MuslimBrotherhood.pdf

Name: Muslim Brotherhood

Type of Organization:Non-state actorpoliticalreligioussocial service providertransnational

Ideologies and Affiliations:Islamistjihadistpan-IslamistQutbistSunnitakfirist

Place of Origin:Ismailia, Egypt

Year of Origin:1928

Founder(s):

Hassan al-Banna

Places of Operation:

Egypt; Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated groups operate in Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, the Palestinian territories, Qatar,Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and Europe.

OverviewExecutive Summary

The Muslim Brotherhood is a transnational Sunni Islamist movement that seeks to implement sharia (Islamic law) under a global caliphate. Foundedin Egypt in 1928, the Brotherhood is that country’s oldest Islamist organization and has branches throughout the world. While these branchesoperate under a variety of names and use a variety of social, political, and occasionally violent methods, they share a commitment to the overarchinggoal of establishing rule according to sharia. The most notable and lethal Brotherhood offshoot is Hamas, the Palestinian terror group operating outof the Gaza Strip. Some analysts also argue that the Brotherhood has served as the ideological forerunner of modern violent Islamist groups such asal-Qaeda and ISIS. The group has been labeled a terrorist organization by the governments of Bahrain,1 Egypt,2 Russia,3 SaudiArabia,4 Syria,5 and the United Arab Emirates.6

Founded in 1928 by schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna in Ismailia, Egypt, the Brotherhood began as a pan-Islamist religious and social movement,building popular support through dawa (proselytization), political activism, and social welfare. Alongside its political and social activities, theBrotherhood operated an underground violent group—the “secret apparatus”—dedicated to the eradication of British rule in Egypt and of the Jewishpresence in Palestine.

The Egyptian Brotherhood’s growth spurred the formation of affiliates in nearby countries such as Syria and Jordan. Dissemination of written worksby Sayyid Qutb, one of the leading Brotherhood ideologues in the 1950s and 1960s, prompted further Brotherhood growth across the Arabian

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Peninsula, Palestinian territories, and Africa. As Zachary Laub of the Council on Foreign Relations writes, Qutb’s writings “provided the intellectualand theological underpinnings for many militant Sunni Islamist groups, including al-Qaeda and Hamas.”7 Indeed, Qutb’s writings helpedinform the Islamist ideology known as Qutbism, which advocates violent jihad—and the killing of secular Muslims—in order to implement sharia.

The Brotherhood has survived in Egypt despite several waves of repression by the Egyptian government. Repressive measures have included legalprohibition of the group and imprisonment and execution of large numbers of Brotherhood members, including Qutb, whom the Egyptiangovernment executed in 1966 for his part in the conspiracy to assassinate then-President Gamal Abdel Nasser. The Egyptian Brotherhood alsobenefitted from intermittent periods of toleration by the government, during which the group continued its social, religious, economic, and politicalactivities, building up organizational strength unmatched by any other Egyptian opposition group. In addition, the group’s unofficial ideologue, thenow-deceased Egyptian cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi, was unrestrained in delivering sermons and issuing militant fatwas (religious decrees) from hispulpit in Qatar.

As the Arab Spring came to a head in 2011, the Brotherhood’s resilience and robust infrastructure left it well placed to capitalize on shifting politicallandscapes in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa. Several Brotherhood chapters formed political parties and performed wellin their respective countries’ elections, particularly in Egypt with the Freedom and Justice Party, which ran senior Brotherhood official MohammedMorsi as its candidate for president.8 In Tunisia, Ennahdha won the first elections after former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s ouster.9

Morsi served as president of Egypt between June 2012 and July 2013, though his government alienated much of the population due to perceptionsthat it governed poorly and overreached—including through the group’s attempts to rush through changes to the Egyptian constitution. In July 2013,after months of mass protests against the Brotherhood-led government, the Egyptian military overthrew Morsi and seized power, calling for newpresidential and parliamentary elections and arresting Morsi and hundreds of Brotherhood officials and members on various charges. Egypt’smilitary-run government, led by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, has sought to uproot the Brotherhood entirely.10

After Morsi’s ouster, an ideological and strategic rift widened between the Egyptian Brotherhood’s older and younger generations. While the oldergeneration—known as the “old guard”—reiterates its platform of non-violence and hopes that the military regime will collapse due to economicdecline or an internal coup, for example, the younger generation has adopted increasingly jihadist rhetoric and resorts to low-level violence inpursuit of the overthrow of the Sisi regime.11 In August 2020, Egyptian authorities arrested the Brotherhood’s acting supreme guide, MahmoudEzzat.12 Ezzat had been the group’s acting supreme guide since the 2013 arrest of Supreme Guide Mohammed Badie.13 Following Ezzat’sarrest, the Brotherhood named Ibrahim Mounir its news acting supreme guide and reorganized its leadership structure.14 Following Mounir’sdeath on November 4, 2022, the Brotherhood’s Shura Council named Mahmoud Hussein as its acting supreme guide on November 16, 2022.15

The U.S. government has examined a possible designation of the Brotherhood since President Donald Trump suggested it in early 2017. In a privatemeeting on April 9, 2019, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi reportedly urged Trump to join Egypt in branding the movement as a terroristorganization.16 Following Sisi’s visit, the White House directed national security and diplomatic officials to investigate potential sanctionsagainst the group. However, critics of the designation claim that the Brotherhood does not meet the legal criteria for the designation and that such adesignation could complicate relations with countries where Brotherhood-linked groups have a role in politics and government.17 The MuslimBrotherhood remains undesignated as a terrorist organization in the United States.

Doctrine:

The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in 1928 to revive the caliphate, following the abolition of the Ottoman Empire by the Turkish Republic fouryears earlier.18 Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna rejected the phenomenon of Western-style nationalism and espoused an ideology of“pan-Islamic nationalism” in the hopes of bringing back the caliphate.19

“Islam does not recognize geographical boundaries, nor does it acknowledge racial and blood differences, considering all Muslimsas one Umma (global community of Muslims). The Muslim Brethren (Muslim Brotherhood)…. believe that the caliphate is asymbol of Islamic Union and an indication of the bonds between the nations of Islam. They see the caliphate and its re-establishment as a top priority…”20 –Hassan al-Banna

Banna was concerned with what he considered the greatest threat to Islam: the rise of secularism and Western culture in Muslim societies. Tocounter this danger, Banna began dawa (proselytization) in schools, mosques, and coffee houses, spreading his pan-Islamist ideology andemphasizing the need to return to sharia.21

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Banna also subscribed to an Islamic version of irredentism—believing that lands once ruled under Muslim law cannot be transferred to non-Muslimrule and should be returned to Muslim rule.22 This belief has informed the Brotherhood’s positions on Europe and countries that werepreviously governed under Islamic rule. This belief forms the basis for the Brotherhood’s attitudes toward Israel, which the Brotherhood believes isbuilt on the Islamic land of Palestine at the core of what used to be the Islamic empire. Brotherhood thinkers such as Yusuf al-Qaradawi havereinforced an Islamic requirement to recapture such lands and return them to Islamic governance.23

Branches of the Brotherhood have adopted various—sometimes opposing—strategies to attain this goal. The modern Brotherhood maintains it is anon-violent organization. Former Secretary-General Mahmoud Hussein insisted in a 2017 interview that “the methodology of the group is a peacefulmethodology and it (the Brotherhood) does not practice violence.”24 Similarly, Qaradawi has declared that Islam will conquer the West through“preaching and ideology” rather than through violence.25

Nonetheless, the Brotherhood has historically employed violence while some of the Brotherhood’s chief ideologues have sanctioned its use. In 1940,the Egyptian Brotherhood launched Nizam al-Khass (“secret apparatus”), which carried out numerous assassinations and bombings that concludedin the 1948 murder of Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmoud an-Nuqrashi Pasha.26 Egyptian authorities have directly connected the Brotherhoodto violence in Egypt since the 2013 fall of the Brotherhood-led government there.27 The Brotherhood’s Palestinian offshoot, Hamas, hasjustified the use of violence in pursuit of its goal of “liberating” Palestine, carrying out suicide bombings and other such attacks.28 Qaradawi,who has otherwise decried the use of violence in achieving the Brotherhood’s goals, has previously endorsed Hamas’s use of suicide bombings androcket attacks against Israel.29 While in power in 2012, Egypt’s Brotherhood-led government maintained close ties with Hamas.30

In the 1950s and 1960s, the Brotherhood’s most notable theorist, Sayyid Qutb, promoted jihad as an offensive force to be used against secular Arabgovernments.31 Qutb argued that Muslim societies living under these governments existed in a state of jahiliyya, similar to Arabia’s paganexistence prior to the divine message of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. According to Qutb, this affliction could only be corrected by theimplementation of sharia, brought about by offensive jihad and the killing of secular state officials.32 Indeed, Qutb helped to re-popularize theIslamic concept of takfir, by which Muslims serving a secular ruler are rendered apostates and thus legitimate targets for execution.33

In the 1990s, the late Mohammad Ma’mun al-Hudaibi—who served as the Brotherhood’s supreme guide between 2002 and 2004—expounded uponthe Brotherhood’s ideology in an interview with the Harvard International Review. Hudaibi stated that in a caliphate envisioned by the Brotherhood,daily life would be governed by Islamic teachings as interpreted by Islamic judges, with no need for a state’s rulers to impose man-made or “generallaws.”34

Hudaibi stressed that the holistic, Islam-centered caliphate was shattered by Western and Christian imperialism, including Britain’s rule over Egyptin the 19th and 20th centuries. While Muslim peoples eventually liberated themselves from Western rule, they were unable to reclaim the Islamicgovernance under which they had previously lived.35 Therefore, Hudaibi explained, in order to repair society after its purported deteriorationinto Western imperialism, “Movements of Islamic revival became active to spread the correct Islamic ideas and to demand the application of therulings of the Islamic Shari’ah…”36 Among these movements was the Muslim Brotherhood. Since, according to the Brotherhood, the lack ofholistic Islamic governance is the “problem,” the Brotherhood’s longstanding slogan has been that “Islam is the solution.”37

Two Pillars

The Brotherhood has two pillars articulated by Hudaibi and published on the group’s website: 1) “The introduction of the Islamic Shari‘ah as thebasis controlling the affairs of state and society” and 2) “Work to achieve unification among the Islamic countries and states, mainly among the Arabstates, and liberating them from foreign imperialism.”38

According to Hudaibi, the Brotherhood seeks to re-establish Islamic governance from the bottom up by building a “popular base that believes in theIslamic system and is aware of its main ideas.”39

The Brotherhood has built this popular base through grassroots efforts, including not only political organizing and religious indoctrination but also,most notably in Egypt, provision of health care, education, and other social welfare goods and services that governments often fail to deliversatisfactorily. In Egypt and elsewhere, the Brotherhood has used this popular base to obtain increased political representation and power throughdemocratic processes, despite the group’s ultimate political goal of un-democratic, Islamist rule.40

The Brotherhood seeks to implement its vision in stages. Banna promoted the gradualist construction of the Muslim individual, the Muslim family,the Muslim community, and finally the Muslim government, or Islamic State, which Banna believed would bind all Muslims to God.41 Banna

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stressed that the Muslim Brotherhood was uninterested in revolutionary tactics, and instead operated with a slow and steady approach. Article 4,section 2 of the Brotherhood’s 1945 basic regulations stated, “The Brethren [Brothers] will always prefer gradual advancement and development.”42

According to the Brotherhood’s official English website, Ikhwanweb, Banna would warn the Brotherhood members “who were looking for fastresults that they would either have to learn to be patient and persevering or leave the movement.”43 Today, the Brotherhood is split between theold guard that champions this strategy, and the younger generation that has voiced and demonstrated its support for a revolutionary approach usingviolent means.44

Organizational Structure:

The Brotherhood’s International Organization

The Brotherhood’s International Organization is reportedly comprised of the group’s global affiliates, which operate in at least 18 countries,including Egypt.45 Former Brotherhood Deputy Supreme Guide Mohamed Habib told Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahrar in 2008 that globalBrotherhood affiliates share “the same ideology, principle, and objectives” as the Egyptian branch, but operate in a “decentraliz[ed]” fashion inorder to respond to the unique challenges and contexts that each entity confronts.46 Brotherhood scholars suggest that the InternationalOrganization is loose and often ineffective, as domestic circumstances outweigh each affiliate’s loyalty to the larger global apparatus. In addition,there is believed to be little formal coordination between global affiliates.47

The Brotherhood and Brotherhood members have created networks of affiliated organizations around the world. According to a 2021 report byAustria's Documentation Centre for Political Islam, Brotherhood ideologues control these organizations to be part of the European socialmainstream. In Europe particularly, these groups receive public funding for which the Brotherhood would otherwise be ineligible based on ideologyor geography. According to the report’s authors, the Brotherhood maintains a presence in every European country.48 Supporters of theBrotherhood criticize European attempts to limit the Brotherhood and political Islam as damaging Muslim civil society groups.49

Following the Egyptian revolution, there was disagreement as to the overall leader of the International Organization. While some reports namedimprisoned Egyptian Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohammed Badie as the Organization’s leader,50 others indicated that it was led by theLondon-based Ibrahim Mounir.51 After the August 2020 arrest of acting Supreme Guide Mahmoud Ezzat, the Brotherhood reconfigured itsleadership structure.52 The Brotherhood named Mounir as its new acting general guide, or deputy guide, that September. The move madeMounir the primary leader of the Brotherhood’s international and Egyptian branches.53 The Brotherhood has reportedly rallied behind Mounir’sleadership.54 but cracks emerged the following year. In October 2021, Mounir suspended six senior members of the Brotherhood who allegedlyrejected the results of the Brotherhood’s internal elections. Also that month, members of the General Shura Council of the Egyptian MuslimBrotherhood Abroad renewed their “pledge of allegiance” to Mounir as acting director and the deputy of the Brotherhood’s general guide. TalaatFahmi was also dismissed as the Brotherhood’s spokesman and Mounir was named the only spokesman for the group, though a replacement forFahmi was planned.55 In December, the Scholars Committee of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood called for support and cooperation withacting supreme guide Mounir in order to overcome the obstacles facing the group.56 On January 30, 2022, the Brotherhood accused “somemembers” of “violating its regulations and rejecting all attempts to unite the ranks.”57 The Brotherhood announced all members seeking todivide the group would be “disowned.”58

In the fall of 2022, reports emerged of a power struggle between the Mounir-led London Front, the Brotherhood’s so-called Istanbul Front, led byformer Secretary-General Mahmoud Hussein, and a new “Change Front,” led by youth leaders reportedly attempting to resolve the conflicts betweenthe London and Istanbul fronts. On October 15, 2022, the Brotherhood’s Mounir-led London Front published a new “political document” andannounced the Brotherhood had resolved its leadership issues. According to the new document, dated September 18, the Brotherhood is focused onthree issues: political prisoners, societal reconciliation, and building a broad national partnership to realize Egyptians’ desires for political andeconomic reform. To achieve these goals, the document claims the Brotherhood has adopted an approach with “various options and paths” toovercome its internal power struggles. The Brotherhood’s “political role and presence in all public affairs has been, and will remain, a focus of itsreform project,” according to the document, which also denied the Brotherhood is seeking political power in Egypt.59

On October 26, 2022, the Brotherhood’s Ikhwanweb official English Twitter account posted a series of tweets recognizing “the importance ofsolidarity with all the honorable factions of Egypt’s people in all its institutions and bodies at home and abroad.” The Brotherhood affirmed it is an“inclusive Islamic body” led by the General Consultative Body. The Brotherhood affirmed Mohamed Badie’s role as its general guide and declared

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any future decision or directive must be approved by Badie, as well as consultative and executive institutions within Egypt and abroad.60

Following the November 4, 2022, death of Ibrahim Mounir,61 the Brotherhood’s Shura Council named Mahmoud Hussein acting supremeguide on November 16, 2022.62 Hussein’s ascension resulted from the codification of a line of succession to the supreme guide in the case he isunable to carry out his duties. According to that succession, the supreme guide is to be replaced by the first and oldest deputy, then the oldest andmost senior member of the Guidance Office. As the last remaining member of the Guidance Office not imprisoned, the Shura Council namedHussein as the acting guide.63

Organizational Structure in Egypt

The Egyptian Brotherhood’s leadership structure is hierarchical, designed to ensure each leader’s commitment and adherence to the group’sideology, religious practice, and general beliefs. Previously, the supreme guide (murshid)—acting as the group’s primary governor—oversaw theGuidance Office (maktab al-irshad), which consisted of 15-20 members. Each member of the Guidance Office was responsible for overseeing anarea of interest, such as education, politics, and recruitment.64 A month after the arrest of acting Supreme Guide Mahmoud Ezzat in August2020, the Brotherhood dissolved the Guidance Office and organized a new managing committee to replace the Guidance Office. The new committeeoperates from abroad.65

