June 19, 2013
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The Society of the Muslim Brothers is the Arab world's most influential and one of the largest Islamic movements, and is the largest political opposition organization in many Arab states. Founded in Egypt in 1928 as a Pan-Islamic, religious, political, and social movement by the Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna, by the end of World War II the Muslim Brotherhood had an estimated two million members. Its ideas had gained supporters throughout the Arab world and influenced other Islamist groups with its "model of political activism combined with Islamic charity work".
The Brotherhood's stated goal is to instill the Qur'an and Sunnah as the "sole reference point for ...ordering the life of the Muslim family, individual, community ... and state." The organization would isolate women and non-Muslims from public life. The movement is also known for engaging in political violence, though it also advocates non-violent change. They were responsible for creating Hamas, a U.S. designated terrorist organization, who grew to infamy for its suicide bombings of Israelis during the first and second intifada. Muslim Brotherhood members are suspected to have assassinated political opponents like Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha. However, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood is now politically active and rejects the use of violence.
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![Egyptians take to the streets again to protect revolution from 'new Mubarak' [New TV, Lebanon]](/images/image_cache/base-14393000/14393198/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=e233f7c76042b9f2872f1cc66c179c5c "Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah")
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