White House Declares Muslim Brotherhood Not Terrorists

The White House is declaring that the Muslim Brotherhood is not a terrorist group.

The move comes in response to a petition with 213,146 signatures on the White House's "We the People" site.

The petition states: "Muslim Brotherhood has a long history of violent killings and terrorizing opponents. Also MB has direct ties with most terrorist groups like Hamas."

When the petition was first posted July 7, 2013, the group's Islamic regime had just been ousted from power in Egypt.

"The Muslim Brotherhood has shown in the past few days that it is willing to engage in violence and killing of innocent civilians in order to invoke fear in the hearts of its opponents. This is terrorism. We ask the U.S. government to declare MB as a terrorist group for a safer future for all of us," the petition said.

The White House finally responded more than a year later, stating "We have not seen credible evidence that the Muslim Brotherhood has renounced its decades-long commitment to non-violence."

CBN News has reported that Brotherhood followers hold influential advisory positions in the Obama administration.