The Shura Council—the next rung down in the leadership hierarchy—is reportedly comprised of 100 Brothers. It is responsible for electing themembers of the Guidance Office and voting on issues such as Brotherhood participation in various facets of Egyptian life.66 In addition, eachregion operates an administrative council similar to the larger Shura Council. Regions are comprised of usras (families), which includeapproximately five Brothers.67

Power Balance in Egypt

During Mohammed Morsi’s presidency from June 2012 to July 2013,68 Brotherhood Deputy Supreme Guide Khairat el-Shater and SupremeGuide Mohammed Badie—now both imprisoned—were believed to largely oversee Morsi’s political maneuvers and strategic decisions.69 Forexample, every proposal made by Morsi—down to every word—had to reportedly be approved by Shater. In addition, Morsi regularly greeted Badieby kissing his hand, a gesture common among Brotherhood members to show obedience to a more powerful leader.70

Following Morsi’s July 2013 ouster, Sisi’s crackdown on the Brotherhood resulted in the imprisonment or execution of many of the group’s leadersand members. Those who managed to escape fled to Turkey and Qatar.71

Without coherent leadership, the Brotherhood has grown increasingly factionalized. In particular, ideological and tactical rifts have widenedbetween the movement’s older and younger generations.72 The Brotherhood’s youth have reportedly grown impatient with the old guard’sgradualist approach, and have called for revolutionary and violent tactics against Egyptian authorities.73 Younger members have carried outsuch violence, targeting authorities and infrastructure in small scale attacks including the use of Molotov cocktails, for example.74

In February of 2014, the Egyptian Brotherhood held internal elections, replacing 65 percent of its older leaders overwhelmingly with younger, morerevolutionary individuals. The elections led to the formation of the Crisis Management Committee—headed by Brotherhood member MohamedTaha Wahdan—tasked with managing events on the ground in Egypt. Wahdan, loyal to the younger revolutionaries, is believed to have overseen theBrotherhood’s rank and file in Egypt before his May 2015 arrest.75 In April of 2015, Brotherhood members exiled in Istanbul created the Officefor Egyptians Abroad—under the chairmanship of Brotherhood member Ahmed Abdel-Rahman—to organize the Brotherhood’s leaders in exile andstrengthen the struggle against President Sisi’s military government.76

As of 2016, the Brotherhood remained split between the old guard and the younger revolutionaries. The acting supreme guide, Mahmoud Ezzat, wasa member of the old guard, though his leadership role was disputed by members of the younger generation. These members are also believed to holdimportant leadership positions.77 Ezzat’s arrest in August 2020 led to a reorganization of the Brotherhood’s leadership under Mounir.78

The international Brotherhood and the Brotherhood in Egypt have since reportedly rallied behind Mounir’s leadership.79

Financing

During Morsi’s year-long presidency, the Muslim Brotherhood is believed to have received large sums of money from the Qatari government. Qatarreportedly loaned Morsi’s government approximately $2.5 billion, and aided Morsi’s regime with grants and so-called “energy supplies,” according

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to Reuters.80 Also during Morsi’s presidency, Qatar’s Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim bin Jaber Al Thani reportedly secretly transferred funds as highas $850,000 to the Brotherhood.81 Numerous transfers of money between Al Thani and top Brotherhood leaders reportedly occurred in early-mid 2013.82

In addition to relying on outside funding, the Brotherhood owns valuable assets and sources of income in the countries in which it operates. InEgypt, the group collects taxes and fees from approximately 600,000 members,83 and many Brotherhood leaders own commercial enterprisessuch as supermarkets and furniture stores which largely profit the Brotherhood.84

Western groups affiliated with the Brotherhood are believed to set up vast ‘charity’ and fundraising operations within their local Muslimcommunities, sending all collected money back to larger Brotherhood operations in Egypt and Syria.85 Other reports suggest that MuslimBrotherhood members living in Europe are often involved in money-laundering schemes launched to finance Brotherhood activities.86

The government of Saudi Arabia financially supported the Brotherhood for decades but reduced its funding after the Brotherhood supported Iraqidictator Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990.87

Throughout its nearly nine-decade history, the Brotherhood has at times imposed jizya (a tax for non-Muslims) on Christians and other religiousminorities.88

Recruitment:

The Egyptian Brotherhood’s recruitment process is tailored to prevent security officials from penetrating the group. According to Eric Trager inForeign Affairs, local Brotherhood leaders scout potential members “at virtually every Egyptian University.”89 The members approachpotential recruits in a non-political context and engage in activities such as tutoring or soccer. Recruiters do not initially reveal themselves asBrotherhood members. According to Khaled Hamza, an editor of the Brotherhood’s English-language website, the recruitment process can last up toa year. Hamza notes, “We are an ideological grass-roots group, and we use our faith to pick members.” In some cases, children as young as nine aretargeted as recruits. The children of Brotherhood members are often exposed to Brotherhood activities at an early age.90

The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood expanded its recruitment activities amidst the chaos of the Syrian civil war, setting up recruitment offices andurging members living in large Syrian cities to return to local communities and reconnect with the people there. A Syrian Brotherhood memberfamiliar with recruitment told the Carnegie Endowment in 2013, “[there is a] real thirst for the Muslim Brotherhood inside Syria.” The SyrianBrotherhood found success in recruiting members from rebel-held areas of Syria, especially in and near Aleppo.91

Training:

Physical Training

Because the Muslim Brotherhood does not have a military arm, the group does not carry out military training. However, a 2012 piece in Der Spiegelquoted a former Brotherhood member as saying that there are training camps in Egypt that train Brotherhood members in “hand-to-hand combat,” aclaim that the Brotherhood reportedly denies.92

In 1940, the Egyptian Brotherhood launched Nizam al-Khass, or the “secret apparatus,” largely in response to the failure of the Arab uprising inPalestine (1936-1939). The military wing was composed of civilians with varying degrees of paramilitary training.93 It carried out numerousassassinations and bombings that concluded in the 1948 murder of Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmoud an-Nuqrashi Pasha, who had recently bannedthe Brotherhood.94 During the 1952 Egyptian revolution that brought Gamal Abdel Nasser to power, members of the secret apparatus blockedthe infiltration of British troops into the Suez Canal zone and secured the highway between Cairo and Ismailia.95

Ideological Training

The Egyptian Brotherhood’s ideological training process consists of a series of stages during which members’ philosophical beliefs are monitored,shaped, and tested. In the preliminary stage, which can last from six months to four years, Brotherhood members closely observe the new recruit’sideology. The recruit is referred to as a muhibb, or “lover.”96

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If the muhibb’s ideology proves developed and sturdy, the muhibb enters an usra, or “family” of approximately four or five Brotherhood members.The usra meets once a week and serves to educate and strengthen the ideology of the muhibb. After graduating from the usra, the muhibb becomes amu’ayyad, or “supporter,” a stage that lasts from one to three years. Although the mu’ayyad cannot yet vote within the Brotherhood structure, he canpreach, teach in mosques, and recruit new muhibb-level candidates. A mu’ayyad also has the responsibility of studying Hassan al-Banna’s texts.97

After graduating from the mu’ayyad stage, the member become a muntasib, or “affiliated” individual. After one year at muntasib status, the Brothergraduates to become a muntazim, or “organizer.” The muntazim stage generally lasts one year, and the individual is responsible for forming usragroups as well as memorizing of the Quran. A muntazim is regularly presented with false accusations and information to test his loyalty underpressure. In the final stage, the muntazim becomes an akh-‘amil, “working brother,” and has the right to vote in Brotherhood elections and competewithin the leadership hierarchy.98

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71 Samuel Tadros, “The Brotherhood Divided,” Hudson Institute, August 20, 2015, http://www.hudson.org/research/11530-the-brotherhood-divided;Tulin Daloglu, “Exiled Brotherhood officials may find home in Turkey,” Al Monitor, September 17, 2014, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/09/turkey-egypt-qatar-muslim-brotherhood-leaders-interpol.html.72 Eric Trager and Marina Shalabi, “Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Gets a Facelift,” Foreign Affairs, May 20, 2015, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/egypt/2015-05-20/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-gets-facelift; Abdelrahman Ayyash and Victor J. Willi, “The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in 2016 Scenarios and Recommendations,” GermanCouncil on Foreign Relations, March 2016, https://dgap.org/en/article/getFullPDF/27762.73 Eric Trager and Marina Shalabi, “Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Gets a Facelift,” Foreign Affairs, May 20, 2015, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/egypt/2015-05-20/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-gets-facelift.74 Eric Trager, “Egypt's Invisible Insurgency,” New Republic, March 19, 2014, https://newrepublic.com/article/117072/egypts-young-islamists-use-facebook-organize-violence.75 Abdelrahman Ayyash and Victor J. Willi, “The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in 2016 Scenarios and Recommendations,” German Council on Foreign Relations,March 2016, 2, https://dgap.org/en/article/getFullPDF/27762;Mohamed Montaser, “Muslim Brotherhood Spokesman: Referral of Members to Military Courts Won't Stop Us,” Ikhwanweb: The Muslim Brotherhood’s Official English website, June 21, 2015, http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=32188.76 Eric Trager and Marina Shalabi, “Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Gets a Facelift,” Foreign Affairs, May 20, 2015, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/egypt/2015-05-20/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-gets-facelift;“??? ???? ?????? ????? ???? ????? ??? ???????,” YouTube video, 49:27, Posted by “???? ????? ??? ???????,” April 22, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrCXjh8GoSM;Abdelrahman Ayyash and Victor J. 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Al-Shahed newspaper, “Milyarat wa-sharakat al-jama’a tad’am al-khilafa al-islamiyya”,http://alshahed.net/pdf/2009/19.pdf.83 Scott Atran, “Egypt’s bumbling brotherhood,” New York Times, February 2, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/opinion/03atran.html?_r=0.84 “Government Seizes Seoudi Supermarkets, Among Other Muslim Brotherhood Assets,” Daily News Egypt (Giza), June 15, 2014,http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/06/15/government-seizes-seoudi-supermarkets-among-muslim-brotherhood-assets/; Zeinab Abul-Magd, “The Brotherhood's businessmen,”Egypt Independent, February 13, 2012, http://www.egyptindependent.com//opinion/brotherhoods-businessmen.85 Lorenzo Vidino, “The Muslim Brotherhood’s Conquest of Europe,” Middle East Quarterly, 12 (2005): 25-34, http://www.meforum.org/687/the-muslim-brotherhoods-conquest-of-europe.86 Lorenzo Vidino, “The Muslim Brotherhood’s Conquest of Europe,” Middle East Quarterly, 12 (Winter 2005): 25-34, http://www.meforum.org/687/the-muslim-brotherhoods-conquest-of-europe.87 John Mintz and Douglas Farah, “In Search of Friends Among the Foes: U.S. Hopes to Work with Diverse Group,” Washington Post, September 11, 2004,http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12823-2004Sep10.html.88 Jessica Chasmar, “Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood to Coptic Christians: Convert to Islam, or pay ‘jizya’ tax,” Washington Times, September 10, 2013, accessedSeptember 21, 2014, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/10/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-convert-islam-or-pay-jiz/.89 Eric Trager, “The Unbreakable Muslim Brotherhood: Grim Prospects for a Liberal Egypt,” Foreign Affairs, 90 (2011): 114,http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/68211/eric-trager/the-unbreakable-muslim-brotherhood.90 Eric Trager, “The Unbreakable Muslim Brotherhood: Grim Prospects for a Liberal Egypt,” Foreign Affairs, 90 (2011): 114,http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/68211/eric-trager/the-unbreakable-muslim-brotherhood.91 Raphael Lefevre, “The Muslim Brotherhood Prepares for a Comeback in Syria,” The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 2013, 6,http://carnegieendowment.org/files/muslim_bro_comback.pdf.92 Matthias Gebauer, Daniel Steinvorth, and Volkhard Windfuhr, “Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood: Who Really Holds the Reigns in Egypt?,” Der Spiegel (Hamburg),December 12, 2012, http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/president-mohammed-morsi-and-his-ties-to-the-muslim-brotherhood-a-872214.html.93 Omar Ashour, “Myths and realities: The Muslim Brothers and armed activism,” Al Jazeera, August 12, 2014,http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/08/myths-realities-muslim-brothers–20148129319751298.html.94 “Profile: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood,” Al Jazeera, February 6, 2011, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/2011/02/201126101349142168.html; 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Key Leaders

Ibrahim Mounir

Former acting general guide(deceased)

Mahmoud Ezzat

Former acting supreme guide

Helmy al-Gazzar

Secretary-general

Mahmoud Hussein

Acting supreme guide, formersecretary-general, former member

of the Shura Council

Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Egyptian Qatar-based intellectualand spiritual leader (deceased)

Mohamed Montasser

Media spokesman in Cairo

Talaat Fahmi

Former spokesman

Ahmed Abdel Rahman

Head of the EgyptianBrotherhood’s Office for Egyptians

Abroad

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Amr Darrag

Senior Muslim Brotherhoodmember, former Freedom andJustice Party minister, formersecretary-general of Egypt’s

Constituent Assembly

Mohamed Abdel Rahman

Head of the Higher AdministrativeCommittee

Mohammed Morsi

Former president of Egypt andmember of the MuslimBrotherhood (deceased)

Mohammed Badie

Imprisoned supreme guide of theMuslim Brotherhood

Khairat el-Shater

Imprisoned deputy supreme guide

Mohamed Taha Wahdan

Former head of the CrisisManagement Committee in Egypt,Former Chief of Education, Former

Member of the Guidance Office

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History:November 16, 2022: The Brotherhood’s Ikhwanweb official English Twitter account posts a decision by the Shura Council naming MahmoudHussein acting supreme guide.Source: Ikhwanweb, Twitter post, November 16, 2022, 9:51 a.m., https://twitter.com/Ikhwanweb/status/1592893075382304769.

November 4, 2022: Mounir dies in London at the age of 85.Source: “Deputy supreme guide of Muslim Brotherhood dies in London,” Middle East Monitor, November 4, 2022, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20221104-deputy-supreme-guide-of-muslim-brotherhood-dies-in-london/; “Acting leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood dies at 85 – statement,” Reuters, November 4, 2022,https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/acting-leader-egypts-muslim-brotherhood-dies-85-statement-2022-11-04/.

October 26, 2022: The Brotherhood’s Ikhwanweb official English Twitter account posts a recognition of “the importance of solidarity with allthe honorable factions of Egypt’s people in all its institutions and bodies at home and abroad.”The Brotherhood affirms it is an “inclusive Islamic body” led by the General Consultative Body. The Brotherhood affirms Mohamed Badie’s role as its general guide anddeclares any future decision or directive must be approved by Badie, as well as consultative and executive institutions within Egypt and abroad.Sources: Ikwanweb, Twitterpost, October 26, 2022, 6:59 p.m., https://twitter.com/Ikhwanweb/status/1585405886645895169; Ikhwanweb, Twitter post, October 26, 2022, 7:00 p.m.,https://twitter.com/Ikhwanweb/status/1585405925963309057.

October 15, 2022: Amid reports of power struggles between Brotherhood leadership in London, Istanbul, and a new youth-led wing, theBrotherhood’s Mounir-led London Front publishes a new “political document” and announces the Brotherhood has resolved its leadershipissues.According to the new document, dated September 18, the Brotherhood is focused on three issues: political prisoners, societal reconciliation, and building a broad nationalpartnership to realize Egyptian’s desires for political and economic reform. To achieve these goals, the document claims the Brotherhood has adopted an approach with“various options and paths” to overcome its internal power struggles. The Brotherhood’s “political role and presence in all public affairs has been, and will remain, a focus ofits reform project,” according to the document, which also denied the Brotherhood is seeking political power in Egypt.Source: “Muslim Brotherhood Announces‘Overcoming Power Struggle,’ Denies Concluding Deal with Cairo,” Asharq al-Awsat (London), October 16, 2022,https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3934081/muslim-brotherhood-announces-%E2%80%98overcoming-power-struggle%E2%80%99-denies-concluding-deal.

September 26, 2022: Qaradawi dies at the age of 96 in Qatar, according to his official Twitter account.Sources: “Influential cleric Qaradawi, supporter of Arab Spring uprisings, dies,” Reuters, September 26, 2022, https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/influential-muslim-cleric-qaradawi-dies-twitter-2022-09-26/; “@Alqaradawy,” Twitter, https://twitter.com/alqaradawy.

