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UK breaks with U.S. on Muslim Brotherhood

The United Kingdom broke from the largely complacent U.S. position on radical Islamists in a startling indictment of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB).

"Aspects of the Muslim Brotherhood's ideology and activities … run counter to British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, equality and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs," Prime Minister David Cameron said in a statement. Cameron further states that "association with, or influence by the Muslim Brotherhood should be considered as a possible indicator of extremism."