adminCAIRO. — Egypt’s cabinet has ordered authorities to remove the Muslim Brotherhood from the list of approved non-governmental organisations following a judicial order, state media have reported. The move comes after an Egyptian court last month banned the Muslim Brotherhood from operating and ordered its assets seized, amid a massive crackdown on the group following the military ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi.
In its September 23 ruling, the court had also banned “any institution branching out from or belonging to the Brotherhood”.
The Brotherhood is appealing that decision, with a court date scheduled later this month, so yesterday’s decision by the cabinet was an unexpected strike against the group.
It follows violent clashes on Sunday, the 40th anniversary of the start of the 1973 October War against Israel, when Brotherhood supporters tried to stage marches to Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square.
The Brotherhood’s NGO was registered in March, while Morsi was still in power. It was set up as one of the two main legal faces of the Islamist group, which was outlawed for most of its 85-year existence.
The other is a political party, the Freedom and Justice Party. — Al Jazeera.
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