A panel of Egyptian judges has advised an administrative court in the North African country to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood.

On Monday, the judicial advisory panel, set up by the country’s military-backed government, accused Egypt’s largest political group of operating outside the law and recommended its dissolution as a legally registered non-governmental organization (NGO).

The non-binding decision also called for the closure of the group’s headquarters in the Moqattam district of the capital Cairo.

The administrative court is expected to hold its next hearing on November 12.

In March, the Muslim Brotherhood registered itself as an NGO following a court decision on the legal status of the group.

Last month, Egypt’s interim government backed away from a decision to dissolve the Brotherhood.

“Dissolving the party or the group is not the solution and it is wrong to make decisions in turbulent situations,” interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said in a statement on August 27.

“It is better for us to monitor parties and groups in the framework of political action without dissolving them or having them act in secret,” the statement added.

On August 17, Beblawi said that the group should be dissolved and ordered the Ministry of Social Solidarity to study the legality of the dissolution of the group.

The Brotherhood was founded in 1928 following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, but was banned by the country’s military rulers in 1954.

On July 3, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced that Mohamed Morsi, a leading former member of the Brotherhood, was no longer in office and declared the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, Adly Mahmoud Mansour, the new interim president of Egypt. The army also suspended the constitution.

Army officials said that Morsi, who took office in June 2012, was being held “preventively” by the military.

On July 5, Brotherhood supreme leader Mohamed Badie said the coup against Morsi was illegal and millions would remain on the street until he is reinstated as president.

Badie vowed to "complete the revolution" that toppled the Western-backed regime of former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

The army-appointed government has launched a bloody crackdown on Morsi supporters and arrested more than 2,000 Brotherhood members, including Badie, who was detained on August 20.

About 1,000 people were killed in a week of violence between Morsi anti-coup protesters and security forces after police dispersed their protest camps in a deadly operation on August 14.

The massacre sparked international condemnation and prompted world bodies to call for an independent investigation into the violence.