Mounir reportedly announces his full withdrawal from political life.Source: “Muslim Brotherhood Announces ‘Overcoming Power Struggle,’ Denies Concluding Deal with Cairo,” Asharq al-Awsat (London), October 16, 2022,https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3934081/muslim-brotherhood-announces-%E2%80%98overcoming-power-struggle%E2%80%99-denies-concluding-deal.

May 30, 2022: An Egyptian court sentences Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh and several other prominent figures from the Muslim Brotherhood tojail on accusations of plotting to overthrow the state.Fotouh left the group in 2011 in favor of advancing the centrist Strong Egypt party, but the interior ministry claimed Fotouh met with leaders of the Brotherhood to stirunrest. Fotouh’s deputy, Mohamed al-Qassas, received a 10-year sentence, former acting MB leader Mahmoud Ezzat received a 15-year sentence, and Ibrahim Mounirreceived a life sentence. Source: “Court jails Egyptian former presidential candidate for 15 years,” Reuters, May 30, 2022, https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/court-jails-egyptian-former-presidential-candidate-15-years-2022-05-29/.

May 18, 2022: Mounir denounces “slander and lies” in a May 17 report shared by Egyptian Grand Mufti Shawki Allam with members of theBritish House of Commons during his visit to the United Kingdom.Mounir accuses Allam of coming to the British parliament to justify the lies of the Egyptian government.Source: “Muslim Brotherhood: Egypt Grand Mufti's report'shocking and fabricated,’” Middle East Monitor, May 20, 2022, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220520-muslim-brotherhood-egypt-grand-muftis-report-shocking-and-fabricated/.

April 20, 2022: Egypt’s Court of Cassation upholds Badie’s life sentence for crimes related to violence in the Port Said governorate in August2013 that led to the killing of five Egyptians.The court also upholds life sentences for Beltagy and Safwat Hijazi in relation to the violence.Source: “Egypt court upholds life sentence against Muslim Brotherhoodleader,” Middle East Monitor, April 21, 2022, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220421-egypt-court-upholds-life-sentence-against-muslim-brotherhood-leader/.

April 17, 2022: Ezzat receives a life sentence in relation to a case involving a breach of Egypt’s border.Source: “Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader to life in prison,” Middle East Monitor, April 18, 2022, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220418-egypt-sentences-muslim-brotherhood-leader-to-life-in-prison/.

January 30, 2022: The Brotherhood accuses “some members” of “violating its regulations and rejecting all attempts to unite the ranks.”The Brotherhood rejects the creation of a committee to carry out the role of the supreme guide and announces all members who seek to divide the group will be“disowned.”Source: “Muslim Brotherhood slams 'members' who bring division to group,” Middle East Monitor, January 31, 2022,https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220131-muslim-brotherhood-slams-members-who-bring-division-to-group/.

January 30, 2022 – June 29, 2022: An Egyptian court sentences 10 members of the Brotherhood to death for involvement in violence and plotsto topple the government.On June 29, an Egyptian court sentenced the 10 Muslim Brotherhood members to death, including Muslim Brotherhood leader Yahya Moussa. The court also sentences 50others affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood to life in prison. Human rights groups, including Amnesty International, have criticized the ruling, calling it unfair and callingfor the sentences to be upturned. Sources: “Egypt court sentences 10 to death on charges of planning attacks,” Al Jazeera, January 30, 2022,https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/30/egyptian-court-sentences-10-to-death-for-planning-attacks; “Middle East Monitor, “Egypt sentences 10 Muslim Brotherhoodmembers to death,” Middle East Monitor, June 29, 2022, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220629-egypt-sentences-10-muslim-brotherhood-members-to-death/;“Egyptian court sentences 10 to death on terrorism charges,” Reuters, June 29, 2022, https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/egyptian-court-sentences-10-death-terrorism-charges-2022-06-28/.

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December 3, 2021: The Scholars Committee of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood calls for support and cooperation with Mounir to overcomethe obstacles facing the group.Source: “Muslim Brotherhood scholars call to support Deputy Supreme Guide Mounir,” Middle East Monitor, December 4, 2021,https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211204-muslim-brotherhood-scholars-call-to-support-deputy-supreme-guide-mounir/.

November 25, 2021: Hussein announces the Brotherhood’s General Shura Council recently met and decided to dismiss Mounir.The council invalidates Mounir’s suspension of Brotherhood leaders in October. Hussein announces a temporary committee to carry out the responsibilities of theBrotherhood’s acting guide.Source: “Former Secretary General Mahmoud Hussein dismissing Mounir from the position of Brotherhood guide,” Arab Observer, November26, 2021, https://www.arabobserver.com/former-secretary-general-mahmoud-hussein-dismissing-mounir-from-the-position-of-brotherhood-guide/.

November 4, 2021: Senator Ted Cruz and Representative Mario Diaz-Balart introduce the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act inthe U.S. Congress to designate the Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.The Senate bill is cosponsored by Senators Jim Inhofe and Ron Johnson. The House bill is cosponsored by Representatives Kay Granger, Chuck Fleishmann, Bill Johnson,Thomas Massie, Adam Kinzinger, Scott DesJarlais, Guy Reschenthaler, John H. Rutherford, Louie Gohmert, Mike Bost, Glenn Grothman, Kat Cammack, and Pat Fallon.All sponsors and co-sponsors belong to the Republican Party. Source: “SEN. CRUZ, REP. DIAZ-BALART REINTRODUCE THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOODTERRORIST DESIGNATION ACT,” Website of Senator Ted Cruz, November 4, 2021, https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sen-cruz-rep-diaz-balart-reintroduce-the-muslim-brotherhood-terrorist-designation-act.

On October 11, Mounir suspends six senior members of the Brotherhood who allegedly rejected the results of the Brotherhood’s internalelections.On October 13, members of the General Shura Council of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Abroad renewed their “pledge of allegiance” to the Brotherhood’s general guideand his deputy and acting director, Ibrahim Mounir. Talaat Fahmi is dismissed as the Brotherhood’s spokesman. The council says Mounir is now the only spokesman for thegroup, though a replacement for Fahmi would be selected. The Brotherhood splits between the London-based faction led by Mounir and a faction based in Istanbul. Sources:“Muslim Brotherhood suspends 6 senior members,” Middle East Monitor, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211011-muslim-brotherhood-suspends-6-senior-members/;October 11, 2021, “Muslim Brotherhood renews confidence in deputy head Mounir,” Middle East Monitor, October 14, 2021,https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211014-muslim-brotherhood-renews-confidence-in-deputy-head-mounir/; “Leading figure in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood dies at85,” Associated Press, November 4, 2022, https://apnews.com/article/europe-middle-east-africa-religion-egypt-adedc1541095344cd7580b033232fcc0.

July 11, 2021: Egypt’s Court of Cassation upholds Badie’s 2019 life sentence on charges related to killing policemen and organizing massprison-breaks during Egypt’s 2011 uprising.The court also upholds the life sentences of nine other Brotherhood figures. All 10 defendants were previously found guilty of aiding the escape of 20,000 prisoners. Theywere also found guilty of conspiring with Hamas and Hezbollah. The court acquits eight mid-level Brotherhood leaders who had previously been sentenced to 15 years inprison.Source: “Egypt upholds life sentences for 10 Muslim Brotherhood figures,” Al Jazeera, July 12, 2021, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/12/egypt-upholds-life-sentences-for-10-muslim-brotherhood-figures.

July 3, 2021: The Brotherhood’s Higher Administrative Committee dissolves the administrative bureau in Turkey and postpones the electionsscheduled for later in the month.Mounir is reportedly displeased with the misfunctioning of the administrative bureau and the Shura Council in Turkey since some of the officials allegedly insisted onignoring the Brotherhood’s general guidelines, including the reunification of the group, expansion of the General Shura Council and the reformation of the centralcommittee.Source: “Muslim Brotherhood dissolves administrative bureau in Turkey, postpones elections,” Middle East Monitor, July 3, 2021,https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210703-muslim-brotherhood-dissolves-administrative-bureau-in-turkey-postpones-elections/.

April 8, 2021: A Cairo court finds Ezzat guilty of inciting violence and supplying firearms to protesters after Morsi’s July 2013 ouster.Ezzat is sentenced to life in prison. Sources: “Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood leader gets life sentence on terrorism charges,” Deutsche Welle, April 4, 2021,https://www.dw.com/en/egypt-muslim-brotherhood-leader-gets-life-sentence-on-terrorism-charges/a-57139394; “Court sentences acting Muslim Brotherhood leader to lifein prison,” Reuters, April 8, 2021, https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2BV1SE.

The Turkish government requests three Brotherhood-affiliated television channels based in the country decrease their criticism of Egypt.The Brotherhood does not comment on the request. Source: Suzan Fraser and Samy Magdy, “Turkey asks Brotherhood TVs to dim criticism of Egypt,” Associated Press,March 19, 2021, https://apnews.com/article/turkey-television-istanbul-egypt-cairo-d0324373f40449cbf488a0ac58c44605.

January 18, 2021: Egypt’s Court for Urgent Matters orders the seizure of assets of 89 Brotherhood members, including Badie, Shater, andBeltagy.The court orders assets to be seized from Morsi’s inheritors. The court orders the assets transferred to Egypt’s treasury. The Brotherhood condemns the seizures as politicallymotivated. Sources: “Egypt court orders seizure of assets of 89 Brotherhood members,” Middle East Monitor, January 18, 2021,https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210118-egypt-court-orders-seizure-of-assets-of-89-brotherhood-members/; “Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood slams asset seizures,”Anadolu Agency, January 19, 2021, https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-slams-asset-seizures/2114612.

Morocco’s ruling Brotherhood-affiliated Justice and Development Party loses a local election in the Errachidia district, which had previouslybeen a party stronghold.The Justice and Development Party comes in third behind the Socialist Union of Popular Forces and the National Rally of Independents. Morocco is scheduled to holdnationwide municipal and legislative elections in the second half of 2021. Source: “Morocco’s Justice and Development Party loses electoral strongholds,” Middle EastMonitor, January 12, 2021, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210112-moroccos-justice-and-development-party-loses-electoral-strongholds/.

December 16, 2020: The Brotherhood holds a virtual conference called “The Muslim Brotherhood…facts and thoughts,” which is attended byhigh-ranking Brotherhood officials from across the world.Mounir says that the Brotherhood has experienced multiple blows throughout its history but has recovered each time.Source: “Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood holds onlineconference,” Anadolu Agency, December 17, 2020, https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-holds-online-conference/2079586.

December 10, 2020: The State Security Court at Tora Prison begins Ezzat’s trial on charges of “supervising the explosion of a vehicle in frontof the National Institute for Cancer” in August 2019, which killed 20 people.

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Ezzat is also charged with directing cyber militias.Source: Agence France-Presse, “Egypt opens trial of acting Muslim brotherhood leader Mahmud Ezzat,” Milli Chronicle,December 11, 2020, https://millichronicle.com/2020/12/egypt-opens-trial-of-acting-muslim-brotherhood-leader-mahmud-ezzat/.

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz reintroduces the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act in the U.S. Senate, calling for the State Department todesignate the Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.Mounir writes an open letter to Cruz in response, labeling the bill a distraction from Egypt’s human rights abuses.Sources: “Sen. Cruz: We Must Hold The MuslimBrotherhood Accountable For Funding and Promoting Radical Islamic Terrorism,” Website of U.S. Senator for Texas Ted Cruz, December 2, 2020,https://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=5483; “Brotherhood: Senator's calls to designate us as terror group shift focus from Egypt's abuse of oppositionists,”Middle East Monitor, December 4, 2020, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20201204-brotherhood-senators-calls-to-designate-us-as-terror-group-shift-focus-from-egypts-abuse-of-oppositionists/.

On November 10, the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars accuses the Brotherhood of fomenting terrorism and birthing multiple extremist groups.On November 11, Brotherhood spokesman Talat Fahmi declares “the Brotherhood is not terrorist but an inviting and reformist organization.” On November 23, the UnitedArab Emirates Fatwa Council—a government body—declares its support for the Saudi council statement, labels, the Brotherhood to be a terrorist organization, and warnsMuslims to stay away from the Brotherhood.Source: “UAE’s Fatwa Council denounces Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization,” Middle East Eye, November 25,2020, https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-muslim-brotherhood-fatwa-council-terrorist-organisation.

September 30, 2020: The Brotherhood dismisses Hussein as its secretary-general over accusations Hussein had stolen monetary donations tothe Brotherhood.The Brotherhood replaces him with Helmy al-Gazzar.Source: “Muslim Brotherhood suffers internal rifts, dismiss Secretary General Mahmoud Hussein,” Egypt Today,September 16, 2020, https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/91998/Muslim-Brotherhood-suffers-internal-rifts-dismiss-Secretary-General-Mahmoud-Hussein.

On September 14, the Brotherhood announces Ibrahim Mounir as its new acting general guide.The Brotherhood reaffirms Hussein is still the secretary-general. On September 17, the Brotherhood announces the closure of its Guidance Office and the creation of a newmanaging committee to replace the Guidance Office.Sources: “Muslim Brotherhood: ‘Ibrahim Mounir is the new acting general guide,’” Middle East Monitor, last updatedSeptember 21, 2020, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200916-muslim-brotherhood-ibrahim-mounir-is-the-new-acting-supreme-guide/; “Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhoodforms managing committee,” Anadolu Agency, September 17, 2021, https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-forms-managing-committee/1976780;George Mikhail, “Muslim Brotherhood appoints acting guide after arrest of leader,” Al-Monitor, September 18, 2020, https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2020/09/egypt-arrest-leader-muslim-brotherhood-successor.html.

August 28, 2020: Egyptian police arrest Ezzat in Cairo.Ezzat had previously been sentenced in absentia to death and also to life in prison. Under Egyptian law, he will be retried. Source: “Egypt: Wanted Brotherhood leaderMahmoud Ezzat arrested,” Gulf News, August 28, 2020, https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/egypt-wanted-brotherhood-leader-mahmoud-ezzat-arrested-1.73483156.

July 9, 2020: Egypt’s Court of Cassation upholds the life sentence of Badie on charges of violence and murder.Badie is sentenced to 138 years in prison. The court also upholds the life sentences of Khairat El-Shater and four other Brotherhood leaders. Brotherhood spokesman TalaatFahmi calls the ruling “politicized.”Sources: “Egypt: 138 years in jail for Muslim Brotherhood supreme guide,” Middle East Monitor, July 16, 2020,https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200716-egypt-138-years-in-jail-for-muslim-brotherhood-supreme-guide/; “2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices:Egypt,” U.S. Department of State, March 30, 2021, https://eg.usembassy.gov/2020-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices-egypt/.

Egyptian authorities accuse Hasm of seeking to disrupt the anniversary of Mubarak’s overthrow by promoting fake news and spreading discordamong Egyptians.The government arrests six Hasm members accused of plotting to “target important figures and buildings as well as places of worship” and organize protests on theanniversary later that month. Egypt again accuses Brotherhood members in Turkey of orchestrating the plots and inciting the Egyptian public against the government.Sources: Agence France-Presse, “Egypt Arrests 6 Planning ‘Chaos’ on Uprising Anniversary,” Naharnet, January 22, 2020, http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/268419-egypt-arrests-6-planning-chaos-on-uprising-anniversary; “Egypt expands arrest campaigns ahead of revolution anniversary,” Middle East Monitor, January 23, 2020,https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200123-egypt-expands-arrest-campaigns-ahead-of-revolution-anniversary/.

October 22, 2019: The Egyptian government arrests 22 Brotherhood members accused of causing public anger and encouraging anti-government sentiments.The suspects are in possession of provocative posters, pepper spray, bladed weapons, and blank guns at the time of their arrest, according to police. The government accusesthe Brotherhood of taking advantage of the murder of teenager Mahmoud al-Banna earlier that month. Source: Al-Masry al-Youm, “Egyptian authorities say 22 Brotherhoodmembers arrested over Banna’s murder,” Egypt Independent (Cairo), October 22, 2019, https://egyptindependent.com/egyptian-authorities-say-22-brotherhood-members-arrested-over-bannas-murder/.

On September 7, an Egyptian court sentences Badie and 10 other Brotherhood members to life in prison for aiding in a mass prison break duringEgypt’s 2011 revolution.Eight other Brotherhood members receive 15-year sentences. On September 11, Badie and 10 other Brotherhood members are sentenced to life in prison on charges ofspying in conjunction with Hamas. Sources: “Egypt sentences 11 Islamist leaders to life for spying,” Associated Press, September 11, 2011,https://apnews.com/2c101b12aefe4e0e992e396180da85f6; Samy Magdy, “Egypt court sentences 11 Islamists to life for prison breaks,” Associated Press, September 7, 2019,https://apnews.com/05c4bdc6153d4931a2d25f9755dcf9ee.

