School Clashes To Bolster MB

October 2008 | Political Risk Alert

At least fifteen members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) have been arrested, in a latest round-up of the group, apparently over the forced closure of a school in Alexandria. The government closed the al-Jazeera school back in September, on the grounds that it was apparently teaching MB ideas to its pupils, with Egyptian security forces actually surrounding the building since then to prevent students from entering. Security sources have said that the arrests were made because of the group's plans to organise a protest demanding the school be re-opened. However, the MB says that a judicial review had ruled against

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