Canadian gov. under increased pressure to declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terror org.

Canadian gov. under increased pressure to declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terror org. (TS).

The federal government is coming under increased pressure to declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terror outfit, as more evidence piles up that the group has tentacles in Canada.

Its two main offshoots, Hamas and Egyptian Islamic Jihad, are listed as terrorist organizations in Canada.

The last Canadian organization to be added to the list vis the alleged Hamas fundraiser IRFAN-Canada, which has worked closely with the Brotherhood, according to an RCMP warrant.

A source tells QMI that the Brotherhood itself, long considered the ideological godfather of Islamist terrorism, has also been under close watch by security officials.

A QMI investigation found that top Brotherhood leaders have lived in Canada for decades. They have led pro-Sharia organizations and sent money and resources to groups that the RCMP and the Canada Revenue Agency say are owned or controlled by Hamas.

Brotherhood-linked facilities have invited extremist speakers to Canada who defended child suicide bombers, amputation for thieves and stoning for adulterers.

A U.S. terror financing trial heard a secret Brotherhood plan for North America calling for a "grand jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and sabotaging its miserable house."

Stockwell Day, who served in Stephen Harper's cabinet for five years, tells QMI that Islamist ideology is being propagated in Canada by Brotherhood "sympathizers."

"The government really has to drill down and look at statements from the Brotherhood," the former public safety minister said from Vancouver, where he works as a consultant.

"If they find in fact that there's a preponderance of evidence that shows that they are actively promoting, encouraging, glorifying, killing of Canadians ... then they should be labelled as a terrorist group."

The Prime Minister's Office wouldn't name the Muslim Brotherhood when asked for its official position on the group.

"Our government is taking strong action to protect law-abiding Canadians from those who wish to harm us," PMO spokesman Jason MacDonald said in an e-mail. "The Criminal Code terrorist entity listing process is an important tool in preventing terrorist attacks from being carried out." Read the full story here.