Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters – A man walks past graffiti depicting ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and others in downtown Cairo on Sept. 24.
CAIRO — An Egyptian minister said Tuesday that the government would “postpone” the court-ordered dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood, according to the country’s state-run media outlet, MENA.
The statement comes after an obscure court issued a sweeping but legally questionable decision Monday to ban the Muslim Brotherhood and all related organizations and activities, which appears to grant the military-backed government expansive legal authority to go after the group’s finances and other assets and essentially criminalizes the group’s political and social service work.
Stephanie McCrummen reports on the shifting status of the Muslim Brotherhood for the Washington Post.