Saudi Arabia Declares Muslim Brotherhood Terrorists

Revelation 6:3-4 NCV When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" Then another horse came out, a red one. Its rider was given power to take away peace (prosperity, rest) from the earth and to make people kill each other (butcher, slaughter, to maim violently, in streets), and he was given a big sword (assassins sword, terrorist, loud, mighty, sore afraid).

The Muslim Brotherhood is now a terrorist organization in another major Middle Eastern country.

The group, already a terrorist organization in Egypt, is now officially a terrorist organization in Saudi Arabia.

The move is seen as a response by the Kingdom to the possibility that Muslim Brotherhood extremists from Syria will attempt to return to Saudi Arabia after the civil war ends.

In addition to the Brotherhood, Saudi officials also listed the Al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as terror groups.  The two groups are affiliated with al-Qaeda and have been proven to conduct terrorist attacks in Syria and Iraq.

The new Saudi declaration would make adopting their ideaology or promoting them in any way within the Kingdom would result in significant prison terms.

Amnesty International opposed the designation, saying that Saudi Arabia was trying to silence dissent, not stop terrorist groups from conducting actions in their nation.

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