The Mauritanian government has ordered the closure of several Islamic charities for “overstepping their mandate,” a security official said on Friday, including an organization with links to the Muslim Brotherhood.
No official explanation has been given for the crackdown but ministers made the decision after holding a cabinet meeting on Thursday to discuss security issues and “the consequences of past excesses on the stability of the country”, the official told AFP.
Authorities sealed off premises across the country belonging to the Association for the Future of Preaching, Culture and Education (AFPCE), a charity run by Mohamed el-Hacen Ould Dedaw, who is widely referred to as “the spiritual father of the Muslim Brotherhood in Mauritania.”
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