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Egypt's Cairo Court of Criminal Affairs designated 35 entities and 36 individuals as terrorist organizations for a five-year period, according to a ruling published in the Official Gazette on November 10, 2026. The designations include the Council of Muslims in Europe and multiple affiliated Islamic organizations across Britain, Italy, Spain, Ireland, France, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden and other European states. The decision follows official characterizations of these groups as extensions of the Muslim Brotherhood operating abroad.
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The ruling, issued under case 11108 of 2026, specifically identified the Council of Muslims in Europe as a central designee, along with subsidiary entities including the Islamic League in Britain, the Islamic League in Italy, the Islamic League for Dialogue and Coexistence in Spain, the Irish Islamic Society, and numerous other affiliated bodies operating throughout the European continent. Official sources indicated the designations reflect assessments that these organizations operated under various social, religious and civil pretexts while advancing Brotherhood ideology across Western societies.
According to reporting from Sada El-Balad, an audio recording attributed to Abdallah bin Mansour, identified as chairman of the Council of Muslims in Europe, was broadcast on Extra News channel. In the recording, Mansour allegedly stated that many Brotherhood members had left Egyptian prisons and subsequently contributed to Islamic revival movements across the Arab and Islamic worlds before establishing organizational structures in the West, America, Canada and Europe. A separate recording broadcast the same day attributed to Mansour contained admissions regarding his adherence to the Brotherhood for four decades.
Medhat Morshed, chairman of the parliamentary bloc of the Conference Party in the Egyptian parliament, characterized the designation decision as an important step in confronting Brotherhood extensions operating outside Egypt. In a statement, Morshed stated that the danger of Brotherhood organizations in Europe extended beyond their organizational presence to the use of various institutions adopting social, religious or civic facades while pursuing ideological objectives within European societies.
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