Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood labelled ‘terrorist’ group by US

The US has designated the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as a ‘terrorist’ group, as the administration of President Donald Trump widens its crackdown on the organisation, reports Al Jazeera. The State Department accused the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood of receiving support from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Washington labelled the group as a ‘specially designated global terrorist’ (SDGT) and said that it will designate it as a ‘foreign terrorist organisation’ (FTO) starting next week. ‘The Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood uses unrestrained violence against civilians to undermine efforts to resolve the conflict in Sudan and advance its violent Islamist ideology,’ Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. The SDGT designation enables economic sanctions against the group, while the FTO label makes it illegal to provide material support to it. The State Department accused Muslim Brotherhood fighters in Sudan – where the Sudanese military is fighting against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group – of conducting ‘mass executions of civilians’. The RSF, which has been accused of major human rights violations, and its supporters often argue that they are fighting Muslim Brotherhood forces.

Full Al Jazeera report