Dear MEL
Topic Readers,
What is the
Muslim Brotherhood?
Rift is a
word you hear more frequently than usual these days, especially within the Gulf
Cooperation Councils (GCC), a regional intergovernmental political and economic
union consisting of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United
Arab Emirates.
Suddenly
without any prior indication or warning, the other GCC states, Saudi Arabia, United
Arab Emirates and Bahrain, joined by Egypt, abandoned all diplomatic ties with
Qatar on June 5, including any transportation and travel by land, air, or sea.
The impact to this small Gulf sheikhdom is catastrophic because of its dependency
on logistics to its neighbors. For example, about 40 percent of food supply
arrives in Qatar via land transport from Saudi Arabia.
Why was Qatar
isolated from its neighbors so suddenly and drastically? One reason is said to
be its support for the Muslim Brotherhood, or the MB. Then, what is the MB? Is
it that threatening to other Islam countries?
Enjoy reading
and learning what this political Islamist group in the Arab world is about.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/06/muslim-brotherhood-explained-170608091709865.html
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