Paraguay declares “Muslim Brotherhood” a terrorist group – Details
In the context of besieging the Muslim Brotherhood group, which has made Latin America a major center for deployment and expansion, the Permanent Committee of the Paraguayan Congress approved yesterday the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group “that threatens international security and stability and constitutes a serious violation of the purposes and principles of the United Nations,” according to a draft resolution submitted by Lillian Samaniego, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 45-member Congress.
Local media welcomed the approval of the resolution, which was based on the fact that “the Muslim Brotherhood, which was founded in 1928 in Egypt, provides ideological assistance to those who use violence and threaten stability and security in both the East and the West, and that Paraguay rejects unequivocally all terrorist acts, methods, and practices.”
According to the website of “Ultima Hora” newspaper, Paraguay previously considered Hezbollah, Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Hamas terrorist organizations “as part of its participation in the war on terrorism, which limits the ability of these groups to plan terrorist attacks and destabilize countries,” and the newspaper noted that “important countries have considered these groups terrorist organizations, including Russia in 2003, Egypt in 2013, followed by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain a year later.”
It is worth mentioning that the group actually reached Paraguay in 1987 through the (World Conference of Islamic Youth), which sent some preachers to this remote country, but they belonged to the Muslim Brotherhood; among them was Ahmad Totonji, who sponsored its spread in coordination with the organization’s branch in Brazil and Argentina, and at that time, Muslims did not exceed 10,000 people, but now they have become several times that number living in the main cities, led by the capital, Asuncion, where a small mosque was established in the city of (Ciudad del Este) with the support of Suleiman Al Rajhi at the end of 1987, and then the Islamic Cultural Charitable Center in the capital in 1990.
