The Egyptian government on Tuesday denied a visa to Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) President and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad. The MMA leader was invited by the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) as chief guest in a conference scheduled in the Egyptian capital of Cairo in the second week of November. In a press release issued by the JI media office, Qazi condemned the Cairo decision and called it a service to the enemy aimed at disintegrating and dividing the Muslim Ummah, adding that colonial rulers had introduced borders to distance Muslims from each other and that visa restrictions were adding to this. Qazi pointed out that the European Union was headed towards a United Europe. He said that the body fabric of the Muslim Ummah, on the contrary, was exposed to disintegration due to the policies of the Egyptian government.