JERUSALEM, Israel – President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday directing the U.S. Secretaries of State and Treasury to submit a report within 30 days on the Muslim Brotherhood. The review will determine whether certain chapters of the group should be designated as foreign terrorist organizations.

The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928. Today, it has chapters throughout the Middle East and the world.

The president's order read, in part, "Its chapters in Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt engage in or facilitate and support violence and destabilization campaigns that harm their own regions, United States citizens, and United States interests."

Last week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott designated the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, stating that its actions

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