Egypt Court Jails Muslim Brotherhood Head Over Hamas Spying Case
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An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced the Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual leader and 10 other top officials from the outlawed group to life in prison in connection with charges of conspiring with Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.
The verdict against Mohamed Badie and other members came during the retrial of a case in which former president Mohamed Mursi had been a defendant. Mursi, the Brotherhood member who won the presidency in 2012 only to be ousted a year later by the army amid mass protests, died in June after collapsing in court.