PREFILED    NOV 26 2025

REFERENCE TITLE: Muslim Brotherhood; designation; terrorist organization

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HCM 2001

Introduced by

Representatives Gillette: Carbone, Montenegro

A CONCURRENT MEMORIAL

Urging the president and the congress of the united states to designate the muslim brotherhood as a FOREIGN terrorist organization.

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To the President and Congress of the United States of America:

      Your memorialist respectfully represents:

      Whereas, the Muslim Brotherhood, founded in Egypt in 1928, has a long-documented history of promoting Islamist extremism and has inspired or spawned multiple terrorist organizations, including Hamas, al-Qaeda and others, that are recognized by the United States as foreign terrorist organizations; and

      Whereas, Hamas is a Muslim Brotherhood branch according to its charter, which describes Hamas as "one of the wings of the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine"; and

      Whereas, the Counter Terrorism Guide published by the National Counterterrorism Center states that Hamas' roots are in the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood; and

      Whereas, Hamas has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary of State of the United States pursuant to section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and as a specially designated global terrorist entity pursuant to Executive Order 13224; and

      Whereas, the Muslim Brotherhood's goals, according to their founding charter, is to establish a global Islamic caliphate that is governed by Sharia Law and to infiltrate and overthrow secular democratic governments through ideological subversion and armed jihad where necessary; and

      Whereas, the Muslim Brotherhood functions as a global organization and provides material support to Muslim Brotherhood branches in other countries and territories by providing political support, financial resources, training, expert advice, communications assistance and other services; and

      Whereas, Muslim Brotherhood branches have sought to destabilize and undermine the United States and its allies throughout the Middle East, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Bahrain; and

      Whereas, those countries have officially outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood and have designated it as a terrorist organization due to its active participation in inciting violence and undermining national security; and

      Whereas, in 2008 during the Holy Land Foundation Trial, the largest terrorism financing case in United States history, the United States Department of Justice introduced into evidence internal Muslim Brotherhood documents detailing their mission in America as "a civilization-jihadist process" aiming to "destroy the Western civilization from within"; and

      Whereas, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which is widely considered a front group for the Muslim Brotherhood by counterterrorism experts, was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation trial for its ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood infrastructure in the United States; and

      Whereas, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Internal Revenue Service have investigated Muslim Brotherhood affiliates for money laundering, unregistered foreign lobbying, tax fraud and other offenses related to terrorism support networks; and

      Whereas, Congress has repeatedly introduced bills such as the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act, recognizing that the Muslim Brotherhood meets the criteria under section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act for designation as a foreign terrorist organization; and

      Whereas, Muslim Brotherhood affiliates and ideologies have radicalized individuals worldwide through campus outreach, religious networks and online platforms, contributing to attacks in Egypt, Libya, France, Tunisia and within the United States; and

      Whereas, the State of Arizona has a solemn responsibility to protect its residents and American constitutional values from extremist ideologies, foreign influence and subversive threats cloaked in religious or political disguise.

Wherefore your memorialist, the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring, prays:

      1. That the President and Congress of the United States immediately designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization.

      2. That the Attorney General of the State of Arizona and all relevant law enforcement agencies direct their efforts to identify, monitor and report any Muslim Brotherhood-linked organizations operating within Arizona, including financial, educational and advocacy groups.

      3. That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial to the President of the United States, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the President of the United States Senate, each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona, the Governor of the State of Arizona and the Attorney General of the State of Arizona.