‘We say to Bush Junior—whose hands are not just bloodstained but soaked in our blood—that neither you or your American administration assistants are welcome in our land or under our skies,’ the Muslim Brotherhood said.

A statement, entitled ‘No welcome for the murderers’, quoted the movement’s supreme guide, Mohammed Mehdi Akef, and said that destruction and devastation followed Bush.

Akef said Bush was unwelcome because he incited Ethiopia to occupy Somalia, supported Israel, stirred up disagreement among the different political factions in Lebanon and was responsible for the destruction of Afghanistan and the occupation of Iraq.

‘You continue to support corrupt and tyrannical regimes in our Arab worldand support them against the wishes of their people,’  said Akef, adding, ‘all these crimes develop a limitless hatred among Arabs and Muslims towards the American administration.’

Bush is currently touring the Gulf after completing a visit to Israel and the West Bank in an effort to further the Middle East peace process relaunched at a conference in Annapolis outside Washington in November.

The Muslim Brotherhood holds around a fifth of the seats in the Egyptian parliament but because it remains legally banned its MPs sit as independents.

The group is generally tolerated by the authorities but has seen a mounting crackdown on its key leaders and financiers in recent months.