In order to comprehend the Muslim Brotherhood we must explain how it came into being and how it has evolved. Rather than put into my own words a few paragraphs on the history, status and objectives of the organization AI gives a thoroughly adequate analysis as noted below.

The Muslim Brotherhood (Arabic: Jamāʿat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn) is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization and arguably the world’s oldest and most influential contemporary Islamist movement. Founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna, it advocates for the implementation of Sharia law as a comprehensive guide for all aspects of life, with the ultimate goal of establishing a state ruled by Islamic law.

Key information

Founder: Hassan al-Banna.

Founded: March 1928 in Ismailia, Egypt.

Ideology: Sunni Islamism, social and religious conservatism, a “bottom-up, gradual Islamization of society”.

Motto: “Allah is our objective, the Prophet is our leader, the Quran is our law, jihad is our way, dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope”.

Current Status: It is banned and designated a terrorist organization in several countries, including Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and, as of April 2025, Jordan. The US has recently moved to sanction certain chapters.

Paradoxically the organization is banned in six Muslim countries – Egypt, Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Bahrain and Kazakhstan. The Brotherhood were responsible for the assassination of President of Sadat of Israel who hade made peace with Israel. Morsi, a Brotherhood leader became President but was removed in a military coup and thereafter the organization was banned. Russia too bans them and for the very first time, a western........

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