The Muslim Brotherhood “Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. Quran is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.” This is the motto of the world’s largest‚ oldest‚ and most influential Islamist organization known as the Muslim Brotherhood‚ or al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun. They are an organization that operates under an umbrella of secrecy with an agenda to remove westernization of Muslim culture and establish Shari’ah law and Sunni Islamic governments
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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.
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“The Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt’s Succession Crisis” - The Politiics of Liberalisation and Reform in the Middle East I find it hard for myself to agree with the “many obstacles that the Muslim Brotherhood faces in their quest to change the rules and networks of the political game” as Mohammed Zahid says starting on page 26 in this reading. According to Zahid the first obstacle is “the growing convergence and interaction between the state and business sectors”. And continues on to say and
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in Egypt‚ the Syrian civil war‚ all of these mentioned ongoing conflict stands behind my motivation Beside my Peace Building‚ Conflict Resolution international Relations Academic study now in the US Currently I am an intern at Hands along the Nile Development Services‚ it is not-for-profit organization that is committed to building bridges between the people of Egypt and the US Located in Washington DC. One of my responsibilities is doing research on the ongoing conflict between Muslims and
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Outline the social and cultural factors that influenced him. Sayyid Qutb Born in the early 1900 Egypt Involved in the Modern revival of Islam Grew up in a time where Egypt was forming its own national identity and breaking away from British rule He original had an interest in western society He criticised the American way of life and Islamic attempts to adopt a similar life style as he felt that Egypt was moving from traditional values After returning from the USA in 1951 he found a great need for
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ORIGINS OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN SYRIA Syrian Islamist organization started by Syrian students returning from studies in Egypt in the 1930’s‚ where they were confronted with the ideology of Hassan al-Banna‚ the founder of the original Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.[1] So‚ the Syria branch of Muslim Brotherhood’s roots based on students of the shari’ah (Islamic law). Firstly‚ association’s name was “ Muhammad’s Youth”‚ after it became the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria. Most of the society’s
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necessary to provide some background information relating the history of modern day Egypt and the emergence of reformist and fundamentalist Islam‚ from the 19th century until Qutb’s time. The essay also seeks to give some biographical information in order to provide a fuller picture of Qutb the man. Qutb’s involvement with Egyptian religious politics caused him to come into conflict with the Nasser government of 1950s’ Egypt and Qutb spent a decade in prison. It was during this period he produced many
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Fundamentalism is primarily a reaction against modernity. Do you agree? Malise Ruthven describes fundamentalism as “A religious way of being that manifests itself in a strategy by which beleaguered believers attempt to preserve their distinctive identities as individuals or groups in the face of modernity and secularization.”1 During the latter part of the twentieth century fundamentalism has emerged among many major religions‚ with some displaying more militancy than others‚ in an attempt to
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50s and 60s‚ while he was frustrated with Third World state of Egypt‚ and Qutb sought to reinvent Egypt within the context of Islam. He considered Islam ¿ political Islam especially ¿ to be the only alternative to the ñills of contemporary Muslim societies.î(1) Although QutbÍs writings incorporate many topics‚ including educational reform‚ philosophy and more‚ his most notable writings were those about Jahiliyyah‚ and his fear that Egypt was falling into the grips of a Western spirituality. Qutb felt
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Midterm Paper 3- What role did the Nasser and Sadat Presidencies play in shaping political Islam in Egypt? Political Islam is playing a major rule now in the current political scene; so it is important to analyze how it rose in Egypt and how it has been shaped over the years. The political Islam is mainly a set of ideologies that holds the belief that Islam can be a political ideology as much as it is a religion. Although Islamic thinkers have always emphasized the enforcement of the Islamic
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