Harassing Muslim Brotherhood, tactic or strategy ?

Recently the Muslim Brotherhood was inflicted with heavy blows both in Europe and Arab countries that were considered to be it's political influence areas that may pave the way for a new blockade.

In February 2019 former U.S. President Donald Trump administration worked to enlist the group in the U.S black list pertaining to groups that support terrorist activities but that did not happened due to Democrat's opposition according to observers. 

In February 2019, Austrian Internal Affairs ministry issued a decree banning 13 flags and banners of terrorist groups the first of which was of the Muslim Brotherhood.   

In October 2020 France accused political Islam powers of attempting to destroy values of the French Republic stating that it would consolidate ways of standing up to the radical groups that was followed by banning a group close to the Muslim Brotherhood.

In July 16^th, 2020, Jordan decided to dissolve the group after failing to right itself. That was followed by the Scholars Body in Saudi Arabia by declaring that the Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist group that does not represent true Islam and all it adopts and practices run in contradiction to true Islam and sow sedition, that was in turn approved by the UAE Endowment Council. 

But the biggest ever blow inflicted on the group was the fatwas passed by the Azhar University of non-allowance of affiliation to the group.

In May 2021, Berlin banned  the radical Ansar al-Dauliya  due to terror related activities. The step that may pave the way for banning of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The German police conducted tens of raids in ten German provinces to close offices of the organization that was based in Düsseldorf, the same very place that was raided in April 2019 in which many evidences were found that paved the way for it's banning by the Interior Ministry that cited support to terrorist groups such as Hamas, the al-Nusra Front and Tahrir al-Sham in Syria and al Shabab Group in Somalia.  

In Great Britain that welcomes the group, there has been pressure froim the parliament to ban the group.

More recently, the Turkish-Egyptian talks rubs more salt in the wound where many medi9a outlets were closed and preparations are under way for the group's leading figures to leave the country.

Munir Adib Egyptian specialized in Muslim Groups and terrorist ones and International Terror believes that '' the Muslim Brotherhood is part and parcel of religious terror groups that adopted violence or aided that via more violent and barbaric actions''.

''there has been a link between the radical groups and the Muslim Brotherhood not to mention violence adopted by the group all these made such countries to view the beyond countries terror with a new look. That all comprehended that standing to violence without putting the Muslim Brotherhood on the agenda is useless and would be effective for this there has been an international stance though not unified''.

'' many powers are still defending the group and provide shelter and protection to the group and are content with their presence on their territories rather their projects converge on some points, undoubtedly, Turkey is one of the first of these countries that still gives shelter and logistics, assistance both monetarily and politically to the group to disseminate it's radical discourse all under the nose of the international community and the United aStates of America'', Adib said.    

Unfortunately, there has been no unified vision to stand up to this radical group, there has been some lately but are still not coordinated, some countries allege that they fight terror but in actual reality they are supporting it, for they prefer their interest to terror and hatred.  

'' some Arab countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are adamant to fight the group. There has been some tangible results from that, for instance though the group was founded in Egypt in 1928 the structure of this group was dismantled. The Guidance Office is headed by the Murshid of the group and the first man in the group that has many sub-offices in other countries'', had the encounter been more adamant and wider the group would have been now erased from existence, the encounter ought to be a mental one then a military and a security one'' Adib put it.    

Regarding the recent Turkish –Egyptian talks Adib wonders about the Turkish approach to Egypt, '' Egypt does not want the group alone, it want leading figures that adopt violence and extremism and those hands are red, and stained with the blood of people, Egypt has many demands such as exiting mercenaries out of Libya that is a main and a principal one''.

'' Turkey is isolate both politically and diplomatically, it is eager to re-take it's share of the Middle Eastern resources.Turkey wants to end disputes with the Gulf countries for that cost it heavily politically, Turkey does not want Egypt to side with Greece and Cyprus and does not want to lose it's investments in Egypt that is the gate to the Arab and Muslim World''.

L.A.

ANHA