The Egyptian authorities have banned the Muslim Brotherhood, sealing the marginalisation of the Islamist movement that was the country's most powerful political group until as recently as the July overthrow of Mohamed Morsi.
A court on Monday ordered the freezing of the Brotherhood's assets and also banned its spin-off groups, state media reported.
In practice, the group had almost been forced underground already by the arrest this summer of thousands of its members – including most of its leaders – and the killing of about 1,000 more.
It is a familiar predicament for the Brotherhood, which has been banned for most of its 85-year history and has successfully fought off every threat to its existence. » | Patrick Kingsley in Cairo | Monday, September 23, 2013
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