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Donald Trump étudie la possibilité de classer les Frères Musulmans comme organisation terroriste étrangère

Lu sur la BBC du 30 avril :

The Trump administration is working to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organisation, the White House said on Tuesday.

The designation will bring economic and travel sanctions against Egypt’s oldest Islamist movement, with more than a million members across the Middle East.

The decision follows a White House visit by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in April.

Mr Sisi asked US President Donald Trump to make the move, US media said.

On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed the administration is pushing for the designation.

« The President has consulted with his national security team and leaders in the region who share his concern, and this designation is working its way through the internal process, » Ms Sanders said in a statement.

The Trump administration first directed security and diplomatic officials to find a way to impose sanctions on the Brotherhood after a meeting between Mr Trump and Mr Sisi on 9 April, US media report. Lire la suite

En France les Frères Musulmans de l’UOIF (rebaptisés Musulmans de France) contrôlent 170 mosquées et leurs prédicateurs étrangers sont tolérés :