September 10, 2019: Egyptian security forces arrest 16 suspected Muslim Brotherhood members for allegedly smuggling currency out of thecountry and plotting militant attacks in Egypt.The Interior Ministry claims the suspects were collaborating with wanted Brotherhood members in Turkey to help smuggle wanted Islamists from Egypt to Europe. TheMinistry also alleges that the suspects provided funds for Brotherhood members to carry out militant attacks in Egypt. Source: “Egypt Arrests 16 Suspected MuslimBrotherhood Members,” Voice of America, September 10, 2019, https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/egypt-arrests-16-suspected-muslim-brotherhood-members.

August 8, 2019: Egyptian security forces carry out a search operation in Cairo, targeting Hasm militants suspected of carrying out an August 4bombing in Cairo that killed at least 20 and wounded 47.Security forces locate members of a Hasm cell and kill 17 of them. Sources: “Egyptian security forces kill 17 'terrorists' suspected in Cairo car blast: interior ministry,”France 24, August 9, 2019, https://www.france24.com/en/20190809-egypt-hasm-terrorists-suspected-cairo-car-blast-muslim-brotherhood; Jared Malsin, “Car BombExplosion in Cairo Kills at Least 20 People,” Wall Street Journal, August 5, 2019, https://www.wsj.com/articles/explosion-in-egypts-capital-kills-at-least-19-people-

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July 18, 2019: Khairat el-Shater, the Brotherhood’s supreme guide, denies charges of spying for Hamas following the 2013 coup that oustedthen-president Mohamed Morsi.According to court documents, el-Shater said he was asked by the intelligence services during Morsi’s one-year tenure to meet Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh over bordercrossings talks. Since 2013, leaders of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood have been convicted in myriad cases, many facing several death penalties and dozens of years inprison. Source: “Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat el-Shater denies spying charges in rare court statement,” Middle East Eye, July 18, 2019,https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-vice-chief-al-shater-talks-first-time-2013-reports.

June 17, 2019: Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, dies after falling ill during a court hearing.The Muslim Brotherhood accuses the Egyptian authorities of being responsible for Morsi's “deliberate slow death” due to the substandard conditions of the prison in whichMorsi was detained. Source: Declan Walsh and David D. Kirkpatrick, “Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s First Democratically Elected President, Dies,” New York Times, June 17,2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/world/middleeast/mohamed-morsi-dead.html.

May 20, 2019: Security forces launch a search operation in pursuit of Hasm militants who bombed a tourist bus in Cairo the day prior.The operation kills 12 militants. The interior ministry claims that its national security forces had information that leaders of the armed Hasm group were planning “to carryout a series of attacks during the coming period to trigger chaos in the country.” Source: “Egypt kills suspected fighters a day after tourist bus bombing,” Al Jazeera, May 20,2019, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/egypt-kills-suspected-fighters-day-tourist-bus-bombing-190520142349319.html.

April 17, 2019: German officials accuse Islamic Relief Worldwide of “significant” connections to the Muslim Brotherhood, triggeringconcerns among politicians over the diversion of official funds to Islamists.Source: Damien McElroy, “Germany confirms Islamic Relief ties to Muslim Brotherhood,” The National, April 17, 2019, https://www.thenational.ae/world/germany-confirms-islamic-relief-ties-to-muslim-brotherhood-1.850299.

April 11, 2019: Egyptian security forces raid a terrorist hideout in the Qalioubiya province north of Cairo.A shootout ensues and six members of the Hasm terrorist group are killed. Source: “Egypt: 17 Terrorists Killed in Arish, Qalioubiya,” Asharq Al-Awsat, April 11, 2019,https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1675096/egypt-17-terrorists-killed-arish-qalioubiya.

February 20, 2019: Egyptian authorities execute nine suspected Muslim Brotherhood members convicted of the involvement in theassassination of Egypt’s top prosecutor Hisham Barakat.In November of 2018, Egypt's top appeals court confirmed death sentences for the nine people convicted in then-chief prosecutor Barakat’s murder in June 2015, when a carbomb exploded near his convoy as he drove through the capital. Source: “Egypt executes nine over 2015 murder of prosecutor Hisham Barakat,” Al Jazeera, February 20,2019, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/egypt-executes-2015-murder-prosecutor-hisham-barakat-190220114015671.html.

January 28, 2019: The Muslim Brotherhood calls for the establishment of a united Egyptian opposition group abroad to regain control ofEgypt from the Sisi administration.In a statement marking the eighth anniversary of the January 25, 2011 revolution, the outlawed group claims the purpose of a unified opposition would be to liberate Egyptfrom military rule and to release political prisoners from incarceration. Source: “Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls for a unified opposition,” Al Jazeera, January 28, 2019,https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/egypt-muslim-brotherhood-calls-unified-opposition-190128054410491.html.

December 5, 2018: An Egyptian court sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and his deputy Khairat al-Shater to life in prison,in a retrial over violence during the overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013.The defendants faced charges of inciting violence against the demonstrators in front of the Brotherhood headquarters, aggravated battery and the possession of firearms.Source: “Egyptian court hands Muslim Brotherhood leaders life sentences: sources,” Reuters, December 5, 2018, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-court/egyptian-court-hands-muslim-brotherhood-leaders-life-sentences-sources-idUSKBN1O4289.

September 8, 2018: An Egyptian court sentences 75 prominent members and affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood to death, as part of a masstrial that includes 739 people charged after the violent dispersal of a protest camp in support of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in2013.The 75 were given the death penalty for offenses ranging from murder to incitement to break the law, membership of a banned group, or being part of an illegal gathering.Among those who received death sentences were senior Muslim Brotherhood leader Essam el-Erian, politician Mohamed el-Beltagy, Salafi preacher Safwat Hegazy, formeryouth minister Osama Yassin and cleric Abdel-Rahman el-Barr. The court also sentences the Muslim Brotherhood’s supreme leader, Mohammed Badie, in addition to 46others, to life in prison. Source: Adham Youssef and Ruth Michaelson, “Egypt sentences 75 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death,” Guardian, September 8, 2018,https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/08/egypt-sentences-75-to-death-in-rabaa-massacre-mass-trial.

August 16, 2018: The head of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organizations (EUHRO), Naguib Ghobrael, reports that his organization,along with other international unions, have filed an international lawsuit against the Muslim Brotherhood over setting fire to 42 churches fiveyears ago.Source: “Muslim Brotherhood sued internationally over burning 42 churches,” Egypt Today, August 16, 2018, https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/2/56066/Muslim-Brotherhood-sued-internationally-over-burning-42-churches.

August 12, 2018: The Giza Criminal Court sentences Badie to life in prison on charges of incitement to murder and violence during Egyptianprotests in 2013.The court also sentences Brotherhood spokesman Essam al-Erian and senior member Mohamed el-Beltagy to life terms.Source: “Court jails Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoodleader for life: sources,” Reuters, August 12, 2018, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-court-idUSKBN1KX0I0.

August 2, 2018: Egyptian security forces raid a hideout in Qalyoubia that is suspected of harboring members of the Hasm movement.Five rebels are killed. Four of the five killed were wanted in military court cases over alleged assassination attempts targeting security officials. No information was revealedabout the fifth killed person. Source: “Egypt announces extra-judicial killing of 5 members of Hasm movement,” Middle East Monitor, August 2, 2018,https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180802-egypt-announces-extra-judicial-killing-of-5-members-of-hasm-movement/.

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February 15, 2018: Egyptian security forces arrest former Islamist presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh on a warrant chargingthe 66-year-old doctor and politician with maintaining contacts with the Muslim Brotherhood and inciting to topple the government.Source: Jacob Wirtschafter, “Egypt arrests former Brotherhood member for ties to banned group,” The National, February 15, 2018,https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/egypt-arrests-former-brotherhood-member-for-ties-to-banned-group-1.705044.

February 9, 2018: Egyptian security forces arrest Strong Egypt’s deputy leader, Mohamed Al Qassas.Qassas is accused of being a Brotherhood member and spreading false news about the country’s economic and political situation in an attempt to “disrupt public order.”Source: Jacob Wirtschafter, “Egypt arrests former Brotherhood member for ties to banned group,” The National, February 15, 2018,https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/egypt-arrests-former-brotherhood-member-for-ties-to-banned-group-1.705044.

December 30, 2017: Egyptian security forces exchange fire with three suspected militants on the outskirts of Giza.The militants are killed in the battle. The is part of an effort by the authorities to pre-empt any attacks by militant groups ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations andclamp down on members of Hasm, a group linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. Source: “Egypt security forces kill three suspected militants, arrest 10 others,” Reuters,December 30, 2017, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-security/egypt-security-forces-kill-three-suspected-militants-arrest-10-others-idUSKBN1EO0GZ.

August 16, 2017: The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan’s political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF) and their coalition—the NationalAlliance for Reform—wins five of 12 seats in Amman and 25 of 48 provincial council seats.These provincial council seats in Jordan’s first ever provincial and municipal elections were established to decentralize government operations and localize decisions withoutinterference from the central government of the kingdom. Source: “Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood claims victory in local elections,” Middle East Eye, August 16, 2017,https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jordans-muslim-brotherhood-claims-victory-local-elections.

May 8, 2017: An Egyptian court sentences the Muslim Brotherhood’s supreme guide, Mohammed Badie, along with two other Brotherhoodmembers, Mahmoud Ghozlan and Hossam Abubakr, to life in prison for “planning violent attacks.”Badie and 37 others connected to the “Rabaa operations room” case are accused of conspiring to stir unrest during protests that followed the July 2013 military-led overthrowof Egypt’s former president Mohamed Morsi. Source: “Egypt issues life sentence for Muslim Brotherhood chief,” Al Jazeera, May 8, 2017,https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/egypt-issues-life-sentence-muslim-brotherhood-chief-170508151622974.html.

January 11, 2017: The Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political wing of Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood, announces they will participate in themunicipal and provincial elections at the end of the year.The group’s Shura council, its main consultative body, had decided to end a ten-year boycott of the municipal elections as provincial elections will be held in Jordan for thefirst time in the history of the country. Source: “Jordan Muslim Brotherhood to participate in municipal elections,” Middle East Monitor, January 11, 2017,https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170111-jordan-muslim-brotherhood-to-participate-in-municipal-elections/.

October 4, 2016: Egyptian authorities announce that they have killed two Brotherhood members—Mohamed Kamal and Yasser Shahata AliRagab—in a shootout in Cairo.The Brotherhood denies the claim, saying that the men were killed in detention.Source: “Senior Muslim Brotherhood leader killed in Egypt,” Al Jazeera, October 4, 2016,http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/top-muslim-brotherhood-leader-killed-egypt-161004081124124.html.

The Egyptian Brotherhood calls for mass protests to topple Sisi’s government.Its leaders release a statement: “The only solution now is to defeat and end this illegitimate coup, to reinstate democratic legitimacy, and put right all the ruinous coup’sinjustices and crimes.”Source: “Egypt mobilises security forces as Brotherhood calls for mass protests,” Middle East Eye, April 25, 2016,http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/security-forces-mobilise-anticipation-major-protests-egypt-2009083905.

December 17, 2015: In the culmination of an 18-month review ordered by British Prime Minister David Cameron, the Prime Minister’s Officefinds that membership in the Muslim Brotherhood is “a possible indicator of extremism.”However, the U.K. does not officially designate the Brotherhood a terrorist organization.Source: Kylie Maclellan and Mahmoud Mourad, “UK review says MuslimBrotherhood membership a possible indicator of extremism,” Reuters UK, December 17, 2015, http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-politics-muslimbrotherhood-idUKKBN0U01A220151217.

Brotherhood spokesman Mohammed Montasser calls on Egyptians to “bring down the military” through protests.The older leaders reject his call as contradictory to their decision-making processes.Source: Eric Trager and Marina Shalabi, “The Brotherhood Breaks Down,” ForeignAffairs, January 17, 2016, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/egypt/2016-01-17/brotherhood-breaks-down.

November 27, 2015: News reports reveal the Egyptian government’s plan to fire nearly 4,000 private and public sector employees forsuspected affiliation with the Brotherhood.Source: “4,000 Egyptian workers to be fired on charges of affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood,” Middle East Monitor, November 27, 2015,https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/africa/22516-4000-egyptian-workers-to-be-fired-on-charges-of-affiliation-with-the-muslim-brotherhood.

November 19, 2015: Acting supreme guide Mahmoud Ezzat flies out of Egypt despite warrants issued two years ago for his arrest.Source: “Brotherhood official on wanted list leaves Egypt,” Middle East Monitor, November 19, 2015, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/africa/22366-brotherhood-official-on-wanted-list-leaves-egypt.

November 9, 2015: The Cairo Criminal Court blacklists 18 high-ranking Brotherhood leaders, including Mohammed Badie.Source: “Egypt blacklists 18 Muslim Brotherhood leaders,” Middle East Monitor, November 9, 2015, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/africa/22160-egypt-blacklists-18-muslim-brotherhood-leaders.

November 3, 2015: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduces a bill calling for the U.S. to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.Source: “S.2230 – Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2015,” Congress.gov, November 3, 2015, https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2230/text.

October 22, 2015: Egyptian authorities arrest prominent Brotherhood businessman Hassan Malik.

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Source: “Egypt arrests senior Muslim Brotherhood figure,” Reuters, October 22, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-brotherhood-idUSKCN0SG2GF20151022#wGJvIKoX0siH3vB6.97.

October 8, 2015: An Egyptian court orders the release of “scores” of Brotherhood members who had been jailed for acts of violence.Source: Anadolu Agency, “Egypt court frees scores of Muslim Brotherhood members,” Middle East Eye, October 8, 2015, http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-court-frees-scores-muslim-brotherhood-members-1987326320.

September 25, 2015: Nine Brotherhood members are reportedly killed in a raid by Egyptian security forces in Cairo.Source: “Egypt says police killed militants who attacked Italian consulate,” Reuters, September 25, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/25/us-egypt-violence-idUSKCN0RP1N820150925.

September 15, 2015: An Egyptian court sentences eight alleged Brotherhood members to death for the murder of two policemen and a guardduring the violence following Morsi’s removal from office.Source: Associated Press, “Egypt sentences 8 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members to death over killing of police,” Fox News, September 15, 2015,http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/09/15/egypt-sentences-8-alleged-muslim-brotherhood-members-to-death-over-killing/.

August 11, 2015: The Cairo International Airport is momentarily closed following the hacking of its website by pro-Muslim Brotherhoodhackers.The hackers write, “In revenge for the martyrs who have died by the bullets of the military gang and criminal Sisi since the coup, you will drown in the blood of those youhave killed. We will follow you everywhere… the revolution continues and the land does not absorb blood.” The hacking occurs on the two-year anniversary of themilitary’s violent dispersal of the Rabaa sit-in.Source: “Muslim Brotherhood hackers briefly take over Cairo Airport website,” Cairo Post, August 14, 2015,http://www.thecairopost.com/news/163991/news/muslim-brotherhood-hackers-briefly-take-over-cairo-airport-website.

July 17, 2015: Six Brotherhood members are killed in clashes with police in Cairo.Source: Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, “Six Muslim Brotherhood supporters killed in clashes in Cairo,” Reuters, July 17, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/17/us-egypt-violence-idUSKCN0PR0RA20150717.

July 15, 2015: Egypt’s acting prosecutor Ali Omran transfers the cases of 198 suspected Brotherhood members to the military court for“planning to target police officers and army officers in militant operations.”Source: “198 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members referred to military judiciary,” Ahram Online, July 15, 2015,http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/0/135473/Egypt/0/-alleged-Muslim-Brotherhood-members-referred-to-mi.aspx.

July 1, 2015: Egyptian security forces kill nine Brotherhood members in a terror raid.The Brotherhood releases a statement calling Sisi a “heinous murderer.”Sources: “Muslim Brotherhood Statement on Cold-Blooded Assassination of Its LeadersWednesday,” Ikhwan Web, July 1, 2015, http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=32199;Polly Mosendz, “Muslim Brotherhood Calls for Rebellion Against Egypt'sPresident Following Death of Leaders,” Newsweek, July 1, 2015, http://www.newsweek.com/muslim-brotherhood-calls-rebellion-against-egypts-president-following-death-349297.

July 1, 2015: Egyptian authorities reportedly shoot dead nine armed Brotherhood members in Cairo.The men had reportedly planned to carry out a terrorist attack.Source: “Egypt security forces kill nine ‘armed men’ in Cairo suburb,” Al Arabiya, July 1, 2015,http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/07/01/Egypt-security-forces-kill-nine-armed-men-in-Cairo-suburb-.html.

