Britain's PM orders review into Muslim Brotherhood's activities

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* Cameron: Need for better grasp of Brotherhood's beliefs * Arab leaders have accused Brotherhood of links to violence * Brotherhood faces harsh repression in parts of Arab world * Crushed in Egypt since ousting elected Islamist president By Kylie MacLellan and Andrew Osborn LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood's activities in Britain will be reviewed over concerns about possible links to violence, Prime Minister David Cameron said, widening pressure on a veteran Islamist movement facing an intensifying *****down in the Arab world. The Brotherhood and affiliated organisations and parties are part of the political landscape in many Arab and Islamic states where they have placed deep roots in society thanks to their involvement in social and charitable works. But the Brotherhood has been crushed in Egypt after the military overthrew an elected Islamist president in July, declared a terrorist organisation in Saudi Arabia and subjected to a wave of prosecutions and jailings in Gulf Arab kingdoms leery of any spread of Islamist influence since the Arab Spring.

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