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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