Posted on 11/23/2025 9:43:22 PM PST by Milagros
President Trump ignites the final assault on the Muslim Brotherhood, branding them terrorists to dismantle their pro-Hamas "civilization jihad" and expose Qatar's billions flooding US campuses with radical influence, will democracy's defenders prevail against this global menace?
Gila Isaacson. Nov 23, 2025.
In a significant development, President Donald Trump announced today that his administration is advancing the designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), with paperwork in its final stages.
Supporters argue this move is critical to address the Brotherhood's alleged inspiration of groups like al-Qaida, ISIS, and Hamas, and to curb its global influence across over 70 countries.
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) supported the move, calling the Brotherhood a "pro-Hamas organization" aiming to conduct "civilization jihad" and splinter Western society.
Small emphasized the need for transparency in foreign funding and safeguards against entities opposing democratic ideals. He warned that support for groups like Hamas among students at top universities indicates the influence's impact, and called for understanding the Brotherhood's goals, including isolating Israel, using antisemitism to weaken the U.S., and replacing democratic principles with its ideology.
This comes after a new report from the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) alleges that Qatar has funneled over $20 billion (and potentially up to $100 billion) into American universities and other institutions as part of a strategy by the Muslim Brotherhood to infiltrate and undermine U.S. democracy from within.
According to ISGAP Executive Director Dr. Charles Asher Small, the funding originates from the Qatar Foundation, supported by the ruling Al Thani family, which reportedly maintains a spiritual oath to the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist organization. Small described this as an effort to use "influence and soft power" to promote the group's ideology through investments in higher education, K-12 schools, and cultural entities.
The report highlights specific donations, including an estimated $10 billion to Cornell University, primarily for its medical school in Qatar. A Cornell spokesperson stated that funding averages $156 million annually from 2012 to 2025, totaling $2.2 billion, and remains in Qatar for operational purposes. They emphasized the program's role in training doctors and scientists from diverse regions.
Georgetown University is said to have received over $1 billion, directed toward social sciences, Middle East studies, and diplomatic training programs. Georgetown did not provide a response to inquiries.Texas A&M University reportedly accepted $1.3 billion, funding over 500 research projects at its Qatar campus established in 2003. The agreement allegedly grants intellectual property rights to the Qatar Foundation, with faculty receiving 37.5% of net licensing revenue, 33.3% to the foundation, and 29.2% reinvested in the campus.
Among these, 58 projects have potential dual-use military applications, and others involve nuclear research, prompting ISGAP to urge a Department of Energy investigation.Texas A&M clarified that no nuclear, weapons, defense, or national security research occurs at the Qatar campus, and no sensitive projects are conducted there.
The university announced plans to close the campus in February 2025, citing a focus on its core mission in Texas and the U.S.
The report identifies the Muslim Students Association (MSA) as a key conduit for influence, with over 600 campus chapters, including at Columbia University and NYU. It claims MSA collaborates with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) to further Brotherhood objectives related to the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Columbia University stated it has "zero tolerance for promoting terror or violence" but did not comment specifically on its MSA chapter.
Additionally, the Qatar Foundation International was linked to a controversial "Arab World" map in a Brooklyn public school classroom last year, which labeled Israel as "Palestine."ISGAP's report argues that the Muslim Brotherhood is midway through a plan to "transform Western society from within" by embedding its ideology in key American institutions.
It recommends designating the Brotherhood as a terrorist organization to counter these efforts. Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently applied this designation to the Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Better late than never. When can we see CAIR out?
Slow, but right. Only in a Trump administration does this happen.
There’s give and take. Sunni Arabs look like good allies. I think they appreciate that the US significantly degraded Iran’s nuclear capability, and that the US and Israel are fighting Iran’s proxies in Lebanon and Gaza. Us working together involves some expectations on both sides. Also, for Israel and Turkey.
Qatar plays it both. Strategic allies, yet, ideological foes just as Shiites.
