Egyptian court rules that Hamas is not a terrorist organization

June 07, 2015 13:17

Hamas should no longer be classified as a terrorist organisation in the eyes of Egyptian authorities, an appeals court ruled Saturday, overturning a decision made months earlier about the Palestinian Islamist group.

The appeals court in Cairo threw out the February 28 decision by a lower court because it "lacked jurisdiction to issue the ... ruling," the state-run Ahram Online news outlet reported.

This development could be significant given the makeup of Egypt's current government -- which took over after the military ousted Muslim Brotherhood leader-turned-president Mohammed Morsy -- and Hamas' prominent, controversial place in the Middle East, including its control of the Palestinian territory of Gaza.

Hamas evolved from the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, having formed in 1987 with a goal of establishing an Islamic state in place of Israel, according to the US National Counterterrorism Center.

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