Universities to identify suspected Muslim Brotherhood affiliates

University presidents in Egypt intend to prepare lists of employees who ostensibly belong to the Muslim Brotherhood and other designated terrorist groups to be sacked from their jobs as per legislative amendments recently enacted by the Egyptian Parliament allowing the dismissal of civil servants without taking disciplinary measures, reports Al-Monitor.

This comes after the Supreme Council of Universities meeting on 26 July when it decided to task university presidents to draft these lists in a bid to exclude employees belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, who are reportedly preventing universities from carrying out their educational missions.

On 12 July, the Egyptian Parliament approved a draft law to amend some provisions of Law No 10 of 1972 regarding administrative dismissal without disciplinary action. The new law allows the dismissal of any public employee in the state or any administrative body if they are found to undermine the state security or safety, or if their names were included on the lists of terrorists in accordance with Law No 8 of 2015 on lists of terrorist entities and terrorists.
Full report on the Al-Monitor site