UAE lists Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates has formally designated the Muslim Brotherhood and local affiliates as terrorist groups, state news agency WAM reported yesterday citing a cabinet decree.
The Gulf Arab state has also designated Nusra Front and the Islamic State, whose fighters are battling Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, as terrorist organisations, along with other Shia militant groups such as the Houthi movement in Yemen.
The UAE has also designated Al Islah group, a local Islamist group banned in the UAE for its alleged link to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, as a terrorist group.
UAE authorities have cracked down on members of Al Islah and jailed scores of Islamists convicted of forming an illegal branch of the Brotherhood. Al Islah denies any such link.
