Muslim Brotherhood (Sect) AKA جماعة الإخوان المسلمين
Muslim Brotherhood
1928 AD - 1954 AD
AKA جماعة الإخوان المسلمين
The movement's self-stated aim is the establishment of a state ruled by Sharia law–its most famous slogan worldwide being:
"Islam is the solution". Charity is a major propellant to its work.
Initially, as a Pan-Islamic, religious, and social movement, it preached Islam in Egypt, taught the illiterate, and set up hospitals and business enterprises. It later advanced into the political arena, aiming to end British colonial control of Egypt.
The group spread to other Muslim countries but has its largest, or one of its largest, organizations in Egypt despite a succession of government crackdowns starting in 1948 up until today, with accusations of planning assassinations and plots. It remained a fringe group in politics of the Arab World until the 1967 Six-Day War, when Islamism managed to replace popular secular Arab nationalism after a resounding Arab defeat by Israel.
The movement was also supported by Saudi Arabia, with which it shared mutual enemies like communism
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