June 29, 2015: A car bomb targets and kills Egypt’s top prosecutor, Hisham Barakat.The perpetrators are suspected to be Brotherhood-sympathizing Islamists. The Brotherhood’s spokesman Muhammad Muntasir later blames Barakat’s murder on Sisi’sregime.Sources: Associated Press, “Car bomb kills Egypt’s top prosecutor as Islamists seek revenge for Muslim Brotherhood crackdown,” NY Daily News, June 29, 2015,http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/car-bomb-kills-egypt-top-prosecutor-article-1.2275009;“Muslim Brotherhood holds Sisi regime responsible for assassination,”Middle East Monitor, June 30, 2015, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/africa/19548-muslim-brotherhood-holds-sisi-regime-responsible-for-assassination.

June 29, 2015: Brotherhood members backed by Hamas kill Egyptian Public Prosecutor Hisham Barakat, according to Egyptian authorities.Sources: Reuters, “Egypt arrests militants, links them to Muslim Brotherhood,” Yahoo News, November 4, 2016, https://www.yahoo.com/news/egypt-arrests-militants-links-them-muslim-brotherhood-082447987.html?ref=gs;Nour Youssef, “Egypt Says Muslim Brotherhood, Backed by Hamas, Killed Top Prosecutor,” New York Times, March 6,2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/07/world/middleeast/egypt-says-muslim-brotherhood-backed-by-hamas-killed-top-prosecutor.html.

June 14, 2015: Egypt’s public prosecutor transfers the cases of 58 civilian Brotherhood members to the military court.Source: “Egypt prosecutor refers 58 Brotherhood supporters to military prosecution,” Reuters, June 14, 2015, http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/06/14/uk-egypt-brotherhood-idUKKBN0OU0SP20150614.

June 8, 2015: Egypt recalls its U.S. ambassador amid anger over Washington’s reported meetings with Muslim Brotherhood members.Source: Arshad Mohammed, “Egypt summons U.S. ambassador over Muslim Brotherhood,” Reuters, June 8, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/09/us-egypt-usa-idUSKBN0OP00920150609.

June 2, 2015: Egyptian authorities arrest two Brotherhood leaders amid heightened pressure on the group.Source: Associated Press, “Egypt arrests 2 Muslim Brotherhood leaders, amid divisions,” Yahoo News, June 2, 2015, http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-arrests-top-muslim-brotherhood-leaders-075427497.html.

May 28, 2015: Egyptian security forces reportedly arrest and detain the Brotherhood’s Mohamed Taha Wahdan, a member of the group’sGuidance Office and leader of the Crisis Management Committee.Source: “Egypt detains top Muslim Brotherhood leader,” Daily Sabah (Istanbul), May 28, 2015, http://www.dailysabah.com/mideast/2015/05/28/egypt-detains-top-muslim-brotherhood-leader;Abdelrahman Ayyash and Victor J. Willi, “The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in 2016 Scenarios and Recommendations,” German Council on ForeignRelations, March 2016, 2, https://dgap.org/en/article/getFullPDF/27762.

May 27, 2015: The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood posts a report on a newly created website called the Nida Al-Kinana, or “Egypt Call.”

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The report is signed by 159 Brotherhood clerics and 10 pro-Brotherhood religious bodies from across the Muslim world. The report refers to the Egyptian regime as“criminal and murderous” and declares that the Egyptian population must eliminate it “using the appropriate means, such as civil disobedience.”Source: “Pro-MuslimBrotherhood Clerics Call To Overthrow Al-Sisi Regime In Egypt, Restore Mursi To Presidency,” MEMRI, June 17, 2015,http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/8612.htm.

May 26, 2015: The Egyptian government disbands 50 NGOs with links to the Muslim Brotherhood across five governorates: Behaira, Fayoum,Bani Suef, Gharbia, and Cairo.Source: “50 Muslim Brotherhood NGOs disbanded in 5 governorates,” Ahram Online, May 26, 2015, http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/131215/Egypt/Politics-/-Muslim-Brotherhood-NGOs-disbanded-in–governorate.aspx.

May 17, 2015: Al-Qaradawi condemns the death sentences leveled against himself, Morsi, and over 100 Brotherhood members, calling therulings “nonsense.”In a message broadcast on Al Jazeera in Qatar, al-Qaradawi declares, “These rulings have no value and cannot be implemented because they are against the rules of God,against the people’s law…no one will accept it.”Source: Ben Tufft, “Senior Muslim cleric Qaradawi denounces death sentences against Mohamed Morsi and MuslimBrotherhood leaders as ‘nonsense’,” Independent (London), May 17, 2015, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/senior-muslim-cleric-qaradawi-denounces-death-sentences-against-mohamed-morsi-and-muslim-brotherhood-leaders-as-nonsense-10256086.html.

May 16, 2015: An Egyptian court hands the death sentence to Morsi, Qatar-based al-Qaradawi, and over 100 Brotherhood supporters for theirroles in a mass prison break in 2011.As he hears the verdict, Morsi reportedly punches his fists in the air and smiles.Sources: “Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s ex-leader, sentenced to death,” BBC News, May 16,2015, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32763215;Michael Georgy, “Egypt’s Mursi defiant as court seeks death penalty,” Reuters, May 16, 2015,http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/16/us-egypt-court-mursi-defiance-idUSKBN0O10GE20150516.

May 7, 2015: “Hundreds” of Syrian Muslim Brotherhood members return to Syria amid the country’s ongoing civil war.The members reportedly hope to rebuild the Brotherhood movement inside Syria.Source: Dasha Afanasieva, “Banned in Syria, Muslim Brotherhood members trickle home,”Reuters, May 7, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/07/us-syria-crisis-brotherhood-idUSKBN0NR20Y20150507.

The Jordanian Brotherhood’s reformist offshoot, Zamzam, announces its intention to legally pursue control of the Jordanian Brotherhood’sassets.Hammam Saeed, leader of the original Brotherhood, calls Zamzam a “government conspiracy.”Source: “Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab speaks at a pressconference in Amman on Wednesday,” Jordan Times (Amman), May 27, 2015, http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/egyptian-prime-minister-ibrahim-mahlab-speaks-press-conference-amman-wednesday-petra.

Egyptian Brotherhood Secretary General Mahmoud Hussein confirms via social media that he is still the group’s secretary general and thatMahmoud Ezzat is the acting supreme guide.In response, spokesman Mohammed Montasser—loyal to the younger generation—posts to Facebook that Hussein is not the secretary general, and that the group’s supremeguide remains the imprisoned Mohammed Badie.Sources: Sonia Farid, “Internal conflict: Is the Muslim Brotherhood falling apart?” Al Arabiya, June 2, 2015,http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/analysis/2015/06/02/Internal-conflict-Is-the-Muslim-Brotherhood-falling-apart-.html;Samuel Tadros, “The Brotherhood Divided,”Hudson Institute, August 20, 2015, http://www.hudson.org/research/11530-the-brotherhood-divided.

April 21, 2015: Amr Darrag, co-founder of the Freedom and Justice Party, tells Reuters that new young leadership is taking over theBrotherhood.He says, “It is always good to have fresh blood … (this was) one of the blessings of the coup [Morsi’s ouster]. The Muslim Brotherhood is deeply rooted in Egyptian society… We have been there for more than 80 years. It is an establishment, not a one-man show. We are sure we will come back.”Source: Humeyra Pamuk, “Egypt’s MuslimBrotherhood says new leaders taking over,” Reuters, April 21, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/21/us-egypt-mursi-brotherhood-idUSKBN0NC1S020150421.

April 11, 2015: An Egyptian court sentences Mohammed Badie and 13 other Brotherhood leaders to death for inciting violence during riotsfollowing Morsi’s ouster in 2013.Source: “Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader, others to death,” Reuters, April 12, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/12/us-egypt-court-brotherhood-idUSKBN0N30E620150412.

April 9, 2015: Turkey’s President Erdogan says that Egypt must free Morsi and lift all death sentences for Muslim Brotherhood supportersbefore Ankara will “consider an improvement in relations with Cairo.”Source: Humeyra Pamuk, “Turkey’s Erdogan says Egypt should free Mursi before it can restore ties,” Reuters, April 9, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/09/us-turkey-egypt-idUSKBN0N00XY20150409.

April 8, 2015: An Egyptian court tries an additional 279 Brotherhood members over August 2013 riots in which two policemen were killed.The charges include vandalism and murder.Source: “Egypt to try another 379 Brotherhood members over sit-in violence,” Reuters, April 8, 2015,http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/08/us-egypt-court-idUSKBN0MZ2EY20150408.

A group of exiled, Istanbul-based Brotherhood members announce the establishment of the Office for Egyptians Abroad under Ahmed AbdelRahman’s leadership.Source: Georges Fahmi, “The Struggle for the Leadership of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, July 14, 2015,http://carnegieendowment.org/2015/07/13/struggle-for-leadership-of-egypt-s-muslim-brotherhood-pub-60678.

March 31, 2015: An Egyptian court frees 68 activists including members of the Muslim Brotherhood.Source: ““Egypt court frees 68 activists in rare move,” Reuters, March 31, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/31/us-egypt-court-idUSKBN0MR1HQ20150331.

March 29, 2015: Egypt’s public prosecutor lists 18 top Brotherhood leaders as terrorists, including imprisoned Supreme Guide MohammedBadie.

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Source: “Egypt lists top Brotherhood leader, 17 others as terrorists: state media,” Reuters, March 29, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/29/us-egypt-brotherhood-idUSKBN0MP0T620150329.

March 7, 2015: Egypt carries out its first execution of a Muslim Brotherhood supporter, Mahmoud Hassan Ramadan, who had beenimprisoned and handed the death sentence for his role in the 2013 protests following Morsi’s ouster.Ramadan had reportedly played a role in a violent incident in which children were thrown from a building.Source: “Egypt carries out first execution of Mursi supporter,”Reuters, March 7, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/08/us-egypt-execution-islamist-idUSKBN0M30AU20150308.

February 15, 2015: An Egyptian court charges Morsi with sharing state secrets with Qatar and endangering national security.Two days later, it is announces that Morsi will face trial in a military court alongside senior Brotherhood leaders Mohammed Badie and Khairat el-Shater.Sources: “Egyptiancourt puts ousted president Mursi on trial over Qatar link,” Reuters, February 15, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/15/us-egypt-mursi-idUSKBN0LJ0ET20150215;“Deposed Egyptian president Mursi to face military court,” Reuters, February 17, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/17/us-egypt-court-idUSKBN0LL1JX20150217.

– : Saudi Arabia reportedly “warms” to the Muslim Brotherhood in an attempt to bolster its Sunni coalition against Shiite rebels in Yemen.The new Saudi king, Salman bin Abdulaziz, takes the throne in late January 2015 following the death of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud. Salman appears sympatheticto the Brotherhood, according to reports.Sources: Yaroslav Trofimov, “Saudis Warm to Muslim Brotherhood, Seeking Sunni Unity on Yemen,” Wall Street Journal, April 2,2015, http://www.wsj.com/articles/saudis-warm-to-muslim-brotherhood-seeking-sunni-unity-on-yemen-1427967884;Catherine E. Shoichet and Laura Smith-Spark,“Thousands say farewell to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah,” CNN, January 23, 2015, http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/23/middleeast/saudi-arabia-king-abdullah-death/index.html;H.A. Hellyer, “The new Saudi king, Egypt and the MB,” Al-Monitor, March 23, 2015, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/03/saudi-arabia-new-egypt-muslim-brotherhood.html#.

Jordanian authorities sentence Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood deputy leader Zaki Bani Rushaid to 18 months in prison for “souring ties with aforeign country” after he criticizes the United Arab Emirates on Facebook.Source: Rana F. Sweis, “Jordan Gives Prison Term for Criticism on Facebook,” New York Times, February 15, 2015,http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/16/world/middleeast/jordan-sentences-muslim-brotherhood-leader-for-facebook-post.html.

January 31, 2015: An Egyptian court bans Hamas’s military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, and lists it as a terrorist organization.An Egyptian appeals court retracts the designation in June 2015.Sources: Mchael Georgy, “Egyptian court bans Hamas’ armed wing, lists as terrorist organization,” Reuters,January 31, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/31/us-egypt-hamas-idUSKBN0L40BS20150131;Daniel Costa-Roberts, “Egyptian court overturns designation ofHamas as a terrorist group,” PBS Newshour, June 6, 2015, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/egyptian-court-overturns-designation-hamas-terrorist-group/.

January 25, 2015: The Brotherhood’s Qatar-based ideologue and spiritual adviser Yusuf al-Qaradawi calls for protests in Egypt on theanniversary of the country’s uprising against ousted president Hosni Mubarak.Al-Qaradawi declares that Morsi is Egypt’s “legitimate” leader.Source: “Qatar-based cleric urges protests in Egypt on uprising’s anniversary,” Reuters, January 25, 2015,http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/25/egypt-qatar-idUSL6N0V402Z20150125.

January 18, 2015: Jailed Mohammed Morsi blames the Egyptian army for deaths in the 2011 uprising that toppled Egypt’s former president,Hosni Mubarak.Source: “Egypt’s Mursi accuses army of role in deaths during 2011 protest,” Reuters, January 18, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/18/us-egypt-mursi-sisi-idUSKBN0KR0QQ20150118.

December 2, 2014: An Egyptian court sentences 185 Muslim Brotherhood members for attacking a police station near Cairo in 2013 in which12 policemen died.Source: “Egyptian court 185 to death for attack on police,” Reuters, December 2, 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/03/us-egypt-courts-death-idUSKCN0JG22B20141203.

November 30, 2014: An Egyptian court jails Brotherhood leaders for “insulting” the court after it announces that charges against oustedpresident Hosni Mubarak are dropped.The Brotherhood members reportedly create disorder by chanting “void, void” after hearing the verdict.Source: “Muslim Brotherhood leaders jailed for insulting court a dayafter Mubarak verdict,” Reuters, November 30, 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/30/us-egypt-brotherhood-idUSKCN0JE0UH20141130.

November 15, 2014: The United Arab Emirates list the global Muslim Brotherhood, and some of its Western organizations (FIOE, UOIF,Cordoba Foundation, CAIR, etc.) as terrorist organizations.Source: “UAE lists Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group,” Reuters, November 15, 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/15/us-emirates-politics-brotherhood-idUSKCN0IZ0OM20141115.

October 26, 2014: The Brotherhood’s Tunisian political party Ennahdha comes in second place—losing 16 seats—in Tunisia’s parliamentaryelections.These elections follow the October 2011 elections for the national constituent assembly in which Ennahdha won a plurality of the votes. Ennahdha’s leader Ali Laarayedhaccepts defeat and congratulates the winning secular party.Source: Eileen Byrne, “Tunisia’s Islamist party Ennahda accepts defeat in elections,” Guardian (London), October27, 2014, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/27/tunisia-islamist-ennahda-accept-defeat-elections.

The Egyptian government announces that it has paid back $500 million of the approximately $7.5 billion in loans that Qatar lent Morsi’sgovernment during its year in power.Source: “Egypt has paid back $500 million to Qatar: central bank governor,” Reuters, October 11, 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/11/us-egypt-qatar-deposits-idUSKCN0I009A20141011.

September 30, 2014: An Egyptian court hands prison terms to 68 Muslim Brotherhood members for their role in inciting deadly violence inprotests following Morsi’s ouster.

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Source: “Egyptian court jails 68 Muslim Brotherhood supporters,” Reuters, September 30, 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/30/us-egypt-courts-brotherhood-idUSKCN0HP0ZW20140930.

September 21, 2014 – September 30, 2014: Rumors emerge that Turkey may accept Qatar’s expelled Muslim Brotherhood members.On September 15, after returning from Qatar, Turkish President Erdogan tells the media, “If they [Muslim Brotherhood leaders] request to come to Turkey, we will reviewthese requests case by case. If there are no reasons preventing them from coming to Turkey, we can facilitate their requests. They can come to Turkey like any foreignguest.” Soon after, media report that Brotherhood leader Amr Darrag and Wagdi Ghoneim have already arrived in Turkey.Sources: Paul Alster, “Turkey may welcomeMuslim Brotherhood brass after ouster from Qatar,” Fox News, September 21, 2014, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/09/21/turkey-may-welcome-muslim-brotherhood-brass-after-ouster-from-qatar/;“Three Muslim Brotherhood leaders arrive in Turkey after leaving Qatat,” Sunday’s Zaman (Istanbul), September 19, 2014,http://www.todayszaman.com/diplomacy_three-muslim-brotherhood-leaders-arrive-in-turkey-after-leaving-qatar_359250.html.

