Trump's Decision: Internal Conflict Within the Muslim Brotherhood Front in London Over Funds of 40 Entities

The decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to designate branches of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon as terrorist organizations, and to seize their funds and assets, has caused concern within the group. Internal conflicts over control of companies and affiliated centers are escalating before the U.S. decision extends to them.

According to information obtained by Al Arabiya.net and Al Hadath.net, disputes have intensified between prominent leaders of the international organization and the London front led by Salah Abdel Haq, over control of the organization's financial resources and Islamic centers in Britain.

The front's leaders established a new entity called the "Islamic Organization in Britain" and officially registered it, aiming to provide a legal cover for the group's activities before the British government. The international organization and the London front exploited this entity to control the management of the Islamic Care House and oversee about 40 mosques and Islamic centers in Britain.

Information indicates severe disputes among the organization's members in Britain, escalating to the point of clashes, due to some leaders' desire to control the organization's resources.

The conflicts included violent attempts to storm the Islamic center in Glasgow. According to a study by the European Center for Counterterrorism Studies, the Muslim Brotherhood owns a large entity in Britain called the "Islamic Relief Organization," which serves as a front for receiving donations and financing the group's activities.

The organization was founded by Egyptian Hani Al-Banna, an Egyptian doctor who holds a Bachelor of Medicine from Al-Azhar University and a PhD from the University of Birmingham, and is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. He was joined in founding the organization by Hashmat Khalifa, who holds Australian citizenship and recently resigned, and Ahmed Kazem Al-Rawi, an Iraqi also affiliated with the Brotherhood.

Islamic Relief in Britain operates on two levels: outwardly as a charity for relief and development, and covertly as a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood in implementing their agenda and expanding their influence. Among the organization's prominent founders is Issam Al-Haddad, a senior official and leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, currently imprisoned in Egypt, where he was sentenced to 10 years in prison on espionage charges.

At the end of last November, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to begin procedures to designate some branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as "foreign terrorist organizations."

The executive order states: "This order initiates a process by which certain branches or sub-branches of the Muslim Brotherhood will be designated as foreign terrorist organizations," specifically referring to the Brotherhood branches in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon.

The order notes that these branches "commit, facilitate, or support violence and destabilization campaigns that harm their regions, U.S. citizens, and U.S. interests."