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Egypt Adds the Muslim Brotherhood to Its Terrorism List
The Muslim Brotherhood has been permanently added to Egypt’s list of terrorist entities under a decision published in the Official Gazette on Sunday, based on final and binding convictions.
The "Egyptian Gazette", in issue No. 248 Supplement (A), dated November 8, 2026, published a decision by the Public Prosecution’s Office for the Regulation of Terrorist Entity and Terrorist Lists concerning the addition of court rulings involving entities and individuals to the official lists.
The decision, issued under No. 1 of 2026 concerning rulings on terrorist entities and No. 7 of 2026 concerning rulings on terrorists, sets out three measures: ending the effect of previous temporary listing decisions; permanently adding the Muslim Brotherhood to the list of terrorist entities; and permanently adding three individuals to the list of terrorists.
The individuals named are Abdel Rahman Hassan Mohamed Mileigi, Gamal Abdel Hamid Gomaa Abdel Hamid, and Osama Ibrahim Mohamed Mostafa al-Rakh.
Under the law, listing individuals as terrorists carries several legal consequences, including travel bans, the withdrawal or cancellation of passports, the freezing of assets, and restrictions on holding public office and engaging in certain civil-society and religious activities.
The decision forms part of the judicial listing process and carries the legal consequences prescribed by law; it is not a political decision to ban the organization.
