Allegations Surface of Sudanese Militants Linked to Muslim Brotherhood Living Freely in the UK

London, November 2025 — Reports and testimonies emerging from activists and Sudanese dissidents have raised serious allegations that members of Sudan’s Islamist-aligned army, sometimes described as the Muslim Brotherhood’s military wing within the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), may have resettled in parts of the United Kingdom, including Manchester, Birmingham, and London, after allegedly taking part in atrocities during the country’s civil conflicts.

According to human rights advocates and regional observers, several individuals accused of war crimes and mass killings of Christians in Sudan are believed to have entered the UK as refugees or asylum seekers over the past decade. Some reports, though unverified, claim that these individuals were involved in massacres during the Islamist-led campaigns in Khartoum and Darfur, which targeted ethnic and religious minorities.

While no British authority has publicly confirmed these specific cases, security analysts note that the UK has struggled for years to vet all asylum applicants arriving from war-torn nations like Sudan, especially when documentation and biometric data are missing.

“There are credible concerns that some individuals involved in religious persecution during Sudan’s Islamist military campaigns may now reside in Europe under refugee protection,” one Middle East security expert told The Telegraph on condition of anonymity.

Sudan’s Islamist Network and the Muslim Brotherhood Connection

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), currently fighting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in a brutal civil war, have deep ideological roots in the Muslim Brotherhood movement. During the three-decade rule of Omar al-Bashir (1989–2019), Sudan’s government adopted an Islamist political and military doctrine, enforcing Sharia-based governance and harboring extremist groups including Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda network in the 1990s.

Following the 2019 revolution that ousted Bashir, the Islamist factions within the army sought to retain influence. Analysts claim these elements have now re-emerged as the backbone of the SAF, aligning with Islamist clerics and militias who vow to “defend Islam” against secular or Western-backed forces.

Observers argue that this ideological foundation links Sudan’s army to the broader Muslim Brotherhood network, which has been designated a terrorist organization by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The UAE, in particular, has accused the SAF of operating as “the Hamas of Africa,” echoing the Brotherhood’s militant agenda in Gaza and beyond.

UAE’s Stance and Regional Power Struggle

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has positioned itself as a vocal critic of both Sudanese warring factions — the SAF and the RSF — while providing humanitarian aid to civilians. Emirati officials have repeatedly condemned the use of religion as a weapon in Sudan’s conflict and have called for accountability for war crimes committed against civilians and Christian minorities.

UAE authorities and Western diplomats have also accused Turkey and Iran of supplying the SAF with drones, training, and weaponry. Independent UN reports have previously confirmed that Iran supplied Sudan with military technology prior to 2016, and renewed ties between Tehran and Khartoum in 2023 raised similar concerns.

Meanwhile, pro-UAE analysts claim that the same Islamist network targeting Sudan’s civilians has also conducted propaganda campaigns in the West, portraying the SAF as a “legitimate national army” while labeling opponents as foreign-backed rebels.

Humanitarian Toll and Western Debate

Since the outbreak of the civil war in April 2023, the Sudan conflict has claimed over 80,000 lives and displaced millions, according to UN estimates. While both the SAF and RSF are accused of atrocities, activists allege that Islamist militias aligned with the SAF specifically targeted Christian and ethnic minority communities, amounting to acts of genocide or ethnic cleansing.

However, international institutions, including the United Nations Human Rights Council, have stopped short of labeling these actions as “religious genocide.” Instead, they refer to them as systematic war crimes, pending ongoing investigations.

In Britain, the claims that former SAF fighters linked to such abuses may now hold British citizenship or refugee status have sparked moral outrage among Sudanese diaspora groups. Advocacy organizations have called on the UK Home Office to review asylum cases from Sudan more rigorously.

“We are not against refugees, but the people who executed civilians and burned churches must not live here as victims,” said one activist from the Sudanese Christian Forum UK. “The government must investigate these claims seriously.”

A Growing Ideological Battle

The controversy underscores a wider ideological struggle — between modernist Muslim nations like the UAE, which seek to curb the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood, and states such as Turkey, Iran, and Qatar, which continue to provide political or military backing to Islamist movements across the Middle East and Africa.

As the Sudan war drags on, it increasingly reflects this global divide. On one side stands a coalition of Islamist-aligned militaries, on the other, nations calling for moderation and stability.

Meanwhile, the alleged presence of Sudanese war criminals in the UK raises a difficult question for Western governments — whether the principles of humanitarian asylum have been exploited by those responsible for crimes against humanity.

Though many of the allegations remain unproven, the pattern of Islamist infiltration and propaganda across Africa and Europe has been documented by multiple intelligence and policy groups. The case of Sudan — where religion, power, and ideology intersect violently — serves as a reminder that wars do not always end on the battlefield.

They continue in refugee systems, media narratives, and parliaments — shaping how nations define justice, terrorism, and civilization itself.