• Mohammed El-Dahshan, 38-year-old "Mesaharati," or dawn caller, accompanies his donkey wrapped with colored led lights to wake Muslims up for a meal before sunrise, during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in the Delta city of Dikernis, about 93 miles (150 km) North of Cairo, Egypt early Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Each night, El-Dahshan, sets out after midnight with his donkey banging his drum, chanting traditional religious phrases and calling out on residents by name to wake them in time for the vital pre-dawn meal known as "Suhour". (AP Photo / Amr Nabil)
    Mohammed El-Dahshan, 38-year-old "Mesaharati," or dawn caller, accompanies his donkey wrapped with colored led lights to wake Muslims up for a meal before sunrise, during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in the Delta city of Dikernis, about 93 miles (150 km) North of Cairo, Egypt early Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Each night, El-Dahshan, sets out after midnight with his donkey banging his drum, chanting traditional religious phrases and calling out on residents by name to wake them in time for the vital pre-dawn meal known as "Suhour". (AP Photo / Amr Nabil)
  • Martin Luther King is reflected in Justin Pearson's glasses on a march in Memphis, Tennessee. AP
    Martin Luther King is reflected in Justin Pearson's glasses on a march in Memphis, Tennessee. AP
  • Migrants are identified with a picture by Italian authorities in the Sicilian port of Catania. AP
    Migrants are identified with a picture by Italian authorities in the Sicilian port of Catania. AP
  • Activists gather bins and light flares during a protest in Paris. EPA
    Activists gather bins and light flares during a protest in Paris. EPA
  • A Kashmiri Muslim boy stands with elders during special prayers at Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir. AP Photo
    A Kashmiri Muslim boy stands with elders during special prayers at Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir. AP Photo
  • Waves break over Newhaven Lighthouse as Storm Noa batters the south coast of England. AFP
    Waves break over Newhaven Lighthouse as Storm Noa batters the south coast of England. AFP
  • Migrants trying to reach the US sit in an abandoned building in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Reuters
    Migrants trying to reach the US sit in an abandoned building in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Reuters
  • Donald Trump impersonator Neil Greenfield waits outside Trump Tower in New York. AFP
    Donald Trump impersonator Neil Greenfield waits outside Trump Tower in New York. AFP
  • Pigeons perch on the bullet-riddled roof of the unfinished 'Egg' theatre building in Beirut. AFP
    Pigeons perch on the bullet-riddled roof of the unfinished 'Egg' theatre building in Beirut. AFP
  • Ukrainian service personnel have hippotherapy at the Spirit rehabilitation centre in Kyiv. EPA
    Ukrainian service personnel have hippotherapy at the Spirit rehabilitation centre in Kyiv. EPA

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Key findings of Jenkins report
  • Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al Banna, "accepted the political utility of violence"
  • Views of key Muslim Brotherhood ideologue, Sayyid Qutb, have “consistently been understood” as permitting “the use of extreme violence in the pursuit of the perfect Islamic society” and “never been institutionally disowned” by the movement.
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Updated: April 13, 2023, 12:59 PM