Aligning With Trump, Argentine Government Designates Muslim Brotherhood As Terrorist
Muslim Brotherhood branches in Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan were declared terrorist organizations.
Argentina has designated branches of the Muslim Brotherhood located in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon as terrorist organizations.
On Wednesday, a notice published in the Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina, the government gazette of the Argentine Republic, noted that Argentine authorities had found that the entities in question constitute a “serious and multifaceted threat” to national security, according to the decree about the blacklisting, which took effect on Thursday. The Muslim Brotherhood entities were placed in the Registry of Terrorist Organizations, according to the notice, to “strengthen mechanisms for the prevention, early detection, and repression of terrorism and its financing.”
Earlier this week, the United States designated those same entities as terrorist organizations because they supported Hamas, the terrorist organization ruling Gaza, which launched attacks on Israel more than two years ago. Hamas receives considerable support from the Islamic Republic of Iran. The office of Argentine President Javier Milei, a staunch supporter of Israel, has mentioned that the group, was designated as a terrorist group by Argentina in 2024.
President Milei’s office averred his “unwavering commitment” to “recognizing terrorists for what they are, as he already did with Hamas and more recently with the Cartel of the Suns.” The latter is the narcoterrorist organization headed by Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. Milei is “determined to make sure that Argentina will once again align itself with Western civilization, respectful of individual rights and its institutions, while condemning and directly combating those who want to destroy it,” according to the statement.