September 13, 2014: Reports emerge that Qatar will expel seven senior Muslim Brotherhood members in an attempt to improve relations withneighboring Gulf states.The Muslim Brotherhood verifies the claim. Senior Brotherhood leader Amr Darrag writes on the group’s website: “Some symbols of the Muslim Brotherhood and itspolitical wing…who were asked by authorities to move their residence outside the state of Qatar have now honored that request.” He also writes that the Brotherhood leaderswould relocate to “spare Qatar embarrassment.” For example, Brotherhood ideologue Yusuf al-Qaradawi remains in Qatar and continues to operate freely in thecountry.Sources: Paul Alster, “Turkey may welcome Muslim Brotherhood brass after ouster from Qatar,” September 21, 2014,http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/09/21/turkey-may-welcome-muslim-brotherhood-brass-after-ouster-from-qatar/;David K. Kirkpatrick, “Muslim Brotherhood SaysQatar Ousted Its Members,” New York Times, September 13, 2014, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/world/middleeast/bowing-to-pressure-qatar-asks-some-muslim-brotherhood-leaders-to-leave.html?_r=0;“Qatar expels leading Muslim Brotherhood figures,” Middle East Eye, September 13, 2014,http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/qatar-expels-leading-muslim-brotherhood-figures-258673559;Gianluca Mezzofiore, “Turkey to Welcome Seven Muslim BrotherhoodExiles from Qatar,” International Business Times, September 16, 2014, http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/turkey-welcome-seven-muslim-brotherhood-exiles-qatar-1465700.

August 30, 2014: Egypt Supreme Guide Mohammed Badie’s death sentence is reduced to a life-sentence in Egyptian prison.Source: “Badie Death Sentence Reduced to Life in Egypt,” Al Jazeera, August 20, 2013, http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/08/death-sentence-badie-reduced-life-20148305040329928.html.

April 28, 2014: An Egyptian court sentences Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohammed Badie and 628 other Brotherhood members todeath for violence and killing policemen.The court also upholds death sentences for 37 of the 529 Brotherhood members sentenced to death in March, with the rest of the sentences commuted to lifeimprisonment.Source: “Brotherhood leader Badie among 683 members sentenced to death by Egypt court,” The National (Abu Dhabi), April 28, 2014,http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/brotherhood-leader-badie-among-683-members-sentenced-to-death-by-egypt-court#ixzz33DGSYsAh.

March 31, 2014: British Prime Minister David Cameron announces an investigation into the Muslim Brotherhood, including both its activitiesin Egypt and its conduct in the United Kingdom.The investigation will be carried out by Britain’s domestic and foreign intelligence agencies, while British ambassador to Saudi Arabia is tasked with a report on theBrotherhood’s “philosophy and values and alleged connections with extremism and violence.” Cameron places the investigation in the context of his government’s counter-extremism activities, stating, “We want to challenge the extremist narrative that some Islamist organisations have put out… What I think is important about the MuslimBrotherhood is that we understand what this organisation is, what it stands for, what its beliefs are in terms of the path of extremism and violent extremism, what itsconnections are with other groups, what its presence is here in the United Kingdom. Our policies should be informed by a complete picture of that knowledge. It is animportant piece of work because we will only get our policy right if we fully understand the true nature of the organisation that we are dealing with.”Source: Kareem Fahimand Mayy El Sheikh, “Egyptian Officials Point at Islamist Group After Blast at Police Building,” New York Times, December 24, 2013,http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/25/world/middleeast/egypt-car-bomb.html.

March 24, 2014: An Egyptian court sentences 529 members of the Brotherhood to death.Source: Asma Alsharif, “Egyptian court sentences 529 Brotherhood members to death,” Reuters, March 24, 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/24/us-egypt-brotherhood-courts-idUSBREA2N0BT20140324.

March 9, 2014: The United Arab Emirates announces support for the designation of the Brotherhood as a terrorist organization by SaudiArabia.Source: Adam Schreck, “UAE backs Saudis with Muslim Brotherhood blacklist,” Associated Press, March 9, 2014, http://bigstory.ap.org/article/uae-backs-saudis-muslim-brotherhood-blacklist.

March 7, 2014: Saudi Arabia declares the Brotherhood a terrorist organization, although does not take official measures against its members.Source: David D. Kirkpatrick, “Saudis Put Terrorist Label on Muslim Brotherhood,” New York Times, March 7, 2014,http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/08/world/middleeast/saudis-put-terrorist-label-on-muslim-brotherhood.html.

March 5, 2014: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain withdraw their respective ambassadors from Qatar, claiming Qatar hasinvolved itself in their internal affairs and endangered security in the region through its support for the Muslim Brotherhood.Source: Phillip Walter Wellman, “3 Gulf States Withdraw Ambassadors from Qatar,” Voice of America, March 5, 2014, http://www.voanews.com/content/saudi-arabia-bahrain-uae-withdraw-ambassadors-from-qatar/1864426.html.

December 25, 2013: The Egyptian government designates the Brotherhood a terrorist organization, making it a crime to join or support thegroup.Source: Kareem Fahim, “Egypt, Dealing a Blow to the Muslim Brotherhood, Deems It a Terrorist Group,” New York Times, December 25, 2013,http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/26/world/middleeast/egypt-calls-muslim-brotherhood-a-terrorist-group.html.

December 24, 2013: Following a car bombing of a police building in the city of Mansoura, the Egyptian government blames the attack on theBrotherhood.Source: Kareem Fahim and Mayy El Sheikh, “Egyptian Officials Point at Islamist Group After Blast at Police Building,” New York Times, December 24, 2013,http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/25/world/middleeast/egypt-car-bomb.html.

September 23, 2013: An Egyptian court issues a ruling to dissolve the Brotherhood and seize its assets.

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David D. Kirkpatrick, “Egyptian Court Shuts Down the Muslim Brotherhood and Seizes Its Assets,” New York Times, September 23, 2013,http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/24/world/middleeast/egyptian-court-bans-muslim-brotherhood.html.

Egypt’s military arrests many senior Brotherhood leaders, including the Brotherhood’s Supreme Guide Mohammed Badie.Source: Matthias Gebauer, “Battling the Islamists: Egypt Risks Further Radicalization,” Der Spiegel (Hamburg), August 20, 2013,http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/muslim-brotherhood-leader-mohammed-badie-arrested-in-egypt-a-917597.html.

August 14, 2013: The Egyptian military-backed interim government raids and breaks up camps of Brotherhood supporters, known as the Rabaasit-in.Hundreds of people are killed and thousands are injured. In retaliation, Brotherhood supporters loot and burn churches and police stations. The interim government declares amonth-long state of emergency.Source: David D. Kirkpatrick, “Hundreds Die as Egyptian Forces Attack Islamist Protestors,” New York Times, August 14, 2013,http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/15/world/middleeast/egypt.html?_r=0.

July 3, 2013: The Egyptian military removes Morsi from power, suspends the constitution, and calls new elections for the presidency andShura Council.Brotherhood supporters take to the streets and engage in protests and sit-ins.Source: Abigail Hauslohner, William Booth, and Sharaf al-Hourani, “Egyptian military oustsMorsi, suspends constitution,” Washington Post, July 3, 2013, http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/egypts-morsi-defiant-under-pressure-as-deadline-looms/2013/07/03/28fda81c-e39d-11e2-80eb-3145e2994a55_story.html.

A reformist initiative called the Zamzam movement breaks away from the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood.Zamzam commits to the Brotherhood’s Islamist ideals, but opposes the traditionalists’ focus on regional issues over Jordanian affairs.Sources: Taylor Luck, “In Jordan, theMuslim Brotherhood is the master of its own demise,” National (Abu Dhabi), March 22, 2015, http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/in-jordan-the-muslim-brotherhood-is-the-master-of-its-own-demise;Osama Al Sharif, “Jordan takes sides in Islamist rift,” Al-Monitor, May 12, 2015, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/05/jordan-government-side-muslim-brotherhood-society-split.html.

– : Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians join the Tamarod grassroots movement in its protest against Morsi’s actions and the actions of hisgovernment, including attacks on demonstrators and prosecutions of journalists.By July 2013, the Tamarod movement has collected more than 22 million signatures on a petition demanding that Morsi resign and call for early elections.Sources: StephanieMcCrummen and Abigail Hauslohner, “Egyptians take anti-Morsi protests to presidential palace,” Washington Post, December 4 2012,https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egyptians-take-anti-morsi-protests-to-presidential-palace/2012/12/04/b16a2cfa-3e40-11e2-bca3-aadc9b7e29c5_story.html;Patrick Kingsley, “Protesters across Egypt call for Mohamed Morsi to go,” Guardian (London), June 30, 2013,http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/30/mohamed-morsi-egypt-protests; “Profile: Egypt's Tamarod protest movement,” BBC News, July 1, 2013,http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-23131953.

December 1, 2012: Morsi calls for a referendum on the draft constitution, prompting fears of an Islamist coup.Source: Stephanie McCrummen, “Morsi sets date for referendum on charter as his Islamist supporters rally in Cairo,” Washington Post, December 1, 2012,http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/in-cairo-rival-protests-over-the-path-forward/2012/12/01/73bb2f1e-3bd7-11e2-9258-ac7c78d5c680_story.html.

November 22, 2012: Morsi grants himself unlimited powers, not subject to review or cancellation by the judiciary or other Egyptianauthorities, “in order to preserve and safeguard the revolution, national unity and national security.”Source: “Morsy issues new constitutional declaration,” Egypt Independent (Cairo), November 22, 2012, http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/morsy-issues-new-constitutional-declaration.

Mohammed Morsi, FJP candidate and Brotherhood official, narrowly wins Egypt’s presidential elections and takes office as president of Egypt.Source: David D. Kirkpatrick, “Named Egypt’s Winner, Islamist Makes History,” New York Times, June 24, 2012,http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/25/world/middleeast/mohamed-morsi-of-muslim-brotherhood-declared-as-egypts-president.html?pagewanted=all.

– : FJP candidates win a plurality in Egypt’s parliamentary elections, claiming 235 out of 498 seats in the People’s Assembly.Source: “Egypt’s Islamist parties win elections to parliament,” BBC News, January 21, 2012, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16665748.

October 23, 2011: Elections for the national constituent assembly are held in Tunisia.Ennahdha, the Brotherhood’s Tunisian political party led by Rachid al-Ghannouchi, places first with more than 37 percent of votes.Source: Issandr El Amrani and UrsulaLindsey, “Tunisia Moves to the Next Stage,” Middle East Research and Information Project, November 8, 2011, http://www.merip.org/mero/mero110811.

– : President Hosni Mubarak resigns from his post after waves of popular protests.The Brotherhood forms the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) to contest Egyptian elections and reneges on its previous pledge not to run a candidate for the Egyptianpresidency.Source: “Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood sets up new party,” BBC News, April 30, 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13249434.

Tunisian President Ben Ali leaves the country and settles in Saudi Arabia.The Tunisian transition begins.Source: “Tunisia: President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali forced out,” BBC News, January 15, 2011, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-12195025.

At the head of Syria’s civil war, Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood assumes the most prominent role of any group in the opposition Syrian NationalCouncil.The Brotherhood provides arms and funds to the rebels and acts to affiliate itself with rebel militias called the “Shields of the Revolution,” while denying formal connectionsto the Shields. The Brotherhood also founds a political party called Waad in June 2013 and publicly launches it, after significant delays, in March 2014. By party statute, theBrotherhood constitutes one-third of Waad’s membership (with another third constituted by non-Brotherhood Islamists), but claims that Waad is not controlled by theBrotherhood. As protests against Bashar al-Assad erupt, Syrian Brotherhood members use Istanbul as a hub from which to consolidate political power amongst theopposition.Sources: Liz Sly, “Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood is gaining influence over anti-Assad revolt,” Washington Post, May 12, 2012,http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/syrias-muslim-brotherhood-is-gaining-influence-over-anti-assad-revolt/2012/05/12/gIQAtIoJLU_story.html; Associated Press,“Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood faces uphill battle,” USA Today, August 10, 2013, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/08/10/syrias-muslim-brotherhood-faces-uphill-battle/2638787; Raphael Lefevre, “The Belated Birth of the Waad Party,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, December 16, 2013,http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=53926; Zaidan Zenklo, “Syrian Waad Party denies being Muslim Brotherhood arm,” Al-Monitor, November 25, 2013,

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http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2013/11/new-syria-party-denies-brotherhood-affiliation.html##ixzz33B1eZNXn; Hassan Hassan, “How the Muslim BrotherhoodHijacked Syria’s Revolution,” Foreign Policy, March 13, 2013, http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/03/13/how-the-muslim-brotherhood-hijacked-syrias-revolution/.

Tunisian Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire.His self-immolation represents the start of the so-called Arab Spring that will pave the way for MB parties in Tunisia and Egypt.Source: Salman Sheikh, “MohamedBouazizi: A fruit seller's legacy to the Arab people,” CNN, December 17, 2011, http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/16/world/meast/bouazizi-arab-spring-tunisia/.

April 7, 2008: The day before Egypt’s municipal elections, the Muslim Brotherhood announces it will boycott them.The announcement comes after the group is allowed to compete for 20 seats among the 52,000 total local council seats available.Source: Mohammed Herzallah and AmrHamzawy, “Egypt’s Local Elections Farce Causes and Consequences,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, April 2008,http://carnegieendowment.org/files/egypt's_local_elections_final2.pdf.

November 24, 2008: Five former leaders of the HLF, a Muslim charity based in the United States, are found guilty by a U.S. court forfacilitating the transfer of more than $12 million to Hamas.The U.S. government presents testimony during the trial that, in the FBI’s words, “[I]n the early 1990’s, Hamas’ parent organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, planned toestablish a network of organizations in the U.S. to spread a militant Islamist message and raise money for Hamas. The HLF became the chief fundraising arm for thePalestine Committee in the U.S. created by the Muslim Brotherhood to support Hamas.”Sources: “No Cash for Terror: Convictions Returned in Holy Land Case,” FederalBureau of Investigation, November 25, 2008, http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2008/november/hlf112508;“Federal Judge Hands Down Sentences in Holy Land FoundationCase,” Federal Bureau of Investigation, May 27, 2009, http://www.fbi.gov/dallas/press-releases/2009/dl052709.htm.

The U.S. Treasury Department designates the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), then the largest Muslim charity basedin the U.S., as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist” group.The U.S. Treasury accuses the HLF of providing millions of dollars of logistical support to Hamas. U.S. authorities raid the group’s headquarters, and seize its assets. It isrevealed in a 2008 trial that the HLF was founded by Muslim Brotherhood members.Source: “Statement of Secretary Paul O'Neill on the Blocking of Hamas Financiers'Assets,” U.S. Department of the Treasury, December 4, 2001, http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/po837.aspx.

October 8, 1997: After years of repeated attacks on civilians in Israel, Hamas is designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by theU.S. Department of State under the Immigration and Nationality Act.Source: Department of State, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, “Designation of Foreign Terrorist Organizations,” Federal Register 62, no. 195 (October 8,1997): 52650, http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1997-10-08/pdf/97-27030.pdf.

The Jordanian Brotherhood establishes a political party, the Islamic Action Front (IAF).Source: Neven Bondokji, “The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan: Time to Reform,” The Brookings Institution, April 2015, 3,http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2015/04/22-muslim-brotherhood-in-jordan-bondokji/en-muslim-brotherhood-in-jordan.pdf.

A U.S.-based Brotherhood member, Mohammed Akram, sends an 18-page memorandum to the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood’s leadership council.In the memorandum, Akram writes that the Brotherhood “works to expand the observant Muslim base; aims at unifying and directing Muslims’ efforts; presents Islam as acivilization alternative; and supports the global Islamic State, wherever it is.”Source: Lorenzo Vidino, The New Muslim Brotherhood In The West (New York: ColumbiaUniversity Press, 2010), 171.

The Jordanian Brotherhood wins 22 of 80 parliamentary seats under the banner “Islam is the Solution,” the slogan of the global MuslimBrotherhood.Source: Jonathan Schanzer, “The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan,” Wall Street Journal, February 22, 2011,http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704409004576146221164497158.

Hamas (the Islamic Resistance Movement) is formed in Gaza as a Palestinian offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.Article Two of Hamas’s charter states: “The Islamic Resistance Movement is one of the wings of Moslem Brotherhood in Palestine.” Hamas soon begins engaging interrorism and continues to support the use of violence against Israel in pursuit of its destruction.Sources: Andrew Higgins, “How Israel Helped to Spawn Hamas,” WallStreet Journal, January 24, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB123275572295011847; “The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement,” Avalon Project, YaleLaw School, August 18, 1988, http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp; Zachary Laub, “Hamas,” Council on Foreign Relations, last modified August 1, 2014,http://www.cfr.org/israel/hamas/p8968.

