A Foreign Office spokesman said today that the British Ambassador in Cairo has not yet received a satisfactory reply to his recent representations concerning the Mufti’s political activities.
A report from Cairo yesterday said that the Arab League council at its next meeting in October will consider measures to secure removal of all restrictions on political activities by the Mufti.
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