Tag: Brotherhood

Cairo : An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced 11 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death over charges of killing policemen, media reports said. The case dated back to 2015 when the 11 convicts killed three policemen and burnt their vehicle. The court referred the sentence to Grand Mufti, the country's highest Islamic official who will give the religious judgment of all preliminary death sentences, Xinhua reported. The Mufti's opinion is non-binding as it is usually considered a formality, but his final opinion could reduce the penalty. Egypt has been experiencing anti-security...