Many experts believe that this attempted Muslim Brotherhood designation by right-wing Republican actors is simply a political smokescreen to criminalize American Muslim civic life in the age of Donald Trump. Prominent groups like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Center for American Progress, and Human Rights Watch have all publicly stated that any such designation would directly threaten the constitutional rights of millions of American Muslim men, women, and children everywhere.

QUESTION: How would a foreign-terrorist designation of the Muslim Brotherhood legally affect American Muslim organizations? Worth investigating the legal mechanism behind these civil-liberties warnings.

XREF: Connects to the broader pattern of post-9/11 counterterrorism policies and civil rights groups' responses to targeted community designation.

Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Gl…, loc. 662