Muslim Brotherhood in Iraq explained

Muslim Brotherhood of Iraq
Arabic: الإخوان المسلمون في العراق
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Leader:Ziad Shafiq al-Rawi
Foundation:1940
Ideology:Pan-Islamism
Sunni Islamism
Headquarters:Baghdad
International:Muslim Brotherhood
Country:Iraq
Founders:Muhammad Mahmoud al-Sawaf
Legalised:1949 (as the Islamic Brotherhood Association)
1963
2003
Banned:1961
1968
Membership:5,000
Position:Right-wing to far-right
Wing1 Title:Armed wing
Wing1:Hamas (2007-2011, unclear)
Wing2 Title:Political wing
Wing2:Islamic Party
Flag:Flag of the Muslim Brotherhood.svg

The Muslim Brotherhood in Iraq (Arabic: الإخوان المسلمون في العراق|translit=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]

Notes and References

  1. شلاطة . أحمد زغلول . 2017 . الإسلاميون في السلطة : تجربة الإخوان المسلمين في مصر . المستقبل العربي . 40 . 462 . 34–47 . 10.12816/0038407 . 1024-9834.