Muslim brotherhood, a religiopolitical organization founded in 1928 that advocated the application of islamic law in all aspects of society. Agents discovered a secret basement containing internal ikhwan documents, including the strategic plan titled, an explanatory memorandum. The muslim brotherhood, fountain of islamist violence. It is based on the french text of the project published in. Although many islamic groups have developed since the inception of the mb, many of them born of it. May 06, 2016 my paper for this project focuses on a very specific episode. The muslim brotherhood special report goals and strategy of the muslim brotherhood overview goals. Learn more about this story at find more videos like this at s. The rise of the violent muslim brotherhood by mokhtar awad.
Raise the standard of living and achieve social justice 4. Dawah in the muslim brotherhood is not just outreach, rather it is an alternative form of conquering a society. Muslim brotherhood 1971 route one 1962 route two 1971 route three 1981 islamic association for palestine 1981 council on american islamic relations cair 1994 palestine committee 1988 american muslims brotherhood brotherhood muslim brotherhood shomegrown. The best known organization created by the muslim brotherhood in america is the council on. Avoid open alliances with known terrorist organizations and individuals to.
Muslim brotherhood in libya counter extremism project. Brotherhood reflect considerable generational differences. Special report the muslim brotherhood clarion project. The brotherhood and the state the muslim brotherhood has had a complicated relationship with the modern authoritarian state in egypt. Then after that, the muslim brotherhood changed to adopt revolutionary thought. Muslim brotherhoods deliberate, premeditated plan now. An egyptian schoolteacher from a rural town north of cairo, banna engaged in islamist activities from a young age, joining a local group that intimidated and harassed christians and nonobserving muslims in his hometown. Some factions are engaging in serious ideological soulsearching, while many on the right adopt increasingly polarizing, populist, radicalized, and intransigent critiques. First deputy to the muslim brotherhoods supreme guide education. The muslim brotherhood inside egypt has revised itself since the beginning of 2014. Masters degree in construction management, bachelors degree in civil engineering and anthropology occupation. It is a reformist organization that believes in the constitutional approach, gradualist reform, and participated in many elections, and so on.
Historically, the state sidelined the brotherhood and other islamist movements, but they nevertheless blossomed in the vacuum created by the states socioeconomic ineptitude. The muslim brotherhood project a plan to takeover the west january 29, 2011 by barenakedislam 32 comments the muslim brotherhood project was drafted in 1982 when current tensions and terrorist activities in the middle east were still very nascent. Inform the world about islam and spread its teachings 2. The muslim brotherhoods social outreach after the egyptian coup. Apr 30, 2019 the muslim brotherhood is the oldest islamist group in egypt. Network and coordinate actions between likeminded islamists organizations. The project was part of the charter of the international organization of the muslim brotherhood, which was of. An egyptian schoolteacher from a rural town north of cairo, banna engaged in islamist activities from a young age, joining a local group that intimidated and harassed christians and. January 2012 parliamentary elections, the muslim brotherhoods freedom and justice party wins around 47 per cent of seats. Document of muslim brotherhood strategic plan to destroy usa.
The project was distributed to muslim brotherhood members around the world who were ordered to strictly guard its content from outsiders. Elbarasse was a member of the palestine committee, which the muslim brotherhood had created to support hamas in the united states. The founder exploited the muslim brotherhood politically as a part of his project for islamic unity, based on the reality at that time. The ikhwan muslim brotherhood must understand that their work in america is a. Understanding the egyptian muslim brotherhood as an islamic sociopolitical actor. The muslim brotherhood was founded in 1928 by hassan albanna, an egyptian schoolteacher, who preached implementing traditional islamic sharia law in all aspects of life, from everyday problems to the organization of the government. The salient points of this project are to avoid any direct contact with any terrorist.
Calling the project a muslim brotherhood master plan for spreading their political ideology, zarate expressed concerns to besson because the muslim brotherhood is a group that worries us not because it deals with philosophical or ideological ideas but because it defends the use of. These documents covered extensively in chapter four define the structure and outline of. Brotherhood members in libya lead the countrysrogueislamist government in tripoliknown as the government of national salvation gnswhile also having members in the countrys unity government state council. It enjoyed a brief stint in power in egypt after the uprising of 2011.
Muslim brotherhood manifesto was born in 1982 and they named it the project. Obaid offers a concise history of the muslim brotherhood countrybycountry as a foundation for his incisive analysis on the principal reasons the group failed to achieve their political ambitions. The muslim brotherhood movement hi zb alik hwan almuslimun or simply muslim brotherhood or ikhwan is the worlds oldest, largest and the best camouflaged islamic ji had movement. The muslim brotherhoods social outreach after the egyptian. Here in america, the muslim brotherhood tries to project a moderate image to the public. The stated goals of the muslim brotherhood are as follows. Eventually mubarak fell, and muslim brotherhood leader mohamed morsi won the presidency. The muslim brotherhood began setting up operations in the u. The muslim brotherhood in the balance, analyzed in roel meijer, the.
