Egypt considers disbanding Muslim Brotherhood

By C. J. Refsland on August 17, 2013 • ( 0 )

My Comment: Could this be the reason obama is having fits and even thinking of cutting aid to Egypt? Will he pull support for Egypt if they ban the brotherhood again? Looks that way.

CAIRO (AP) — The spokesman of the Egyptian Cabinet said late Saturday afternoon that the local authorities are considering disbanding the Muslim Brotherhood group.

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Spokesman Sherif Shawki said Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi assigned Ministry of Social Solidarity to study the legal possibilities of dissolving the group. He didn’t elaborate.

Earlier Saturday, the Muslim Brotherhood announced that a son of its spiritual leader was killed during fierce clashes in downtown Cairo, as hundreds of Islamists supporters of the country’s ousted president remained barricaded inside a mosque.

The group’s political arm, the Freedom and Justice party, said on its official website that Mohammed Badie’s son Ammar, 38, was killed Friday. That’s when the Muslim Brotherhood took to the streets in a “Day of Rage” — ignited by anger at security forces over clearing two sit-in camps protesting the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi, leaving hundreds dead.

Egypt’s Health Ministry said Saturday that 173 people were killed in street violence in Cairo and around the country that accompanied Friday’s demonstrations. Most deaths took place in central Cairo’s Ramses square, which was a focal point of protests.

Egypt’s Interior Ministry said in a statement that a total of 1,004 Brotherhood members were detained in raids across the country and that weapons, bombs and ammunition were confiscated with the detainees.