 2013, the Gatestone Institute published an in-depth account of the Muslim Brotherhood’s infiltration operations vs. the U.S. government (written by this author). The vicious…

Iran’s Fatwa Against Trump a Declaration of War

Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi declared a fatwa against President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 29. A fatwa is a religious decree on a matter of Islamic law that is issued by a senior Islamic jurist. Shirazi holds the rank of a Marja’a-e Taqlid, the highest…

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