Amen
This comes after a new report from the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) alleges that Qatar has funneled over $20 billion (and potentially up to $100 billion) into American universities and other institutions as part of a strategy by the Muslim Brotherhood to infiltrate and undermine U.S. democracy from within...
The report highlights specific donations, including an estimated $10 billion to Cornell University, primarily for its medical school in Qatar. A Cornell spokesperson stated that funding averages $156 million annually from 2012 to 2025, totaling $2.2 billion, and remains in Qatar for operational purposes. They emphasized the program's role in training doctors and scientists from diverse regions.
If Trump is making this move, he must have solidified relations with the rest of the Arab world, isolating Qatar and forcing them to fall in line. In addittion to supporting the MB and Hamas, Qatar has been Iran’s closest Arab ally. This might just help isolate Iran too. I doubt it’s any coincidence this is happening right after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud’s high profile visit to the Whitehouse, as the Saudis hate the Muslim Brotherhood with a passion, and Iran is their arch rival. So KSA invests a trillion dollars in the US, and in return they get F-35s and we designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization. Sounds like winning.
The Sunnis that have the Saudi Royal Family keeping them under wraps? OBL and the 9-11 hijackers were Sunni, as well.
Sunni or later Shiite happens.
Yup.
The four forms of expected muslim lying:
Al taqiyaa
Al tawriya
Al kitman
Al muruna
This is why.
Qatar’s been supporting Iran, regardless of the difference theologically.
OBL and the 911 hijackers had a tight relationship with Al Mujahiroun, a group of zealots that wanted to overthrow the House of Saud.
OBL and the 911 hijackers also had a close relationship with Syria. OBL’s mom is Syrian. The Hamburg cell was headed by two Syrians- one a businessman and the other a “former” Syrian intel officer. The lead hijacker, the Egyptian Atta, belonged to the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood. One of the hijackers had an uncle who served in the East German intelligence.
KSM, the hard-partying 911 planner, hid out in Qatar before going to Pakistan where he was captured in the home of a Pakistani scientist associated with Qadeer Khan’s nuclear procurement network.
Qatar is a small nation sitting on a peninsula from Saudi Arabia into the Persian Gulf. Qatar has maintained its independence since the days of the Ottoman, Persian and British Empires, usually playing one against the other. Qatar is majority Shi’ite ruled by a Sunni government. It is also host to significant minorities of Christians and Hindus, who are mostly guest workers. Much the same could be said of Bahrain (an island nation close to Qatar).
No doubt the President is taking some risks in cozying up to the Sunni nations. We saw Trump during his first term try to crack open North Korea, and fail. Few people gave him credit for trying. He was more successful in furthering peaceful coexistence between Kozovo and Serbia. True, years later, we’re not yet there. But, who knows, let’s keep our fingers crossed.
During his second term, Trump has turned his attention to several other places, including the Near and Middle East. Another risk, yes, but a lot of upside potential.
Remember, Trump isn’t against Iran. He thinks Iran could have a great future if it would forego nuclear weapons and long-range missiles. But, the regime in Teheren has its own interests, as did Un in North Korea.
Trump, with his peace initiatives, gives “peace through strength” new meaning. The way he sees it, I think, our military and economic strength give us the opportunity to take some measured risks for peace.
Good. Next Muslim Sisterhood?
Next up...Liberal district court judge chimes in with an injunction to stop it.
Currently around 10,000 American troops serve within Qatar.
Dealing with bearded men with burning eyes and their supporting accomplices is the Devil’s own playground. They have no concept of what we know as “the American Spirit”, and no desire to even inquire. These interlopers have been colonizing the established country of the United States for the past generation or perhaps even longer, and like a cancer, have metastasized wildly since their introduction.
There is no blanket indictment that may be used to simply excise this nastiness from our country, and attempts at integration into the American way of life would seem to be a fool’s errand.
Question: Do we recognize the cancer’s “right” to continue to pillage and decimate the body of the patient, or do we do heroic actions to mitigate and destroy the presence of the cancer?
Certainly Egypt must consider the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization as they did overthrow the Egyptian government a few years ago.
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