(Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Saturday banned the armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas and listed it as a terrorist organization.
Hamas is an offshoot of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood which the authorities have also declared a terrorist group and have repressed systematically since the army ousted one of its leaders, Mohamed Mursi, from the presidency in 2013.
“The court ruled to ban the Qassam Brigades and to list it as a terrorist group,” said the judge of the special Cairo court which deals with urgent cases.
This is an age of pen and not of sword, especially when yours is inferior than those around you or you have to borrow or buy your swords from the ‘enemies,’ you intend to fight.
The Muslim Times’ Collection on Islam’s Condemnation of Terrorism