“The Muslim Brotherhood is active is more than 80 countries around the world and I do not think that Britain will ban the group as this would affect its interests around the globe, particularly when you take into account the fact that Britain has relations with Brotherhood–affiliated parties in countries like Morocco and Tunisia, and the group is also present in countries like Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia.”Mahmud El Shafey, “Muslim Brotherhood ready to ‘cooperate’ with UK investigation,” Asharq Al-Awsat, April 2, 2014, http://www.aawsat.net/2014/04/article55330740/muslim-brotherhood-ready-to-cooperate-with-uk-investigation.