From Basim: "Members of the UAE branch of the Muslim Brotherhood still pledge allegiance
to its leader in Egypt, an expert on the Islamist political group has alleged.
To swear allegiance to Mohammed Badie, the Brotherhood's leader since 2010,
members sit on the floor of a darkened room in front of a round table with a gun
and a Quran, "representing religion and power", Mr Al Kharbawi told an audience
at a seminar at Zayed University.
"To give allegiance to someone else? A duplication in
allegiance is very dangerous." Dr Salem Humaid, founder of Al Mezmaah
Studies and Research Centre, who organised the seminar, said: "This was not
known to us, we now know. This is dangerous."
With Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak, the Minister of Higher Education and
Scientific Research, in the seminar audience, Mr Al Kharbawi spoke of the
Brotherhood's history in the UAE and the dangers it posed."
