LILLEY: UAE sees Muslim Brotherhood as a problem. Why not Canada? |
United Arab Emirates has ended scholarships for students at British universities over concerns about radicalization and the influence of the Brotherhood.
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The United Arab Emirates has dropped British universities from a list of schools their citizens can study at under government scholarship. The reason according to the Financial Times in London, which broke the story, is over concerns that students will become radicalized in Britain due to the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Isn’t it shocking that a Muslim-majority country is more concerned with the negative impact of the Muslim Brotherhood than a non-Muslim western country.
The Muslim Brotherhood is a fundamentalist religious and political movement that began in Egypt in 1928 under scholar Hassan al-Banna. He took a view that Islam should not just be a religion but was core to every aspect of life and advocated for the Islamization of all aspects of society.
Over the years the Brotherhood has been an inspiration for Al-Qaeda, Hamas and other terror groups.
The Brotherhood has branches and supporters around the world including here in Canada. Yet, in many countries the Muslim Brotherhood is banned as a terrorist group.
Late last year, the Muslim Brotherhood made headlines when Donald Trump said the United States would consider banning them, and activists in Canada called on the Carney government to do the same. The group is already banned in Muslim-majority countries such as Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the UAE.
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