Egypt dissolves Islamist party
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AN Egyptian court yesterday dissolved the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, dealing a crippling blow in the campaign to crush Egypt’s oldest Islamist movement.
A court banned the Brotherhood itself in September, but that ruling did not mention its political wing, leaving open the possibility it could be allowed to run in elections, due later this year.
Yesterday’s supreme court ruling excludes the Brotherhood from formal participation in electoral politics, potentially forcing it underground, particularly as it has lost the sympathy of large swathes of the public.
The ruling also called for the FJP to be dissolved and its assets seized by the state. Its decision is final and cannot be appealed, a judicial source said.
The Muslim Brotherhood has seen hundreds of its members killed and thousands more detained since then-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi overthrew elected president and Brotherhood member Mohamed Mursi 13 months ago, following weeks of protest.
The group maintains it is a peaceful movement but attacks by militants have risen since Mursi was himself overthrown by the army following a year in charge.
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