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The UK government has expressed its conviction that membership or links to the Muslim Brotherhood is not proof of extremism, adding that Brotherhood activists are free to operate in the UK so long as they respect its national laws.
A number of Brotherhood leaders and activists who fled to the UK following the ouster of Egypt's Islamist president Mohamed Morsi are politically and publically active against the military-backed government in Egypt.
"The UK allows members of all political groups to operate freely, provided they do not break UK law or immigration rules," the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) told Ahram Online.