United Arab Emirates
The Muslim Brotherhood in Britain: Analysis of Recent Sanctions
Last week, the United Arab Emirates government issued what was likely a routine communiqué sanctioning various individuals and organisations it alleges belong to the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) – a proscribed terrorist organisation in the Emirates. While...
CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "On Thursday, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced that it had added 19 individuals and entities to its “Local Terrorist List” for their links to the Muslim Brotherhood, according to reports by local media. In the UAE, the Brotherhood is a proscribed terror group. What is striking about this list is that eight of the “entities” listed are UK organisations. This means that, in effect, a Muslim country is sanctioning legal UK organisations for their affiliation with terrorism."
Extremism – The Charitable Thing To Do?
The United Arab Emirates labeled two U.S. non-profit groups, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim American Society, as terrorist organizations in late 2014 due to connections to the Muslim Brotherhood. The U.S. has not...
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