Commentary: Calling Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group is scapegoating

The Trump administration is reportedly pushing to issue an order that would designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a “foreign terrorist organization,” which would bring the weight of U.S. sanctions against a diverse political movement with millions of members — despite the group publicly disavowing violence nearly 50 years ago.That’s been a goal of many anti-Muslim activists and professional Islamophobes for years. The government has never gone along with the push to declare