Arizona HCM 2001: urging Congress; ninth circuit; division

Bill Text

Odd Ball HCM2001 - 572R - H Ver of HCM2001 

 House Engrossed

 Muslim Brotherhood; 
 designation; terrorist organization

 State of Arizona

 House of Representatives

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 HOUSE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 2001

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, e