www.jns.org By Andrew Bernard
The House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced legislation on Wednesday to require U.S. President Donald Trump to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
The bipartisan bill, introduced by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), passed through the committee with the support of every Republican and about half of the panel’s Democrats, including Reps. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) and George Latimer (D-N.Y.).
Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) opposed the legislation, which he said was overly broad and could be used as an excuse to discriminate against Muslims and harm relations with U.S. allies, such as Qatar and Turkey, that support the Brotherhood…
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