The Heat: Muslim Brotherhood

The Heat

The Muslim Brotherhood – a political entity or terrorist organization? Some U.S. lawmakers say it’s the latter and are spearheading legislation to make it official.

The Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2015 recently passed through the U.S. House Judiciary Committee – the first step toward becoming law.

CCTV’s Jim Spellman reports.

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To discuss the impact such a law would have on the Muslim Brotherhood, political Islam and the Middle East:

  • Ebrahim Rasool, former South African Ambassador to the U.S.
  • Sahar Khamis, professor of communications at the University of Maryland.
  • Nader Hashemi, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Denver.