CAIRO
An Egyptian court on Monday adjourned to January 26 the verdict in a lawsuit seeking the designation of Palestinian faction Hamas as a "terrorist" group, a judicial source.
The Cairo Court of Urgent Matters was due to deliver the verdict on Monday but adjourned it until January 26, the source told The Anadolu Agency.
The lawsuit, filed by lawyer Samir Sabri, seeks to label Hamas as a "terrorist" group, claiming that the group "executed terrorist attacks in Egypt through the tunnels connecting the Sinai Peninsula to Gaza.
In March, An Egyptian court outlawed the activities of Hamas and ordered the confiscation of its offices in Egypt.
In its ruling, the court said the ban on Hamas activities and confiscation of its offices would be temporary until another court trying ousted President Mohamed Morsi on charges of alleged collaboration with the Palestinian group to carry out "hostile" acts in Egypt delivers its final verdict.
A number of Hamas members have been included among the list of defendants in two trials that Morsi – a Muslim Brotherhood leader – currently faces for alleged espionage and jailbreak.
Hamas, an ideological offshoot of the Brotherhood, has repeatedly denied the allegations.
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