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Evangelical leader urges Donald Trump to cut ties with Qatar • June 6, 2025, 4:29 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Cruz to reintroduce bill labeling Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group after Boulder attack • June 5, 2025, 4:50 AM ET (The Hill)
Some Egyptian news outlets paint connection between Colorado attacker and Muslim Brotherhood • June 3, 2025, 4:50 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Sweden takes notice of French report on Muslim Brotherhood infiltration • May 30, 2025, 9:30 AM ET (Le Monde)
French report warns of Islamist 'entryism' as risk to national cohesion • May 22, 2025, 6:16 AM ET (BBC)

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Also Known As Society of the Muslim Brothers • al-Ikhwān al-Muslimūn
Date 1928 - present
Areas Of Involvement Islam • modernization • Hadith • secularism • Westernization
Related People Khaled Meshaal • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Hassan al-Banna • Ḥasan al-Turābī • Mohamed Morsi • Sayyid Quṭb

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