As Islamic terrorism continues to plague Egypt, the country plans to set up a committee to look into ways of blocking terror-linked websites, the Egyptian Al Ahram daily reported Tuesday.

[Egyptian Prime Minister] Ibrahim Mahlab is forming a committee to study possible amendments to national security laws in order to remove websites linked to “terrorism”, cabinet spokesperson Hossam Kawish has told Ahram Online.

The committee’s recommendations will help courts to issue verdicts to remove any content on the Internet that is related to “terrorism”, Kawish explained. …

The committee is to be headed by justice minister Mahfouz Saber and to be made up of representatives from the ministries of interior, defence, military production, foreign affairs and communications.

Al Ahram also reported that the standards for what is considered “terrorism” have not been determined.

Earlier this month, Egypt urged the international community to “monitor extremist websites that incite violence and terrorism, and to halt broadcasting channels linked to the Muslim Brotherhood,” which was outlawed in Egypt in December 2013.

The announcement of the committee’s formation came a day after Egypt launched retaliatory airstrikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) locations in Libya, after the militant group executed 21 members of Egypt’s Coptic community. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Tuesday urged the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution allowing for an international military intervention in war-torn Libya.

In addition to attacking ISIS in Libya, Egypt has been carrying out operations against the terrorist group Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis in the Sinai peninsula. The Sinai-based terror organization swore allegiance to ISIS late last year.

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