REUTERS/Umit BektasCAIRO – 3 December 2020: Turkish authorities arrested 23 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group after refusing to grant citizenship to about 50 Brotherhood members and leaders, Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya network reported on Wednesday. The detained members were communicating with relief agencies and organizations affiliated with the group in some European countries, to facilitate shelter, training, and safe havens for Brotherhood members. The Muslim Brotherhood has been labeled a terrorist group by several countries. Recently, the UAE Fatwa Council has labeled the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organizationThe Saudi Council of Senior Scholars (CSS) also described the group as a terrorist group. In Egypt, Grand Mufti Shawki Allam announced that belonging to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group is religiously forbidden due to its ideologies that call for inciting violence.

Source: Egypt Today December 03, 2020 09:22 UTC