CAIRO (AFP) – Egypt’s military-installed rulers declared the Muslim Brotherhood of ousted president Mohamed Morsi a “terrorist” organisation Wednesday, blaming it for a deadly police headquarters bombing already claimed by an Al-Qaeda-inspired group.
The decision is likely to accelerate a crackdown on the movement that has killed more than 1,000 people, mostly Islamists, in street clashes and seen thousands imprisoned since Morsi’s overthrow by the military in July.
It lumps together Al-Qaeda-inspired militants who have killed scores of policemen and soldiers with the more moderate Brotherhood movement, although authorities have provided no proof the groups are related.
The announcement comes a day after a suicide car bombing of a police station killed 15 people, in an attack condemned by the Brotherhood and claimed by an Al-Qaeda-inspired group based in the restive Sinai Peninsula.
“All of Egypt was horrified by the ugly crime committed by the Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday morning, when it blew up the Daqhaleya police headquarters,” the cabinet said in a statement.
“The government has decided to declare the Muslim Brotherhood movement a terrorist organisation,” it said, referring to terrorism clauses in the country’s penal code.
“Members who continue to belong to this group or organisation following the release of this statement will be punished according to the law,” the statement said.
The Brotherhood has condemned Tuesday’s powerful bomb attack in the city of Mansoura, north of Cairo.
Morsi’s supporters, who continue to organise near-daily demonstrations demanding his reinstatement, insist they are committed to peaceful protest.
But their demonstrations have dwindled in size due to the security crackdown, and civilian opponents who oppose the Islamists often attack the rallies.
Social solidarity minister Ahmed al-Borei said at a news conference that the government would ban all the Brotherhood’s activities, including “protests”.
Morsi, now on trial facing various charges, remains a deeply divisive figure following his overthrow on July 3, after millions took to the streets demanding his resignation.
Egypt’s first democratically elected president, he ruled for one turbulent year and now faces trials for incitement to kill protesters and colluding with militants to carry out attacks in the country.
The cabinet had come under increased pressure to declare the Brotherhood a terrorist group following Tuesday’s bombing.
“Egypt enveloped in sadness… and the government waffles,” read the front page banner of the state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper on Wednesday.
An Al-Qaeda inspired group spearheading attacks in Sinai had earlier claimed responsibility for the suicide car bombing of the Mansoura police headquarters.
The group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, had previously claimed several high profile attacks since Morsi’s overthrow, including a September assassination attempt against the interior minister with a car bomb outside his home.
“Your brothers in Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, with the grace of God, were able to target the Daqhaleya police headquarters,” the group said of in a statement posted Wednesday on jihadist Internet forums.
The group which is composed mostly of Egyptian Bedouin has been critical of the Brotherhood’s style of political Islam and advocates armed attacks.
Morsi and the Brotherhood’s leadership face trial on charges of colluding with militant groups, including the Palestinian Hamas movement, to launch “terrorist” attacks in Egypt.
He is also accused of involvement in attacks on police stations and prisons during the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.
Morsi and other Islamists imprisoned by Mubarak had escaped during mass jail breaks authorities now say were part of a wider plot to destabilise the country.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/egypt-declares-muslim-brotherhood-terrorist-group/

APC WILL BE NEXT. COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD SHOULD OUTLAW ISLAMIC POLITICAL ORGANISATION LIKE APC.

PLS DONT INSULT ME THATS MY OPINION.
Say no to APC say no to muslem brotherhood party

d name alone tells it all

Egyptians are wiser now. And this is a muslim country o. yet some id!0ts will be campaigning for their cousin (APC) here in a secular country.
NIGERIANS BE WISE.
SAY NO TO MUSLIM BROTHER HOOD (BH or BOKO HARAM) PARTY.
SAY NO TO APC

I don't know how I should feel. But I don't hate muslims.

Long overdue!
Religion and politics are two flammable entities that must never mix.
When mixed?
You get a self sustaining conflagration.

careytommy: Egyptians are wiser now. And this is a muslim country o. yet some id!0ts will be campaigning for their cousin (APC) here in a secular country.
NIGERIANS BE WISE.
SAY NO TO MUSLIM BROTHER HOOD (BH or BOKO HARAM) PARTY.
SAY NO TO APC

HEHE

Poor Egyptians. Now they have full dictatorship on their hands.

They got rid of one dictator and elected a democratic government, but just because of buyers remorse, you got rid of your own democracy and returned the same dictatorship aka Mubarak back to the seat of government.

Now, you can not demonstrate or congregate because it's now against the law, meaning you can not demonstrate to get rid of this or any government in Egypt like you did Mubarak and Morsi, they same secular folks that started the demonstration that got rid of Mubarak were sent to jail for 3 years just for demonstrating.

By the time this new dictatorship is done with the Egyptians, na beg den go beg Morsi to return.

If you need to get rid of your democratic government, do it at the polls, don't invite the military to give you a shortcut.

Like they say,they koboko the husband whooped the first wife with is the same koboko the second wife go chop and they

Egypt need peace

The world powers should also place travel ban on APC members and also Confiscate there moneys in Foreign bank account

agbameta: Poor Egyptians. Now they have full dictatorship on their hands.

They got rid of one dictator and elected a democratic government, but just because of buyers remorse, you got rid of your own democracy and returned the same dictatorship aka Mubarak back to the seat of government.

Now, you can not demonstrate or congregate because it's now against the law, meaning you can not demonstrate to get rid of this or any government in Egypt like you did Mubarak and Morsi, they same secular folks that started the demonstration that got rid of Mubarak were sent to jail for 3 years just for demonstrating.

By the time this new dictatorship is done with the Egyptians, na beg den go beg Morsi to return.

If you need to get rid of your democratic government, do it at the polls, don't invite the military to give you a shortcut.

Like they say,they koboko the husband whooped the first wife with is the same koboko the second wife go chop and they

Say no to APC say no to Muslem Brotherhood