United Arab Emirates: Fear of Islamists Driving Gov’t
Response
The United Arab Emirates has arrested 60 Islamists associated with the
political and religious group al-Islah whom it alleges were plotting to
form an armed group in order to seize power and establish a new Islamist
state in the Gulf country. However, it is more likely that the
government’s crackdown on al-Islah, which it claims is a Muslim
Brotherhood affiliate, is an attempt to silence critics of the regime
and prevent the formation of a unified domestic opposition.
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