Demand to classify Sudan’s Brotherhood group as a terrorist organization
Calls have escalated in Sudan to classify the Muslim Brotherhood organization as a “terrorist group,” linking the classification to the stability of the country, which is witnessing internal strife and warfare between the army and the Rapid Support Forces.
The Muslim Brotherhood organization has committed numerous terrorist acts over the past three decades. These include recruiting leaders of international terrorist groups in Sudan, committing numerous acts of torture and systematic killings against hundreds of civilian opponents, planning and participating in terrorist operations, obstructing civilian transition after their fall in 2019, and igniting the current ongoing war in Sudan for the past (10) months, which has resulted in the deaths of approximately (13) thousand people and the displacement of nearly (10) million from their homes.
In the context of the report, lawyer Kamal Al-Amin warned that the danger of the Brotherhood lies in its being a terrorist organization by nature, transcending geographic boundaries.
Al-Amin stated that the history of the Brotherhood in Sudan is filled with bloody behavior that has claimed the lives of many students, political activists, and anyone who opposes their views.
He added, “The Brotherhood has used excessive violence with sticks and batons in every Sudanese university against those who oppose them.”
He pointed out that this behavior has not changed since the organization’s inception, as violence is considered an integral part of their ideology, evident through their actions over the past (4) years in Sudan.
In this context, UN expert Ahmed Al-Tajani said, “There is a widespread belief that the organization is responsible for igniting the current war that has destroyed the country and has previously worked to obstruct civilian transition by force, as evidenced by many documented videos in which prominent figures from the organization threaten to destabilize the country.”
Al-Tajani emphasized that many of the actions and practices carried out by the organization’s members warrant its classification as a terrorist group.
On the other hand, political activist Khalid Mohammed Ali believes that any movement or group that uses force to gain political or material gains is a terrorist movement, which applies to the actions carried out by the Muslim Brotherhood organization in Sudan, according to him.
Despite nearly (5) years passing since the organization was overthrown, it still enjoys significant financial influence, which it uses to carry out its terrorist agenda.
The Brotherhood began to appear in Sudan in the late 1940s in the form of small, limited networks, but it quickly expanded its base and managed to build networks within security apparatuses to achieve its aspirations for governance.
Since its inception in 1949, the organization has changed its names several times, from the Islamic Liberation Movement to the Muslim Brotherhood, then the Covenant Front, then the Islamic Front, and finally the National Congress Party, from which the Popular Congress Party branched out in the 1990s.
Over the past (30) years, the organization has managed to build a massive financial base estimated at over (100) billion dollars, by empowering its members in all economic and commercial sectors of the state.
