Trump Designates Muslim Brotherhood Chapters as Terrorist Groups

“It will be done in the strongest and most powerful terms,” he said. “Final documents are being drawn.”

In August, Rubio said that designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization is “in the works,” as each chapter would have to be classified as such.
Rubio noted that there could be legal challenges to such a label.

“These things are going to be challenged in court,” he said. “Any group can say: ‘Well, I’m not really a terrorist. That organization is not a terrorist organization.’

“You have to show your work like a math problem when you go before court. All you need is one federal judge—and there are plenty—that are willing to do these nationwide injunctions and basically try to run the country from the bench. So we’ve got to be so careful.”

CAIR sued Texas and said that it will “carry on its civil rights work in Texas and vigorously defend its right to do so.”

“Mr. Abbott is defaming us, and other American Muslims, because we are effective advocates for justice here and abroad,” CAIR–Texas said in a statement.

“We plan to continue exercising our constitutional rights, defending civil rights, and speaking truth to power, whether in defense of free speech, religious freedom, and racial equality here in Texas or in defense of human rights abroad.”