Muslim Brotherhood transnational Sunni Islamist organization History, Founder, Role

Muslim Brotherhood is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization History, Features, Countries, Controversies

The Muslim Brotherhood is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic Scholer Hasan Al-Banna in 1928.

All the terrorist organization like Al Qaeda, ISIS etc have taken the methodology of Muslim Brotherhood or we can say they are upon the methodology of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Their methodology is to denounce the ruler on pulpits and brainwashes innocent people so they can rebel against him and spread bloodshed, also they label a person kafir easily and legitimate the killing.

The organization gained supporters throughout the Arab world and influenced other Islamist groups such as Hamas.

Following the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, the Muslim Brotherhood was legalized and it was at first very successful.

The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for Egypt's 2012 presidential election was Mohamed Morsi who defeated Ahmed Shafiq.

The Muslim Brotherhood's supporters appeared at a protest at Al-Azhar University wearing military-style fatigues, after which the Mubarak government accused the organization of starting an underground militia.

On 24 March 2014, an Egyptian court sentenced 529 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death following an attack on a police station.

The Muslim Brotherhood when came to power indeed tried to establish armed groups of supporters and it sought official permission for its members to be armed.

Muslim Brotherhood is formed as an Islamic, religious, political and social movement.

Recently, Muslim Brotherhood came in limelight in September 2018 when Indian National Congress President Rahul Gandhi compared Muslim Brotherhood with Indian Cultural organization Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS).