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Egyptian court bans Muslim group
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An Egyptian court yesterday banned any activity by ousted President Mohammed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood and ordered its funds seized, a significant strike in the campaign to crush the Islamist movement.
The case was brought by a lawyer from the leftist Tagammu party on the grounds of protecting Egyptians from violence. It was not stated if he was acting on behalf of the army-backed government.
“The court bans the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood organization and its non-governmental organization and all the activities that it participates in and any organization derived from it,” presiding Judge Mohammed al-Sayed said.
He also ordered the government to seize the Brotherhood’s funds and administer its frozen assets.
The ruling did not mention the Brotherhood’s political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party. But the move effectively outlaws the movement, which has seen hundreds of its members killed and thousands arrested since the army overthrew Morsi in July.
The decision also raises the possibility some Brotherhood members will lose faith in peaceful resistance and take up arms against the government.
The Brotherhood emerged from the shadows to win parliamentary and presidential elections after veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in 2011.
Many Egyptians became disillusioned with Morsi after he gave himself sweeping powers and mismanaged the economy.
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