United Kingdom
Monitoring of Muslim Brotherhood networks by MI5 under renewed scrutiny

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London, 15 December 2025.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London, 15 December 2025. © House of Commons/UK Parliament/Press Association Images/MaxPPP
Downing Street has made no secret of its reliance on intelligence work in deciding on whether to proscribe Islamist organisations, confirming last month that the Muslim Brotherhood was being kept under close watch. But insiders say that an outright ban on the organisation would be wrong-headed. [...]
Reading time 2 minutes Michael Sweeney
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