US President Donald Trump signed Monday an executive order stipulating that "certain chapters or other subdivisions of the Muslim Brotherhood shall be considered for designation as Foreign Terrorist Organizations."

What happened: The order, announced by the White House, does not yet constitute a designation, mentioned the Brotherhood's chapters in Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt as "relevant" to the action. The US Departments of State and Treasury will submit a joint report to the president on the issue within 30 days and will take any relevant action on designations within 45 days, according to the White House statement.

Trump told Just the News, a conservative publication, on Sunday that “final documents” are being drawn up to get the designation process underway.

Background: Founded in Egypt in 1928, the Muslim Brotherhood supports the Islamization of Arab societies. It has a particularly large following in Egypt, Syria, the Palestinian territories and Tunisia, but has been designated as a terrorist organization by numerous........

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