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British government asked to account for rise in Muslim Brotherhood activity

Andrew Rosindell asks top ministers for report how group is taking advantage of Covid-19 – 29 Apr 2020 – THE NATIONAL ae

Sir John Jenkins, author of 2015 report.

A senior British politician has today demanded answers over concerns at the rise in Muslim Brotherhood activities as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Andrew Rosindell, MP, has placed questions before Parliament over the increased levels of activities in both Britain and globally by the fundamentalist network. There are concerns that the Islamist movement, that seeks to implement strict sharia law under a global caliphate, has taken advantage of the Covid 19 pandemic to spread its influence.

In a question to Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, Mr Rosindell, 54, asked what assessment she made of increased Muslim Brotherhood activity in Britain as a result of the economic downturn.

In a similar question to Dominic Raab, the Foreign Secretary, the Conservative politician asked for an evaluation of the “global economic downturn on trends in the level of recruitment activity by the Muslim Brotherhood overseas”.

There are increased worries that the Brotherhood is growing in influence in Britain despite its close ties to terror groups such as Hamas. Last year the US gave serious consideration to designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation.

Mr Rosindell has been vocal in his stance against Britain harbouring Islamic extremists calling for a “ban” on radical organisations using the country as a base to raise funds and radicalise Muslims through community-based organisations and institutions.

“I think we have been far too soft for far too long. I think if we were to take action it would not only be the right thing to do but also the popular thing to do. It would show that the Conservative government is not going to tolerate such criminality within our own shores,” he told the Conservative Party Conference in 2014. “We should take much firmer action and if necessary ban individuals and organisations from operating in this country.”

Mr Rosindell’s questions come after reports that there has been a drop in the number of referrals to Prevent, the organisation set up to de-radicalise religious extremists. In recent years there has been a rise in Islamic terrorism in Britain with a number of fatal attacks in London and Manchester.

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Leading British-based Muslim Brotherhood sympathisers have been prominent in campaigns against the UK prime counter-extremism programme, the Prevent strategy.

There has been alarm at the Brotherhood’s influence over the Muslim Council of Britain, an umbrella body of more than 500 Islamic organisations, that claims to be non-sectarian.

The Brotherhood, has exerted “significant influence” on the MCB and the Muslim Association of Britain, a government report stated. The inquiry led by Sir John Jenkins, a former British ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Iraq, was set up to look at how the movement’s culture of secrecy made its influence in civil bodies hard to track. However, the government has still never published in full the findings of the full 2015 report on the Muslim Brotherhood commissioned by former Prime Minister David Cameron.

Last month Mr Rosindell, MP for Romford, Essex, asked what links there were between the European Institute of Human Sciences and the Brotherhood. The Home Office responded that it “keeps under review the views promoted and activities undertaken by the Muslim Brotherhood’s associates in the UK”.

There are growing concerns in Whitehall over increased Brotherhood influence after a relaxation on rules governing official contact between the Home Office and MCB. It is understood that there is also a close relationship between Public Health England, leading the fight against coronavirus, and its assistance in promoting MCB videos.

Both the Home Office and Foreign Office have seven days in which to respond to Mr Rosindell’s questions.

Updated: April 29, 2020 01:54 PM