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Reports: Egypt to dissolve Brotherhood as NGO
Egypt's government will dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood as a non-governmental organization within days, a newspaper reported on Friday. The move applies to the NGO registered by the Brotherhood in March in response to a lawsuit that argued the group was without any legal status. It would mark a largely symbolic blow to Morsi's organization.A privately-owned newspaper, Al-Shorouk, said the decision would be taken "within days", quoting Hany Mahana, a spokesman for the minister of social solidarity. The same official was quoted by state-run Al-Akhbar saying the decision had already beem taken. It said, "The minister's decision has in fact been issued but it will be announced at the start of next week in a press conference." Al-Akhbar said Social Solidarity Minister Ahmed el-Boraie's decision to dissolve the group as an NGO sprang from accusations that the Brotherhood had used its headquarters to fire and store weapons and explosives. It said that Brotherhood officials had failed to meet a deadline for responding to the accusations. A government official denied a decision had been taken. Posted by: ryuge 2013-09-06 |
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