Syrian President Hafez al-Assad launches a brutal crackdown on the Brotherhood that, for its indiscriminate execution, becomes known as theHama massacre.Tens of thousands of armed Brotherhood members and civilians are killed. Membership in the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood becomes a capital offense. The SyrianBrotherhood is suppressed, with its key leadership operating in exile and allying itself with other Syrian opposition forces. Many Syrian Brotherhood members move toEurope.Sources: “Syria Profile,” BBC News, last modified September 16, 2014, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14703995; Robin Wright, Dreams andShadows, (New York: Penguin Press: 2008), 248.; Azmat Khan, “On 30th Anniversary of Hama Massacre, Syrian Troops Lock Down City,” Frontline, February 2, 2012,http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/foreign-affairs-defense/syria-undercover/on-30th-anniversary-of-hama-massacre-syrian-troops-lock-down-city; Mohammad SaiedRassas, “Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood: Past and Present,” Al-Monitor, January 5, 2014, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2014/01/syria-muslim-brotherhood-past-present.html; Michael Jacobson, “What Role for the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria’s Future?,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, March 11, 2005,http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/what-role-for-the-muslim-brotherhood-in-syrias-future.

– : The Egyptian Brotherhood carries out numerous attempts to infiltrate the political mainstream.Strategies include forming alliances with the nationalist liberal Wafd party, the Socialist Liberal Party, and the Socialist Labour Party. Such alliances allow Brotherhoodmembers to run for parliament on those parties’ tickets.Source: “Profile: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,” BBC News, December 25, 2013, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-12313405.

A Muslim Brotherhood defector group, the Combatant Vanguard, takes up arms against Syria’s Hafez Assad regime.In an especially brutal attack, the group kills 83 Alawite student officers at the Syrian military’s artillery school in Aleppo.Source: “The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria,”Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, accessed May 29, 2014, http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=48370.

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– : After the death of Egypt’s Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Brotherhood assumes a greater role in Egyptian society while remainingofficially banned.Source: “Profile: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,” Al Jazeera, February 6, 2011, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/2011/02/201126101349142168.html.

The Egyptian government executes Brotherhood ideologue and spiritual guide Sayyid Qutb.Source: “Profile: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,” Al Jazeera, February 6, 2011, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/2011/02/201126101349142168.html.

The Egyptian government claims to discover the Brotherhood’s organization of a revolutionary plot.Around 18,000 individuals with Brotherhood ties are arrested, 100-200 imprisoned, and several dozen die in custody. Many Brotherhood members seek sanctuary in SaudiArabia.Source: “Profile: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,” Al Jazeera, February 6, 2011, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/2011/02/201126101349142168.html.

– : Brotherhood activists immigrate to the United States and Europe and, in the coming decades, establish numerous institutions, including theMuslim Students Association (MSA), North American Islamic Trust (NAIT), and Islamic Society of North America (ISNA).Sources: John Mintz and Douglas Farah, “In Search of Friends Among the Foes: U.S. Hopes to Work with Diverse Group,” Washington Post, September 11, 2004,http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12823-2004Sep10.html;Lorenzo Vidino, The New Muslim Brotherhood In The West (New York: Columbia UniversityPress, 2010), 168.

A member of the Brotherhood’s secret attempts and fails to assassinate Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser.In retaliation, Nasser bans the Brotherhood, executes several of its leaders, and jails thousands of Brotherhood supporters.Source: “Profile: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,” AlJazeera, February 6, 2011, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/2011/02/201126101349142168.html.

The Egyptian secret service assassinates al-Banna near his office, likely in retaliation for Prime Minister Nuqrashi’s murder the year before.Source: John Mintz and Douglas Farah, “In Search of Friends Among the Foes: U.S. Hopes to Work with Diverse Group,” Washington Post, September 11, 2004,http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12823-2004Sep10.html.

A member of the Nizam al-Khass assassinates Egypt’s prime minister, Mahmoud an-Nuqrashi Pasha, who had recently banned the Brotherhood.Source: “Profile: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,” Al Jazeera, February 6, 2011, http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/2011/02/201126101349142168.html.

Abdul Latif Abu Qura establishes the Muslim Brotherhood branch in Jordan.Sources: Neven Bondokji, “The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan: Time to Reform,” The Brookings Institution, April 2015, 1,http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2015/04/22-muslim-brotherhood-in-jordan-bondokji/en-muslim-brotherhood-in-jordan.pdf; Mohammad al-Fodeilat,“How Jordan’s Islamists Came to Dominate Society: an Evolution,” Al-Monitor, September 10, 2012, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/culture/2012/09/jordan-muslim-brotherhood-islamists-salafists-sufis.html#.

Al-Banna establishes the Brotherhood’s military wing, the Nizam al-Khass, or “Secret Apparatus.”Source: Omar Ashour, “Myths and realities: The Muslim Brothers and armed activism,” Al Jazeera, August 12, 2014,http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/08/myths-realities-muslim-brothers–20148129319751298.html.

Founded by school teacher Hassan al-Banna in Ismailia, Egypt.The group is opposed to British colonial presence in Egypt and, later, to the Jewish presence in Palestine. Its main goal is to re-establish the Islamic caliphate.Sources: JohnMintz and Douglas Farah, “In Search of Friends Among the Foes: U.S. Hopes to Work with Diverse Group,” Washington Post, September 11, 2004,http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12823-2004Sep10.html; Agence France-Presse, “Timeline: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,” Al Arabiya, December 25,2013, http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/profiles/2013/12/26/Timeline-Egypt-s-Muslim-Brotherhood.html; Brian R. Farmer, Understanding Radical Islam: MedievalIdeology in the Twenty-First Century, (Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, 2007), 83; “Profile: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood,” Al Jazeera, February 6, 2011,http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/2011/02/201126101349142168.html.

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Violent history:The Brotherhood and Brotherhood affiliates have engaged in violence against the ruling governments in Egypt, Syria, Israel, and the Palestinianterritories. Since its inception, the Brotherhood’s ideology has authorized violent resistance against unjust and secular rulers.100 The modernBrotherhood maintains it is a non-violent organization.101 Nonetheless, the Brotherhood has been linked to a spate of violent attacks sinceEgypt’s 2011 revolutions. Between 2013 and 2019, for example, the Brotherhood allegedly created 13 affiliated groups that carried out terroristattacks in Egypt.102

August 4, 2019: A rebel drives an explosives-filled car into central Cairo, damaging a cancer hospital. At least 20 people are killed. Hasm, amilitant group with links to the Muslim Brotherhood, is suspected of carrying out the attack.103

May 19, 2019: Suspected Hasm militants plant a bomb that targets a tourist bus near the Giza Pyramids in Egypt. The explosion wounds 17people.104

March 25, 2018: A bomb planted under a car detonates in Alexandria, Egypt right as the police Major General Mostafa al-Nemr drives past.Two policemen are killed and five others are wounded while Nemr sustains no injuries. It is suspected that the Muslim Brotherhood is behindthe explosion given that the attack occurs two days before a contested presidential election.105

October 1, 2017: A small explosion occurs at Myanmar’s embassy in Cairo. The attack is in retaliation for Myanmar’s military crackdown onRohingya Muslims. There are no reports of casualties or injuries. Hasm, the alleged militant wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, is accused ofcarrying out the attack.106

December 9, 2016: Hasm militants detonate a bomb on a main road in Cairo. The attack, considered the deadliest assault on Egyptian securityforces in recent months, kills six policemen and injures three others.107

January 7, 2016: Egyptian Brotherhood members and security forces exchange fire outside of a Cairo hotel.108

June 29, 2015: Brotherhood members backed by Hamas are behind the murder of Egyptian Public Prosecutor Hisham Barakat, according toEgyptian authorities.109

August 2, 2014: At least 11 Egyptian soldiers are killed in an attack by Sinai Islamists affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.110

June 30, 2014: Brotherhood members set off a bomb near the Presidential office in Cairo, killing two policemen.111

June 25, 2014: Five small bombs in Cairo are set off within two hours, injuring six. The Interior Ministry blames the Muslim Brotherhood.112

May 20, 2014: Three police officers controlling a protest against the military-backed government are killed in a drive-by shooting by MuslimBrotherhood members.113

March 19, 2014: Brotherhood members shoot an Egyptian brigadier general and colonel in a continuing retaliation against security forcesfollowing the removal of Morsi from office.114

December 24, 2013: The Egyptian government blames the Brotherhood for a car bombing outside a police building in the city of Mansoura.115

December 23, 2013: The Egyptian government blames the Brotherhood for an explosion that leaves 15 dead and hundreds wounded outside ofa police station in the Nile Delta.116

August 2013: The Brotherhood loots and burns Egyptian churches and police stations in response to the death of hundreds and imprisonment ofthousands of members.117

July 2013: Clashes erupt between Muslim Brotherhood protesters and Egyptian security officials following President Mohammed Morsi’souster.118

November 1981: The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria carries out three car-bomb attacks against military and government forces and infrastructurein Damascus, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of people.119

June 1980: During the Islamic uprising in Syria, Muslim Brotherhood members attempt to assassinate Hafez al-Assad using grenades andmachine guns. They fail, and a government crackdown on the group results in many Brotherhood deaths.120

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June 1979: The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria launches an attack during the Islamic uprising, killing 83 cadets at Aleppo Artillery School.121

1954-1966: The period of mien (ordeal) in which Nasser’s repression of the Brotherhood deeply radicalizes the group, prompting furtherviolence, attempted assassinations, and terrorist plots.122

October 1954: Brotherhood members attempt and fail to assassinate President Gamal Abdel Nasser. The group continues to grow undergrounddespite a heavy crackdown on the group.123

December 1948: Brotherhood members assassinate Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmud al-Nuqrashi.124

1930s-1940s: Brotherhood violence is aimed towards Jewish Egyptians in reaction to Jewish presence in Palestine, as well as aggressive rioting,bombings, and assassinations towards British forces in Egypt.125 Brotherhood members fight jihad in Palestine. Hasan al-Banna introduceshis philosophy called “The Art of Death,” reminding Brotherhood members of the Prophetic saying that “He who dies and has not fought andwas not resolved to fight, has died a jahiliyya [non-Muslim, or ignorant] death.”126

100 Sujata Ashwarya Cheema, “Sayyid Qutb's Concept of Jahiliyya as Metaphor for Modern Society,” Islam and Muslim Societies 2, no. 2 (2006),http://www.academia.edu/3222569/Sayyid_Qutbs_Concept_of_Jahiliyya_as_Metaphor_for_Modern_Society.101 Mahmoud Hussein, “Disorienting and Attrition: MB Secretary General Mahmoud Hussein,” Watan TV, January 16, 2017,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAruv43OrPU.102 “Muslim Brotherhood suffers internal rifts, dismiss Secretary General Mahmoud Hussein,” Egypt Today, September 16, 2020,https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/91998/Muslim-Brotherhood-suffers-internal-rifts-dismiss-Secretary-General-Mahmoud-Hussein.103 Samy Magdy, “Cab bomb collides with vehicles in Egypt capital, killing 20,” Associated Press, August 5, 2019,https://www.apnews.com/2e69f9d17d0d43e5a31be12a030e7da2.104 “Explosion hits tourist bus near Egypt’s Gaza Pyramids,” Al Jazeera, May 19, 2019, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/explosion-hits-tourist-bus-egypt-giza-pyramids-190519125849368.html.105 “Bomb kills two in Alexandria ahead of Egypt presidential vote,” Middle East Monitor, March 25, 2018, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180325-bomb-kills-two-in-alexandria-ahead-of-egypt-presidential-vote/.; Jared Malsin and Amira El Fekki, “Alexandria Security Chief Targeted in Egypt Bomb Attack,” Wall Street Journal, March25, 2018, https://www.wsj.com/articles/alexandria-security-chief-targeted-in-egypt-bomb-attack-1521893526.106 “Egypt's Hasm militants claim attack targeting Myanmar embassy,” Reuters, October 1, 2017, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-security/egypts-hasm-militants-claim-attack-targeting-myanmar-embassy-idUSKCN1C705D.107 Sudarsan Raghavan and Heba Mahfouz, “Explosion kills 6 Egyptian police officers, wounds others in Cairo,” Washington Post, December 9, 2016,https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/explosion-kills-6-egyptian-policemen-injures-others-in-cairo/2016/12/09/1faa86ab-963b-4818-bc3f-30f056da0099_story.html.108 Declan Walsh, “Muslim Brotherhood Supporters Clash With Security Forces Outside Cairo Hotel,” New York Times, January 7, 2016,http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/world/middleeast/egypt-hotel-muslim-brotherhood.html.109 Reuters, “Egypt arrests militants, links them to Muslim Brotherhood,” Yahoo News, November 4, 2016, https://www.yahoo.com/news/egypt-arrests-militants-links-them-muslim-brotherhood-082447987.html?ref=gs;Nour Youssef, “Egypt Says Muslim Brotherhood, Backed by Hamas, Killed Top Prosecutor,” New York Times, March 6, 2016,http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/07/world/middleeast/egypt-says-muslim-brotherhood-backed-by-hamas-killed-top-prosecutor.html.110 “Egyptian Security Forces Killed in Sinai Attacks,” Al Jazeera, September 2, 2014, http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/09/egypt-security-forces-killed-sinai-attacks-20149210354214745.html.111 Kareem Fahim, “Blast Kills 2 Police Officers Near Presidential Palace in Cairo,” New York Times, June 30, 2014,http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/01/world/middleeast/blast-kills-2-police-officers-near-presidential-palace-in-cairo.html.112 Dina el-Husseiny, “Small Blasts Across Cairo Disrupt Calm Since Election,” New York Times, June 25, 2014,http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/world/middleeast/cairo-explosions-end-postelection-peace.html.113 David D. Kirkpatrick, “Killings Revive Fears in Egypt Before Election,” New York Times, May 20, 2014,http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/21/world/middleeast/egypt.html.114 David D. Kirkpatrick, “Two Officers Killed by Militants, Egypt Says,” New York Times, March 19, 2014,http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/20/world/middleeast/military-officers-killed-by-militants-egypt.html.115 Kareem Fahim and Mayy El Sheikh, “Egyptian Officials Point at Islamist Group After Blast at Police Building,” New York Times, December 24, 2013,http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/25/world/middleeast/egypt-car-bomb.html.116 Associated Press, “Egypt Car Bombing Targets Police,” New York Times, December 23, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/world/middleeast/egypt-explosion.html.117 David D. Kirkpatrick, “Hundreds Die as Egyptian Forces Attack Islamist Protestors,” New York Times, August 14, 2013,http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/15/world/middleeast/egypt.html?_r=0.118 Abigail Hauslohner, William Booth, and Sharaf al-Hourani, “Egyptian military ousts Morsi, suspends constitution,” Washington Post, July 3, 2013, accessed May 30,2014, http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/egypts-morsi-defiant-under-pressure-as-deadline-looms/2013/07/03/28fda81c-e39d-11e2-80eb-3145e2994a55_story.html.119 Patrick Seale and Maureen McConville, Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East (Oakland: University of California Press: 1990), 328-329. 120 Patrick Seale and Maureen McConville, Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East (Oakland: University of California Press: 1990), 328-329. 121 Yvette Talhamy, “The Syrian Muslim Brothers and the Syrian-Iranian Relationship,” Middle East Journal 63, no. 4 (2009): 561-580,http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/the_middle_east_journal/summary/v063/63.4.talhamy.html.

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122 Samuel Tardos, “Victory or Death: The Muslim Brotherhood in the Trenches,” Hudson Institute, August 2, 2013, http://www.hudson.org/research/9687-victory-or-death-the-muslim-brotherhood-in-the-trenches.123 “Profile: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,” BBC News, December 25, 2013, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-12313405.124 “Profile: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,” BBC News, December 25, 2013, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-12313405.125 Richard Paul Mitchell, The Society of the Muslim Brothers (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993); “Profile: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,” BBC News, lastmodified December 25, 2013, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-12313405.126 “The Muslim Brotherhood: Understanding its Roots and Impact,” Foundation for Defense of Democracies, accessed September 10, 2015,http://www.defenddemocracy.org/the-muslim-brotherhood-understanding-its-roots-and-impact/.

