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Political Movement “Muslim Brotherhood”
The Muslim Brotherhood has evolved to be a transnational Islamist political organization within the Arab society as well as the global community. Indeed, much of what the organization seeks to accomplish now is considerably different from its objectives at the time of its reinstatement. Accordingly, the Brotherhood began as a religious communal organization. Its aims comprised the preaching of Islam, education of the illiterate, establishment of medical institutions such as hospitals and provision of entrepreneurship opportunities (Wickham 56). Indeed, the organization, as noted from its prior engagements, focused on guaranteeing the growth of the society through religious and philanthropic contributions. The agenda and interests pushed for by the faction focused entirely on religious education and charity work. This is in accordance to the utilization of the Quran as well as other doctrines such as the Sunnah as unique reference points for the directives they sought to engage in within Egypt and much of the Arab world. Nonetheless, the agenda pushed for by the Muslim Brotherhood have since changed as evidenced in the activities it participates in at this time. Consequently, the organization has adopted political activism as a main interest apart from its Islamic philanthropy. The reason for this is due to its growth in influence within its birth nation and the rest of the Arab society. Based on this, the Brotherhood began fighting against British rule even though it rebuffed every claim of political violence. In addition to this, the faction has also engaged in the furtherance of political ideals. Such ideals are significantly evident in Egypt where political radicalization has occurred. Events such as the overthrow of former Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak as well as continuing violent protests in Egypt as of 2013, indicate the new political interests acquired by the Brotherhood contemporarily (Wickham 90).
Work Cited
Wickham, Carrie R. The Muslim Brotherhood: Evolution of an Islamist Movement. Princeton: Princeton University, 2013. Print.