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Sep 4, 2012 · Born: February 1, 1934. Position: Chair of the Religious Affairs Committee, People’s Assembly; member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s internal shura committee. Education: High degree from the College of Theology (1959) Occupation: Cleric. Askar is a scholar at al-Azhar, the preeminent institution of Sunni learning.
Feb 3, 2021 · In conclusion, the Muslim Brotherhood remains the key issue of contention in relations between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors. In 2014, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE classified the Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have also waged war against the Brotherhood in political, religious, and security arenas.
May 15, 2013 · In her excellent book, The Muslim Brotherhood: From Opposition to Power, Alison Pargeter offers a much-needed dose of realism, weighing the Brotherhood's lofty assertions against its aggressive actions. Through her examination of the Brotherhood's early history in Egypt and subsequent spread throughout the Middle East and Europe, Pargeter ...
Jul 2, 2017 · Following the Egyptian coup, Qatar granted refuge to some Brotherhood leaders who escaped from Egypt, and Al Jazeera housed them in a five-star Doha hotel and granted them regular airtime for promoting their cause. Al Jazeera also aired the Brotherhood's ongoing anti-coup protests, and in some cases allegedly paid Muslim Brothers for the ...
Jun 14, 2023 · The Muslim Brotherhood’s long-standing organizational challenges have been a decisive factor in its state relations for several decades. Throughout the Brotherhood’s history, internal organizational failures have figured in all its political crises. This has only become worse as the group pursues international status, and the movement has ...
May 20, 2013 · The Brotherhood views the establishment of an Islamic state in Egypt, and ultimately a "global Islamic state," as necessary means for resisting Western cultural and political influence. Its anti-Westernism is currently less apparent than Iran's, however, because -- according to deputy Supreme Guide Khairat al-Shater -- building an Islamic state ...
May 18, 2018 · Most recently, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s plans to push Saudi Arabia in a new direction, even further against the Brotherhood, became clear over a year ago, in statements to both domestic and foreign media. In an interview with the journalist Dawood al-Sherian. the Crown Prince stated that the Brotherhood media was the reason for the ...
Aug 23, 2011 · The iconic youths of Egypt's Tahrir Square revolution are now deeply divided among nearly a dozen, often indistinguishable political parties, while the Muslim Brotherhood is seizing the momentum. The protesters who led Egypt's revolt last January were young, liberal, and linked-in. They were the bloggers who first proposed the demonstrations ...
Sep 19, 2019 · The Muslim Brotherhood has reached this point of internecine struggle in part through the encouragement of the General Intelligence Directive (GID). The GID’s attitude towards the MB stems from a complete lack of trust regarding the organization as a whole, and it has worked to control the scope of MB activities while encouraging the group’s internal crises.
Nov 8, 2016 · The story of the MB's rise and fall is very much an internal Egyptian one. But the Obama administration's decision to engage the group unconditionally contributed to the MB's decision to pursue power, and also made it feel secure even as it governed more autocratically and consolidated its authority. Due to its anti-Western ideology, the MB ...
