Bosque Posted July 22 Posted July 22 (edited) Quote A United Arab Emirates (UAE) court sentenced 43 dissidents to life in prison for operating what it said was a Muslim Brotherhood group that aimed to commit attacks in the country, state news agency WAM reported. Eleven others received lesser sentences and six companies were convicted of money laundering to support a terrorist organization, it added. Those convicted were members of the Justice and Dignity Committee, a local group of the Muslim Brotherhood, one of the Arab world's oldest and most influential Islamist movements which the UAE listed a s a terrorist organization in 2014, WAM reported. They "worked to create and replicate violent events in the country, similar to what has occurred in other Arab states," including protests and clashes with security forces, WAM said, citing the court, without specifying their plans. Recently, Jordanian officials and observers have said the Muslim Brotherhood and its offshoot, Hamas, are inciting pro-Hamas demonstrations with the aim of destabilizing Jordan, a key U.S. Arab ally. Several prominent Jordanian government officials as well as journalists have accused the Muslim Brotherhood and its offshoot Hamas of inciting the population against the governing authorities. They say this is done in the service of Iran, which seeks to destabilize Jordan and widen the conflict. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/uae-court-issues-life-sentences-43-it-says-operated-local-muslim-brotherhood-2024-07-10/ https://www.voanews.com/a/officials-observers-warn-muslim-brotherhood-is-inciting-pro-hamas-demonstrations/7562877.html Edited July 22 by Bosque
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