Court deals a blow to Brotherhood
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A court ordered a freeze on the assets of 29 known financiers of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s most powerful opposition movement.
The ruling upheld a decision by the state prosecutor this year that is part of the government’s push to undermine the fundamentalist movement financially. The Muslim Brotherhood is banned in Egypt, but it won nearly a fifth of parliamentary seats in 2005 with candidates running as independents.
About 300 Brotherhood members have been arrested since a December protest that prompted government claims that the movement was taking up arms.
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