Hellyer noted that the report did not label the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group, but may lead to intensified scrutiny into the organization’s funding. The report concluded that affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood “should be considered as a possible indicator of extremism.” Prime Minister Cameron stated that some Muslim Brotherhood members have engaged in violence and terrorism, though the report did not call the group violent per se.
The Egyptian government welcomed the report’s findings, calling it an “important step in combating terrorism,” and emphasized that it shows the importance of supporting the Egyptian state’s fight against extremist ideology. Muslim Brotherhood officials rejected [Ar] the report’s findings, calling them “unacceptable,” and claimed that this “represents a deliberate political will against the group.”
Meanwhile, the conflict is increasing between young Muslim Brotherhood members who generally support a more “revolutionary approach” for contending with the state and older members who support peaceful reform of the political system. Older members who support reforming the system from within, many of whom are exiled or serving sentences in Egyptian prisons, created a new official website, Ikhwan.site, in an attempt to replace the youth-dominated current site.
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