Muslim Association of Britain threatens govt. with legal action

Rasa - The Muslim Association of Britain has said it will take the British government to court if it attempts to place any restrictions on the organization over allegations it is linked to the Muslim Brotherhood.

News ID: 1476

Date: 25 October 2014 - 17:03

RNA - According to the Telegraph newspaper, up to 60 organizations in the U.K. with alleged links to the Muslim Brotherhood are to come under scrutiny, including charities, think tanks and even television channels.

Khalil Charles, spokesperson for the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB), told Anadolu Agency: "There’s nothing in law that proscribes what we do or what we intend to do."

"All of these things must happen within existing laws … anything else that they [government officials] chose to do, within my estimation, would be outside the law and therefore it would be challenged."

Charles acknowledged the U.K. government could attempt to restrict what the Muslim Association of Britain does, but he said: "Yes, we expect that there will be different pathways and difficulties with things that we want to do but, because we are not doing anything illegal, we would challenge anything that stops our right to do what we need to do."

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