UAE Adds 11 Individuals, 8 UK Entities to Terror List
Emirati Cabinet Targets Alleged Muslim Brotherhood Links in Latest Counter-Terror Efforts
UAE Adds 11 Individuals and 8 UK-Based Entities to Terrorist List
The United Arab Emirates has added 11 individuals and eight UK-based entities to its “terrorist list” allegedly linked to the Muslim Brotherhood.
“Approval of the addition of 11 individuals and 8 entities to the approved list of individuals and entities supporting terrorism” was the decision reached by the Emirati cabinet, according to the UAE’s official news site WAM.
Targeting and dismantling networks directly and indirectly connected to the financing of terrorism and related operations is part of the UAE’s continuous efforts, both domestically and abroad, according to WAM.
The majority of those targeted—11—are Emirati.
In a number of Arab nations, there is an Islamist organization called the Muslim Brotherhood that opposes violence. In 2012, Egypt’s democratic presidential election was won by its candidate, Mohamed Morsi.
Under current President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt returned to authoritarian rule when he was deposed in a military coup the following year. After the coup, Sisi received crucial assistance from the UAE.
In 2014, after members of the Muslim Brotherhood, known as UAE94, were arrested, Abu Dhabi officially labeled the organization and its local affiliates as “terrorist groups.”
The Lebanese government earlier this week chose to deport the son of the late preacher Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who was thought to be sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood, to the United Arab Emirates.
The human rights organization Amnesty International and the cleric Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi’s attorney, Mohamed Sablou, say the Egyptian-born cleric was arrested in Lebanon in late December on his return from a trip to Syria.
He produced a film in Syria applauding the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and denouncing regional regimes, particularly the United Arab Emirates.
Campaigners have voiced strong objection to his extradition to the United Arab Emirates, claiming it is a flagrant breach of international law.
