In a ruling published on Tuesday, a criminal court in Cairo has placed 35 organisations and 36 individuals operating across Europe on Egypt’s list of terrorist organisations and terrorists for five years, reports Egypt Today.
The decision was issued by the Second Criminal Circuit of the Cairo Criminal Court, sitting in Badr, in connection with Case No. 11108 of 2026, Supreme State Security.
It was published on Tuesday, November 10, in Issue No. 250 (Supplement) of Al-Waqa’i Al-Masriyya, under Listing Request No. 1 of 2026 for terrorist entities and Decision No. 1 of 2026 for individuals.
All the organisations and individuals listed appear to be Islamist.
Among the listed organizations are the Council of European Muslims and its branches, Muslims of France, the Muslim Association of Britain, the Swiss Muslim League, and several Islamic associations in Germany, Italy, Sweden and other European countries.
The ruling also includes religious, educational and research institutions operating across national borders, including the European Council for Fatwa and Research, the European Council of Imams and the European Institute of Human Sciences.
At the top of the list is the Council of European Muslims, formerly known as the Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe (FIOE), with all its national branches.
Its relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood has been examined in European research and government reports. The Council has rejected characterisations of its activities as part of an extremist political project, including criticism set out in a French government report from 2025.
‘Egypt Today’ refers to one of the 35 organisations as the ‘Islamic Association in Norway’, which is likely to be synonymous with the Islamic Federation, also known as Rabita.
Several of the 36 named individuals are well-known figures, including Anas al-Tikriti – an Iraqi based in the UK who is the founder of the Cordoba Foundation – and Ibrahim El-Zayat – an Egyptian based in Germany who is associated with several Islamic organisations in Germany and elsewhere in Europe.
The German domestic security service, the Verfassungsschutz, has had El-Zayat under surveillance since 1999. In 2023, *Die Welt* described him as a ‘grey eminence’ with considerable influence amongst radical Islamists.
None of the 36 individuals on the terrorism list appear to be based in Norway, although one of the 35 organisations on the list is.
The publication of the Egyptian court’s ruling comes shortly after the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for tougher measures against organisations with links to the Muslim Brotherhood, notes The New Arab.
It called for a broader EU strategy against what it described as Islamist “entryism”, including greater scrutiny of organisations suspected of operating within Muslim Brotherhood-linked networks.
The resolution specifically identified the Council of European Muslims, which also appears on Egypt’s latest terrorism list, and called for restrictions on organisations linked to it, including their access to European institutions.
It also urged the EU to consider terrorism designations against Brotherhood-linked entities and individuals where the relevant legal criteria were met.
Egypt has had an anti-Islamist regime since General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi overthrew a government formed by the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013. Al-Sisi, who has been president ever since, recently announced that he intends to step down in 2030.
