UK set to curtail Muslim Brotherhood activities, ban ruled out

The UK government is reportedly set to curb Muslim Brotherhood operations in the country, but British official rules out ban

The British government is reportedly planning to curb the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood and organisations linked to it in the UK.
However, London is not considering banning the group, a unnamed diplomat said.
Egypt, which outlawed the Islamist group last year, has called on foreign powers to follow suit.
The foreign ministry earlier told Ahram Online that the government was still considering “the implications of the results” of a review into the group commissioned by the British Prime Minister.
Sir John Jenkins, the ambassador to Saudi Arabia, led the review team and has already submitted his final report to David Cameron.
The Telegraph said while it stops short of proposing a ban on the Brotherhood, the report “accepts some of the movement's activity amounts to complicity with armed groups and extremists in the Middle East and elsewhere.”
The British daily quoted a foreign ministry diplomat as saying, “We won't ban the Muslim Brotherhood…There are other things that can be done but not a ban.”
Another “senior British official” was also quoted saying “parts of the report are too sensitive to publish.”
“It's a very comprehensive look at the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood in many countries. There have been submissions that have been given to us that are very sensitive. We couldn't go back to those places again if some of this information was put in the public domain," he added.
The government told Ahram Online it was still committed to making “the main findings of the review public.”
It is understood that the review team asked the British Charity Commission to look into the activities of three British-based Muslim Brotherhood charities.
A spokesman for the Commission, which regulates UK-based charity organisations, told the newspaper that Sir John had asked for its findings but would not discuss the nature of the information on the organisations under investigation.
The Egyptian authorities accuse the Brotherhood of using charitable activities to fund terrorist organisations in Egypt and other Arab countries, charges strongly denied by the Islamist movement.
The Telegraph expects broader Brotherhood political activities, including media and propaganda branches in the UK, to face tighter regulation.
Ashraf El-kholy, Egypt's ambassador to Britain, told the newspaper that there was “a danger the group would use its London-based establishment to revive its influence in areas where it has come under pressure.”
"London can be a hub. They are planning activities, such as opening a TV station and newspapers from here that are part of their aims against us," El-kholy said.
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