Jordan outlaws Muslim Brotherhood group, confiscates assets
Interior Minister Mazin Fraya says all the activities of the group will be banned and its assets confiscated.
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Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader to life in prison
Court finds Mahmoud Ezzat, acting supreme guide of the country’s oldest Islamist organisation, guilty of ‘terror’ acts.
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Egyptian man sets himself on fire in Cairo’s Tahrir Square
The man, who appeared to be complaining about rampant government corruption, is being treated for burns, sources said.
Egypt arrests top Muslim Brotherhood leader
Mahmoud Ezzat, the group’s acting leader, arrested in the capital Cairo, interior ministry says.
Top Brotherhood leader Mahmoud Ezzat arrested in Egypt
Acting Brotherhood leader Ezzat has already been handed two death sentences in absentia, as well as life imprisonment.
Top Muslim Brotherhood leader dies in Cairo prison
Essam el-Erian had complained of medical negligence in detention after being sentenced to several life sentences.
Egypt puts 13 people including Zyad Elelaimy on ‘terrorism’ list
Zyad Elelaimy, a key figure of Egypt’s 2011 popular uprising, and Ramy Shaath, a prominent activist added to list.
UN calls for ‘prompt and thorough’ probe into Morsi’s death
The UN rights office demands investigation into Morsi’s death as people across the Middle East mourn the ex-president.
Obituary: Egypt’s first freely elected President Mohamed Morsi
The Muslim Brotherhood leader was the country’s first democratically elected president but was removed in a 2013 coup.
The implications of a Trump war on political Islam
The White House should stop taking cue from Arab dictators on its foreign policy.
Iran slams US plan to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terror group
Iran’s foreign minister says US is not in position to label others as ‘terror organisations’ while it supports Israel.