The muslim brotherhood is the oldest islamist group in egypt. As paz notes, the project was drafted by the muslim brotherhood as part of its rechartering process in 1982, a time that marks an upswing in its organizational expansion internationally, as well as a turning point in the alternating periods of repression and toleration by the egyptian. Founded in egypt in 1928, the brotherhood is the countrys oldest islamist organization and has branches throughout the world. Jan 29, 2011 the muslim brotherhood project a plan to takeover the west january 29, 2011 by barenakedislam 32 comments the muslim brotherhood project was drafted in 1982 when current tensions and terrorist activities in the middle east were still very nascent. The egyptian muslim brotherhood also printed an array of magazines from the late 1930s to the late 1950s, including the weekly magazines alnazir 19381939 and almanar 19391940 and the monthly. The muslim brotherhood is a transnational sunni islamist movement that seeks to implement sharia islamic law under a global caliphate. The muslim brotherhood in egypt is a useful case study for exploring the. The brotherhood certainly means to be global and it means to be a threat. The muslim brotherhoods social outreach after the egyptian coup 2 included 1142 individual entities spread across each of egypts 27 governorates. This project had 25 strategies which mainly aim is to put the rest of the world under islam. Federal investigators found the document in the home of ismael elbarasse, a founder of the dar alhijrah mosque in falls church, virginia, during a 2004 search. Muslim brotherhood project to infiltrate and defeat the west youssef nada. What is the ultimate goal of the muslim brotherhood.
The muslim brotherhoods global project for palestine. Sep 26, 2012 the project pdf muslim brotherhood memo for u. The linkages between the muslim brotherhood, religious extremism, and terrorism in egypt are an important part of the debate about the brotherhood movement. Brotherhood which adopts muslims causes domestically and globally, and which works to expand the observant muslim base, aims at unifying and directing muslims efforts, presents islam as a civilization alternative, and supports the global islamic state wherever it is. To nonmuslims, the muslim brotherhood portrays itself as the acceptable branch of islam that promotes muslim s sociopolitical integration, religious protection and economic welfare through charity, public. The muslim brotherhoods global threat by hillel fradkin.
Muslim brotherhood memorandum,7 which was entered as evidence in the holy land foundation trial, describes the brotherhoods role as engaging in a civilizationjihadist process. Pompeo, hold views on iran and the muslim brotherhood that are virtually indistinguishable from those in riyadh and abu dhabi. The history of the muslim brotherhood amazon web services. More specifically the muslim brotherhood is devoted to a political and religious project that in principle, in its essential character and goals, is hostile to other forms of politics, including our own. The muslim brotherhood project by patrick poole may 11, 2006 the origins of the muslim brotherhood project by patrick poole july 24, 2008 an explanatory memorandum on the general strategic goal for the group in north america pdf by the investigative project arabic with english translation may 22, 1991 see also. The egyptian muslim brotherhood carnegie endowment. The british government has issued a blistering report on the secretive muslim brotherhood, with findings that contradict some favorable u. Equally significant, by and large, all sunni islamic organizationsincluding alqaeda and the talibanwant the same thing the brotherhood does. Intelligence defense project the muslim brotherhood. Britains report on muslim brotherhood contradicts u.
Paz, talked about the project in its historical context. The muslim brotherhood project the following english translation of the project has been prepared by scott burgess and was first published in serial form by the daily ablution in december 2005 parts i, ii, iii, iv, v, conclusion. The following muslim brotherhood document was entered into evidence in the u. The muslim brotherhoods virtuous society and state. The qatar crisis project on middle east political science. The muslim brotherhood was founded in 1928 by hassan albanna third from left. Pdf on mar 27, 2019, noha mellor and others published the muslim brotherhood and the west. For an analysis of the most antibrotherhood tracts see alikhwan almuslimun filmizan. For the first time since its founding in 1928, the muslim brotherhood ran a major country.
Engineer, businessman shater joined the muslim brotherhood in 1974. The muslim brotherhoods strategic plan for north america was a closelyheld secret until the fbi discovered it during a 2004 raid of a house in annandale, virginia. The society of the muslim brothers better known as the muslim brotherhood is a transnational. They did so until november of 2001 when a copy of it was discovered during a police raid of a senior muslim brotherhood financiers home in switzerland. Egyptian revolution against the muslim brotherhood 20. Ikhwan web, the official english language website of the muslim brotherhood makes this clear.
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