New Insights on the MB Convictions in Egypt
By Douglas Farah
A few days ago Jeff Breinholt, my colleague on the Counterterrorism Blog noted a valuable new web resource, the Global Muslim Brotherhood Report, open to responsible researchers who are willing to provide a name and institutional affiliation.
Today the site gives a rundown on an extremely interesting case in Egypt, where five leaders of the international Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced in abstentia to10 years in prison for terrorism and money laundering.
Those convicted include some of the oldest and most venerated of the MB global structure:
These include Yousef Nada, Ali Ghaleb Hemmat, Ibrahim Farouk al-Zayyat, Fathi al-Khouli and Tawfeek al-Raey.
The sentencing was widely reported, but without some of the salient information the site offers.
Nada and Hemmat are relatively well known in the West because of their involvement in Bank al Takwa, based in Nassau, Bahamas, and designated by the United States and the United Nations as a sponsor of terrorism. Nada and Hemmat are also listed as individuals supporting terrorism. My full blog is here.
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