The British government has put the Muslim Brotherhood under “close review”, with the prospect that it could be banned from the UK.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman has confirmed to The National that the extremist group, which seeks close ties to government bodies, was being considered for exclusion under terror laws.
President Donald Trump said last month that the US would designate some chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organisations. The President said the step “will be done in the strongest and most powerful terms”. Mr Trump issued an executive order as a first step to his administration designating movement.
Separately, US politicians are pushing legislation that would go much further than Mr Trump's order, which does not target some branches of the Brotherhood, including in Turkey and Qatar, countries that historically have strong ties to the group.
Not long after Mr Trump's announcement, Keir Starmer told the Jewish News that group, was “under very close review”. The UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said on Tuesday that she was “deeply worried” about the risk of further atrocities in Sudan after being asked about the growing influenc
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