May 24, 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 seeks to make Muslim countries become Islamic caliphates and to isolate women and non-Muslims from public life. The movement is also known for engaging in political violence. 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 assasinated political opponents like Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha.
(via Freebase)
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![Jordan caught between demands for king's ouster and pleas for reform [New TV, Lebanon]](/images/image_cache/base-14248000/14248558/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=5b18bd929b4d8cecc1c0c48ae91cfb40)
![US 'stands by Israeli partners' as world condemns attacks on Gaza [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-14196000/14196175/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=c2450ef6b2510849719d5b1f63fbed51)
![A look into the new National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces [New TV, Lebanon]](/images/image_cache/base-14101000/14101510/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=1d1b4a9a9d54742444ef16ca1b6ffdb9)
![Shimon Peres welcomes new Jordanian, Egyptian ambassadors to Israel [IBA, Israel]](/images/image_cache/base-12406000/12406221/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=62d017a562a02a63c7e002c2cf11744e)
![Anti-Morsi slogans lead to clashes between Islamists and liberals in Cairo's Tahrir Square [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-12223000/12223535/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=d8f83a7ddcdfd3291107603d0c01d41b "Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany")