Muslim Brotherhood

The Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood The Muslim Brotherhood is the largest Islamist organization in Egypt. It was founded in the 1920s by Hassan Al-Banna. The movement was a model of political activism combined with Islamic charity work. At first, it only aimed to spread Islamic morals, but soon became involved in politics. While the Muslim Brotherhood claims that it supports democratic principles, it aims to create a state ruled by Al Shariaa. Al Shariaa is the Islamic law stated in the Quran.

The Muslim Brotherhood has been part politics in Egypt for more than 80 years. It was originally formed by Hassan al-Banna in 1928. The Muslim Brotherhood is a combination religious and political group based on the belief that Islam is not just a religion, but a way of life. It dictates a separation from secularism, returning to the rules of the Quran based on healthy families, communities, and states. The brotherhood focused on two key principles. They are (1), the introduction of the Islamic Sharia

The novel Ashes of Hama: The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria attempts to bridge the gap of knowledge towards the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood through an objectively comprehensive examination of the political, historical, and ideological evolution of the party. Raphaël Lefèvre attempts to rectify the lack of concrete knowledge through accessing the memoirs of two former Syrian jihadists (Mutafa Setmarian Nasar and Ayman al-Shorbaj) and creates a clear narrative of the events in chronological order. This

At the same time, for the purpose of using the democratic process as a strategy to implement Shari’a law, the Muslim Brotherhood named its political arm as the Islamic Action Front. Both the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic Action Front share a similar base of support and membership. Separation between the two was necessary to allow the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood to maintain its control over social services and spreading dawa’a, while on the other hand provide the Islamic Action Front

about what was next for the Egyptians. With the ousting of Mubarak, the Muslim Brotherhood saw it’s chance to run for political power and therefore began their campaign. Before looking at the Muslim Brotherhood’s role in the 2011 Revolution and the elections that would follow, their moderation as an Islamist organization must be examined. In order to do so, this paper will examine to what extent did the Muslim Brotherhood Moderate from the 1980’s-2000’s? In Jillian Schwedler’s article, Faith in

The novel Ashes of Hama: The Muslin Brotherhood in Syria attempts to bridge the gap of knowledge towards the Syrian Muslin Brotherhood through an objectively comprehensive examination of the political, historical, and ideological evolution of the party. Raphaël Lefèvre attempts to rectify the lack of concrete knowledge through accessing the memoirs of two former Syrian jihadists (Mutafa Setmarian Nasar and Ayman al-Shorbaj) and creates a clear narrative of the events in chronological order. This

specific issues in Islamic law. In this programme, he represented the authoritative voice of the Islamic scholar interpreting the Šarīʻa in response to questions drawn from everyday life experiences of viewers. This show certainly became popular among Muslim

In the village of Musha in the province of upper Egypt in 1906 to the father of Hajji Ibrahim Qutb, a prominent farmer Sayyid Qutb was born. During this time in Egypt, the British were present and being obnoxiously dominant in their attitude and in their understanding to the rights of their presence. In 1882, when the British took occupation of Egypt, there had already been a well-developed sense of nationalism throughout the Egyptian country. British Lord Cromer took responsibility for economic

informative works addressing the complexities of feminism in Muslim life. Ahmed’s previous works include Women and Gender in Islam. (1993) explores the role women and gender play from the Pre-Islamic Era in the Middle East through to the modern world that we know today. The issue of veiling is an ongoing debate and one in which invokes a great emotion among many people. Her latest work explores the history of the fall and rise of the Muslim veil in the erudite study ‘A Quiet Revolution’. The study logically

historical and political background to the tensions which are now evident between some aspects of Islamic and Western thought. Yet the designation ‘fundamentalist’ also deserves brief consideration. For the purpose of this essay the term refers to Muslims who believe it is necessary to return to the fundamentals of Islamic belief in order to express ‘true’ Islam, this necessitates a narrow interpretation of Qur’anic texts and tradition. The term is problematic in that it is drawn into the conflicting