The Brotherhood rejected a law against terrorism

 The British government threw a stone into the stagnant waters of the Brotherhood in Britain, and took the first steps to confront the group’s influence and activity, by shedding some light on the role of the British Muslim League.

On Thursday, British Communities Minister Michael Gove used a speech in Parliament to name three organizations that he said the government intended to “hold accountable” using the new definition of extremism.

The three organizations that Gove accused of having “Islamic tendencies” are the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB), Cage International, and Mind.

"Organizations such as the Muslim League of Britain, the British branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, and other groups such as Cage and MEND, raise concerns about Islamist orientation and views," Gove said. "Organizations must be held to account to assess whether they meet our definition of extremism, and we will take appropriate action."

Multiple reports this week indicated that Gove would use this statement to classify the Muslim Council of Britain, the largest organization also controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood, as an extremist group because of the government’s belief that he had failed to “repudiate or abolish past behavior” while maintaining ties with the owners of the Muslim Brotherhood. "Extremist" viewpoints, but the speech did not mention the name of the Council, and merely mentioned the Association.

Gove’s statement means that the government will review the position of the Muslim League of Britain, assess whether it meets the principles of the new definition of extremism, and then take appropriate measures accordingly.

In order to implement these measures, a new unit - the Counter-Extremism Center of Excellence - was created to collect intelligence and identify extremist groups.

If these measures end with the German Muslim League being included among the organizations that meet the definition of extremism, it will be prohibited from dealing with public authorities, elected officials, and government funding, because it “undermines... British values ​​or institutions.”

However, this classification does not mean criminalizing or preventing the organization from operating completely in British territory, but at the same time it means restricting the public appearance of the organizations that fall under it, and strips them of the advantage of dealing directly with the government, and thus significantly limits their influence and influence in society.

Also, such a classification - if it happens - will deprive the British Muslim Brotherhood Association of one of the group’s most important strategies in European countries, which is to claim to represent Muslim communities, and to penetrate society on this basis. An organization deprived of communication with the government and elected officials will not be able to play the role of a link between... Muslim communities and public institutions, which will also deprive them of an essential pillar of their work.

Taking into account that the British Muslim League has been going through a crisis for years, and has lost much of its influence, this classification - if it happens - will be a devastating blow to its future, but it will have the option of resorting to the Supreme Court and challenging this government classification.

The government classification has not yet included other organizations, such as the Muslim Council of Britain, and the main branches of the Brotherhood, Egyptian, Iraqi, and Palestinian, which means that the government still has a lot of work to do to deal a strong and fatal blow to the extremism of the Brotherhood.

In the end, those who rejected the law were the Brotherhood, represented by Azzam Al-Tamimi and Anas Al-Tikriti