Egyptian Court Bans Muslim Brotherhood

Egyptian Court Bans Muslim Brotherhood: An Egyptian court has banned the Muslim Brotherhood from operating and ordered that all its assets be seized.

Because the ruling applies to "any organisation derived from it," the order also could affect the Brotherhood's political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party. Brotherhood officials promise to appeal the ruling.

The Brotherhood has been outlawed in Egypt for most of its 85-year existence. That prohibition failed to stop it from becoming Egypt's largest and best organized political movement, however, as the group swept into power in the first elections after President Hosni Mubarak was forced from power in 2011.

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