Muslim Brotherhood in Iraq
Appearance
Muslim Brotherhood of Iraq الإخوان المسلمون في العراق | |
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Leader | Ziad Shafiq al-Rawi |
Founders | Muhammad Mahmoud al-Sawaf |
Founded | 1940 |
Legalised | 1949 (as the Islamic Brotherhood Association) 1963 2003 |
Banned | 1961 1968 |
Headquarters | Baghdad |
Armed wing | Hamas (unclear) |
Political wing | Islamic Party |
Membership | 5,000 |
Ideology | Pan-Islamism Sunni Islamism |
Political position | Right wing to Far-right |
International affiliation | Muslim Brotherhood |
Party flag | |
Member State of the Arab League |
Constitution |
Iraq portal |
The Muslim Brotherhood in Iraq (Arabic: الإخوان المسلمون في العراق, romanized: al-Ikhwān al-Muslimūn fī al-ʿIrāq) is an Iraqi branch of the Sunni Islamist Muslim Brotherhood organization. The group was founded in 1940, and became legal in 1949 under the name of the Islamic Brotherhood Association.[1]
References
- ^ شلاطة, أحمد زغلول (2017). "الإسلاميون في السلطة : تجربة الإخوان المسلمين في مصر". المستقبل العربي. 40 (462): 34–47. doi:10.12816/0038407. ISSN 1024-9834.