Muslim Brotherhood: Britain's investigation proves we are not associated with terrorism

The Muslim Brotherhood stated that the British government’s investigation into the group’s activities proved that the group is not associated with terrorism.

In a statement issued yesterday, the Brotherhood said: “The lawyers representing the group have been informed that the investigation ordered by British Prime Minister David Cameron regarding the group’s activities proves that the group has no link to any acts of terrorism.”

“Informed sources said that there is no evidence of a link between the Muslim Brotherhood and acts of terrorism.”

The group said: “It is worth noting that the investigating team still has not provided any allegations to the Muslim Brotherhood’s legal team, and this indicates that the team believes the group is a source of concern.”

British Prime Minister David Cameron had ordered a comprehensive investigation into the Brotherhood’s activities due to “the concern that the group raises as well as the activities of its members residing in the country”.

In its statement, the Brotherhood referred to what is considered to be media “leaks” that have recently been published regarding the report, and claimed that the source of these leaks was the prime minister’s office. It considered these sources to be “trying to force the concerned parties to back down from the original results of the report and distort the image of the group and its members living in the UK”.

In this regard, the Brotherhood noted in its statement that on October 19, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper published alleged results of the report that clearly aim to ruin the reputation of the group and link it to extremism, noting that “most of what was mentioned in the Telegraph’s report has been proven to be false and misguiding”.

The Telegraph had claimed that “the former MI6 chief Sir Richard Dearlove was an adviser to the review and Dr Lorenzo Vidino worked on the report, but it was later revealed that the two men did not work on or review the report at all.”

Britain’s Middle East Eye revealed that the Sunday Telegraph relied on a researcher, linked to an Emirate research centre who has no link to the investigations carried out by the British government, for the results of the report on the British investigations of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The website also said that “the researcher admitted that he did not look at the results of the investigation“, which Middle East Eye said was contrary to what the Telegraph stated in its report.

The Muslim Brotherhood described these “leaks” as misguiding and considered them to be “dishonourable attempts to tamper with the results of the report”.

The group has urged the British Prime Minister to publish the full report without any amendments.

In an attempt to keep the lines of communication open, just as they were during the preparation of the report, the Muslim Brotherhood voiced its willingness to meet with the Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary to discuss and present the results of the report in the group’s statement.

The Brotherhood concluded their statement by saying, “The Muslim brotherhood has completely cooperated with Sir John Jenkins’ investigation and allowed him to meet all the members of the group, even the senior officials located all over the world. Therefore, the Muslim brotherhood maintains the right to respond to any negative allegations or claims made against the group from any other party.”