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Egypt Makes Muslim Brotherhood Terror Listing Final

By The Daily Byte ·11 Nov 2026 ·4 min read

The Cairo skyline along the River Nile in Egypt

Egypt has placed the Muslim Brotherhood on its terrorist-entities list on a final basis, after the Public Prosecutor’s Office published the decision in the country’s Official Gazette on 9 November 2026. The move replaces temporary listings that had been in force since 2022 with a designation grounded in court judgments that can no longer be appealed.

The decision also places three individuals on the country’s terrorist list, on the basis of final convictions against them. They are Abdelrahman Hassan Mohamed Meligi, Gamal Abdel Hamid Gomaa Abdel Hamid and Osama Ibrahim Mohamed Mostafa al-Rakh.

How the final listing was reached

The legal path to the final designation ran through Egypt’s courts. A Cairo criminal court had ruled in the case concerning the group, and the Court of Cassation issued a ruling on 2 April 2026 in an appeal connected to that case. Once that judgment became final, the Public Prosecutor’s Office published the listing measure giving effect to it.

The distinction matters. The November announcement was not itself a fresh court ruling adding the organisation to the list. It was an official notice implementing the consequences of judgments that had already become final, and ending the temporary measures at the same time.

According to reporting on the Gazette publication, the notice appeared in the Egyptian Gazette, issue No. 248 (Supplement A), dated 8 November. The temporary listing decisions it replaces were issued in 2022 and published in the Official Gazette in January 2023.

What a listing means under Egyptian law

Egypt’s framework for these designations is set out in Law No. 8 of 2015, which governs lists of terrorist entities and terrorists. Under the law, listing an organisation can carry consequences for its activities, premises and finances, including a ban on its activities, the closure of its offices, a prohibition on meetings held in its name and restrictions on collecting or transferring funds for its benefit. Assets may also be subject to seizure or management under the applicable legal procedures.

For individuals placed on the terrorist list, the law sets out separate consequences. Depending on the circumstances and the terms of the relevant decision, these can include travel restrictions and limits on holding public office, as well as measures relating to passports and access to certain positions.

A separate extension in another case

The final listing should not be confused with a separate court action in a different case. In a decision announced on 4 November 2026, a Cairo criminal court extended the Brotherhood’s listing on the terrorist entities list, and the listing of 37 people on the terrorists list, for five years. That extension was made in Case No. 984 of 2021, at the request of the Public Prosecution, and it extends earlier listing decisions from 2021.

The November final designation, by contrast, rests on a different judicial record and took effect following final judgments, rather than as a time-limited extension.

Background to the ban

The Muslim Brotherhood was declared a terrorist organisation in Egypt in December 2013, following the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi, the group’s candidate, earlier that year. The group, founded in Egypt in 1928, was banned and its activities outlawed, and its members have faced sustained prosecution since then.

The final listing closes a chapter of repeated temporary extensions and renewals that had kept the designation in place while court proceedings continued. Its practical effects will depend on how the relevant provisions are applied by state agencies and courts. The measure is an Egyptian domestic legal action, and any consequences outside Egypt would depend on the laws and decisions of other jurisdictions.