In 2025, B’nai Brith Canada called on the Government of Canada to designate the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, and the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist entities under Canadian law.

Under the Criminal Code, Canada may list an entity as a terrorist organization where there are reasonable grounds to believe that it has knowingly carried out, attempted to carry out, participated in, or facilitated terrorist activity, or knowingly acted on behalf of, at the direction of, or in association with such an entity. The publicly documented conduct of these Muslim Brotherhood chapters meets this threshold.

The Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood has engaged in direct militant activity and alignment with designated terrorist organizations, including Hamas and Hezbollah. The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood have provided material support to Hamas, including financial assistance, logistical coordination, recruitment facilitation, and involvement in weapons manufacturing and fundraising networks.

Canada already recognizes Hamas and Hezbollah as terrorist organizations and criminalizes material support, facilitation, and association under the Criminal Code. Designating the Lebanese, Egyptian, and Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood chapters would address upstream entities that have supported, enabled, and coordinated with listed terrorist organizations, strengthening the coherence and effectiveness of Canada’s counterterrorism framework.

Listing these chapters under Canadian law would enhance the ability of Canadian authorities to prevent Canada from being used as a permissive environment for terrorist-linked networks. Therefore we are urging the Government of Canada to exercise its existing authority to list the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, and the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist entities.