The Ministry of Endowments released a strong statement yesterday regarding the relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and terrorist organizations both within and beyond Egypt. The statement read, “there are several ties between ISIS and the Muslim Brotherhood that come in the form of the Brotherhood’s similar war on the state, engagement in widespread destruction, and murder by proxy all for the interest of its funders who are clear enemies of the state.” The statement cited three links between the two organizations, the first of which was their obsession with gaining positions of leadership and authority and using them for personal gains. A second of such links is ISIS’s request to the people of Mosul to present their daughters to members of the organization under the name of jīhād al-nikāh (sex jihad). The statement clarified that ISIS’s actions are completely foreign to the notion of jīhād and Islam in general. The third and final link has to do with both organizations’ engagement in the lying and fooling of people under the name of religion. Both groups play with the general public’s minds and push unqualified people into positions of leadership. (Salāh Laban, al-Tahrīr, Aug. 2, p. 1). Read original text in Arabic.