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Designations:Designations by the U.S. Government:

The U.S Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designates Harakat Sawa’id Misr (HASM) and Liwa al-Thawra,two Islamist groups active in Egypt with suspected ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, as specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) underExecutive Order 13224 on January 31, 2018.127

Designations by Foreign Governments and International Organizations:

Bahrain designated the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization on March 21, 2014.128

Egypt designated the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization on December 25, 2013.129

On January 18, 2017, an Egyptian court adds former football star Mohamed Aboutrika to the country’s terror list under the suspicion that hefinanced the Muslim Brotherhood.130

On June 27, 2018, Egypt adds the names of 187 persons to its terror list over their alleged membership to the Hasm movement, a group that issuspected to be affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.131

Russia banned the Muslim Brotherhood from operating inside Russia in 2003.132 Russia designated the Muslim Brotherhood a terroristorganization on July 28, 2006.133

Saudi Arabia designated the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization on March 7, 2014.134 On November 10, 2020, the Saudi Councilof Senior Scholars accused the Brotherhood of fomenting terrorism.135

Syria designated the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization in 1980.136

The United Arab Emirates designated the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization on November 15, 2014.137 On the same day, theUnited Arab Emirates designated several Brotherhood-affiliated groups in the West, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations(CAIR), the International Islamic Relief Organization, the Muslim American Society (MAS), and the Union of Islamic Organizations of France.138 On November 23, 2020, the UAE Fatwa Council declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization.139

127 “OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL – Specially Designated Nationals List Update.” U.S. Department of the Treasury, January 31, 2018,https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20180131.aspx.128 “Bahrain backs Saudi Arabia, UAE, Foreign Minister says,” Bahrain News Agency, March 21, 2014, http://www.bna.bh/portal/en/news/609752; Habib Toumi,“Bahrain Confirms Full Support to Saudi Arabia, UAE,” Gulf News (Dubai), March 22, 2014, http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/bahrain/bahrain-confirms-full-support-to-saudi-arabia-uae-1.1307223.129 Kareem Fahim, “Egypt, Dealing a Blow to the Muslim Brotherhood, Deems It a Terrorist Group,” New York Times, December 25, 2013,http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/26/world/middleeast/egypt-calls-muslim-brotherhood-a-terrorist-group.html.130 “Egypt puts ex-footballer suspected of funding Muslim Brotherhood on terror list,” France 24, January 18, 2017, https://www.france24.com/en/20170118-egypt-football-star-mohamed-aboutrika-terror-list-muslim-brotherhood.131 “Egypt adds 187 names to terror lists,” Middle East Monitor, June 27, 2018, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180627-egypt-adds-187-names-to-terror-lists/.132 Gabriela Baczynska, “Russia may ease Muslim Brotherhood ban to boost Egypt ties,” Reuters, December 28, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/18/us-egypt-politics-russia-idUSBRE8BH0VD20121218.133 “Russia names ‘terrorist’ groups,” BBC News, July 28, 2006, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5223458.stm.134 Rania el Gamal, “Saudi Arabia designates Muslim Brotherhood terrorist group,” Reuters, March 7, 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/07/us-saudi-security-idUSBREA260SM20140307.

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135 “UAE’s Fatwa Council denounces Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization,” Middle East Eye, November 25, 2020, https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-muslim-brotherhood-fatwa-council-terrorist-organisation.136 “The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=48370.137 Adam Schreck, “Emirates brands Muslim Brotherhood terrorists,” Associated Press, November 15, 2014,http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d2e355128c2f46158798f7230050bafb/emirates-brands-muslim-brotherhood-terrorists.138 “UAE blacklists 82 groups as ‘terrorist’,” Al Arabiya, November 15, 2014,http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/11/15/UAE-formally-blacklists-82-groups-as-terrorist-.html.139 “UAE’s Fatwa Council denounces Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization,” Middle East Eye, November 25, 2020, https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-muslim-brotherhood-fatwa-council-terrorist-organisation.

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Associations:Ties to Extremist Entities:

As one of the oldest and broadest-reaching Islamist organizations in modern times, the Muslim Brotherhood has spawned Sunni Islamist entitieswhich are now largely recognized as terrorist organizations.

Al-Qaeda

Muslim Brotherhood philosophy is believed to have spurred the creation of al-Qaeda. Sayyid Qutb’s ideology, expressed in his work Milestones,inspired Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and others to found al-Qaeda.140 The current emir of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, joined theoutlawed Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt as a teenager.141

Hamas

Hamas, the political Islamist organization in the Palestinian territories, is a nationalist offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.142 Founded in1988, article two of Hamas’s charter defines itself as “one of the wings of the Muslim Brothers in Palestine.” It continues, “The MuslimBrotherhood Movement is a world organization, the largest Islamic Movement in the modern era.”143 However, political realities on theground have often dictated the strength of Hamas’s desired relationship to the Brotherhood. In March 2014, Hamas was banned by the Egyptiangovernment as part of a larger crackdown on the Brotherhood.144 In response, Hamas weakened ties with the Brotherhood in the interest ofstrengthening its relationship with Egyptian authorities responsible for the Rafah border into Gaza, a lifeline upon which Gazans rely heavily.145

In March 2016, Egypt’s Interior Ministry accused Hamas of conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood and coordinating the June 2015assassination of Hisham Barakat, Egypt’s chief prosecutor, in a Cairo car bombing. Later that month, Hamas removed all pictures of formerEgyptian President Mohamed Morsi and any other signs of Muslim Brotherhood links from its Gaza offices. The move reportedly came after ameeting between Hamas leaders and Egypt officials who demanded Hamas renounce its links with the Brotherhood before Egypt would restorerelations with Hamas.146 Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri later denied any links between his group and the Muslim Brotherhood.147

In May 2017, Hamas released a new guiding political document, which made no mention of the Muslim Brotherhood.148

In July 2019, Khairat el-Shater, the Brotherhood’s supreme guide, denied charges of spying for Hamas following the 2013 coup that oustedthen-president Mohamed Morsi. According to court documents, el-Shater said he was asked by the intelligence services during Morsi’s one-yeartenure to meet Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh over border crossings talks.149 On September 11, 2019, imprisoned Brotherhood SupremeGuide Mohammed Badie and 10 other Brotherhood members were sentenced to life in prison on charges of spying in conjunction with Hamas.150

Holy Land Foundation

In December 2001, the U.S. Treasury Department designated the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, then the largest Muslimcharity based in the U.S., as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist” group. U.S. authorities raided the group’s headquarters and seized itsassets.151

In November 2008, five former leaders of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), a Muslim charity based in the U.S.,were found guilty by a U.S. court for facilitating the transfer of more than $12 million to Hamas.152

The U.S. government presented testimony during the trial. According to the FBI, “[I]n the early 1990’s, Hamas’ parent organization, the MuslimBrotherhood, planned to establish a network of organizations in the U.S. to spread a militant Islamist message and raise money for Hamas. TheHLF became the chief fundraising arm for the Palestine Committee in the U.S. created by the Muslim Brotherhood to support Hamas.”153

Among the seized evidence presented by the U.S. government was an internal Brotherhood “Explanatory Memorandum On the GeneralStrategic Goal for the Group in North America,” addressed to the members of the Brotherhood’s Shura Council, and dated May 22, 1991.154 The document articulated the Brotherhood’s goals for North America as, among others, “present[ing] Islam as a civilization alternative,and support[ing] the global Islamic State wherever it is.”155 The document also emphasized that to achieve these and other multi-stagegoals, “the Movement must… carry out this grand mission as a ‘Civilization Jihadist’ responsibility which lies on the shoulders of Muslimsand—on top of them—the Muslim Brotherhood in this country.”156 This meant that the Brotherhood’s “work in America is a kind of grand

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Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and ‘sabotaging’ its miserable house by their hands and the hands of thebelievers so that it is eliminated and God’s religion is made victorious over all other religions.”157

The document emphasized the importance of establishing an “Islamic Center” in each city as a base for the Brotherhood’s multifaceted work, aswell as many other institutions that would serve as the foundation of the group’s jihad efforts in North America. The document also included alist of Brotherhood organizations and “the organizations of our friends,” which included prominent Muslim organizations in America, includingthe Islamic Society of North America, Muslim Students Association, North American Islamic Trust, and Islamic Circle of North America.158

Hasm Movement

Hasm (“Decisiveness”) is an Egyptian militant group that emerged in 2014. Police suspect it is a violent wing of the Muslim Brotherhood,though the Brotherhood denies any ties to militant groups. Hasm has claimed it wants to end the “military occupation of Egypt by militias of(President) Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi.”159 Hasm has accused the Egyptian government of imprisoning thousands of innocent people which hasincentivized the group to target security forces as well as carry out assassination attempts on public figures.160

Hasm claimed responsibility for a December 9, 2016, bombing that killed six police officers outside of Cairo. The group also claimedresponsibility for an assassination attempt on a senior Egyptian prosecutor that September. As of December 2016, Hasm had claimedresponsibility for at least half a dozen attacks since the group’s emergence that July.161

On September 30, 2017, Hasm claimed responsibility for a small explosion at Myanmar’s embassy in Cairo. It was the group’s first reportedattack on a civilian target. There were no casualties. The group claimed the attack was in response to Myanmar’s military crackdown onRohingya Muslims.162 In 2019, Hasm was responsible for two major explosions—one in May that killed 17 people near the Giza Pyramids,and one in August that damaged a cancer hospital and killed over 20 people.163

In January 2019, Egyptian authorities also arrested several Hasm members accused of planning to disrupt the January 25 anniversary of therevolution against Hosni Mubarak. According to the Interior Ministry, a Brotherhood member in Turkey had directed the local Hasm members.164 In January 2020, Egyptian authorities again accused Hasm of seeking to disrupt the anniversary of Mubarak’s overthrow by promotingfake news and spreading discord among Egyptians. The government arrested six Hasm members accused of plotting to “target important figuresand buildings as well as places of worship” and organize protests on the anniversary later that month.165 Egypt again accused Brotherhoodmembers in Turkey of orchestrating the plots and inciting the Egyptian public against the government.166

Ties to Other Entities:

Qatar

Qatar has long supported the Brotherhood through financial, public diplomacy and media-based pathways, with Qatar’s backing largely basedon the entities’ similar interpretations of political Islam. The Qatar-owned satellite network Al Jazeera is often perceived as biased towards theBrotherhood.167

Qatar loaned Morsi’s government approximately $7.5 billion during the Brotherhood’s year in power.168 Qatar also reportedly aidedMorsi’s regime with grants and “energy supplies,” according to Reuters.169 During Morsi’s presidency, funds as high as $850,000 werereportedly secretly transferred to the Brotherhood from Qatar’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani.170

Qatar refused to join suit as its Gulf neighbors labeled the Brotherhood a terrorist organization in 2013 and 2014. However, in mid-September2014, top Muslim Brotherhood members claimed that they had been “asked to leave Qatar” as the small Arab country came under pressure fromits neighbors to cut off support for the Brotherhood.171

Turkey

Turkey has long been a hub for the Brotherhood’s international organization. Especially following President Morsi’s ouster, regrouping andlogistical efforts to strengthen the international Brotherhood community were reportedly hosted by Istanbul.172 Turkey has also reportedlyprovided the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood with weaponry and intelligence.173 Members of Turkey’s leading Justice and DevelopmentParty (AKP)—including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an—have provided various forms of support to the Brotherhood, including

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granting asylum to wanted Brotherhood members.174 According to Mohammed Abdel Kader of the Saudi-based Al Arabiya Institute forStudies, Turkey’s support has highlighted “Erdogan’s ties with the Muslim Brotherhood…. and their mutual interest in restoring ‘the era ofIslamic rule,’ seen by the Brotherhood as the basis for protecting ‘the Islamic nation.’”175 However, when Egyptian President el-Sisi tookoffice, relations between Turkey and the Brotherhood weakened due to Turkey’s fear of alienation and reprisal from Egypt and the Gulf states.176

In May 2010, the Turkish humanitarian NGO the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) crewed a Turkish flotilla through international waters,edging the ships toward Gaza in an attempt to break the Israeli blockade and supply what it claims was humanitarian aid. The Israeli navy raidedone of the ships, the Mavi Marmara, resulting in the death of nine IHH members onboard. A detailed report on the incident, published by theJerusalem Center for Public Affairs, asserts that the IHH networked with and received financial support from the Turkish Muslim Brotherhood.According to the report, IHH and the Turkish Brotherhood were provided passengers for the flotilla from the global Muslim Brotherhoodorganization.177

Turkey allows a handful of pro-Brotherhood media stations to operate within the country. Stations such as Rabia TV, al-Sharq, and al-Watan(formerly Misr Alaan)—run by exiled Egyptian Brotherhood members such as former Secretary-General Mahmoud Hussein and Brotherhoodpolitician Basim al-Khafagy—often broadcast pro-Islamist messaging including glorified accounts of Brotherhood clashes with the Egyptiangovernment and threats directed at Western-owned companies in Egypt to leave the country.178 In February 2015, these channelsbroadcasted threats against Egypt.179 This followed a January 29, 2015, broadcast on Rabia TV warning foreign nationals to leave Egypt orface violence.180 In March 2021, the Turkish government requested the Brotherhood channels decrease their criticism of Egypt as Turkeysought to repair its relationship with the country. The Brotherhood did not comment on the request.181 Turkey restored diplomatic contactswith Egypt that month, eight years after suspending them following the fall of Egypt’s Brotherhood government. Nonetheless, Turkish officialssaid their country remained opposed to Egypt labeling the Brotherhood a terrorist organization.182

In a July 2022 interview with Reuters, then-Brotherhood Secretary-General Ibrahim Mounir noted Turkey had been repairing its relations withEgypt but had not yet pressured the Brotherhood vis-à-vis its relationship with the country. Mounir acknowledged Turkey’s right to take anyaction to secure the peace and security of its people, but thus far the Brotherhood did not “see or feel it.”183 In October 2022, Turkishofficials denied media reports the Turkish authorities had arrested 34 Muslim Brotherhood members who called for protests in Egypt during theU.N. Climate Change Conference.184

International Union of Muslim Scholars

The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) is a Qatar-based Islamist organization whose leaders are linked the Muslim Brotherhood.According to its website, IUMS is “concerned with the call (Da’wah) to Islam by tongue, pen, and every contemporary legitimate medium; be itrecorded, audio, or visual.”185 IUMS claims to represent “all Muslims in the entire Islamic world, as well as the Muslim and Islamic groupsoutside of the Islamic world.”186 Its membership comprises around 95,000 scholars and 67 scholarly organizations from around the Muslimworld, according to the group.187

IUMS was previously headed by Yusuf al-Qaradawi,188 the informal theologian of the Muslim Brotherhood.189 Qaradawi and othermembers of the Brotherhood founded the IUMS in Dublin, Ireland, in 2004.190 Qaradawi announced the IUMS’s creation during a July2004 meeting in London of the Ireland-based European Council for Fatwa and Research.191 As of 2009, the IUMS website continued to listDublin as the group’s headquarters, while Irish incorporation records listed IUMS as operating at the same address as the Islamic CulturalCentre of Ireland, a Qatari-funded Islamic center in Ireland also linked to the Muslim Brotherhood.192 The current iteration of the IUMSwebsite, however, declares the organization and its leadership are based in Qatar.193

European Council for Fatwa and Research

The European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR) is a Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated organization headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.194 The Council was established in 1997 to address the difficulties that Muslims had with integration in Europe, chiefly reconciling Islamiclaw and tradition with European society. The ECFR issues fatwas in order to guide European Muslims on how to follow sharia outside of theMuslim world, according to the Anti-Defamation League.195

The ECFR is reportedly dominated by non-Europeans who have do not have the same cultural background or understanding of societal norms asthe European Muslims they are counseling. A council member once espoused rhetoric from the notorious anti-Semitic book The Protocols of theElders of Zion, describing a Jewish plot to weaken Muslim moral values through sexual permissiveness.196 A 2006 diplomatic cable from

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the U.S. Embassy in Ireland claimed the ECFR was “little more than a paper tiger” that seeks a great role on Islam in Europe but has noenforcement mechanism for its fatwas and does not follow through with implementation of its decrees.197 In the same diplomatic cable, theUnited States expressed concern that the ECFR was attempting to supplant tenets of Western society that were incompatible with Islam.198

The ECFR is housed at the Islamic Cultural Center of Ireland (ICCI), best known as “the Clonskeagh Mosque,” or the largest mosque in Ireland.199 The mosque has denied claims that it is dominated by groups like the Muslim Brotherhood.200

Muslim Association of Britain

The Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) is an independent, non-profit British organization labeled a terrorist group by the United ArabEmirates. The group has condemned terrorism and proclaimed jihad refers to an “internal struggle to avoid negative actions and cultivate goodcharacter.”201 The organization has, however, been tied to extremist personalities and groups, such as Anwar al-Awlaki and the MuslimBrotherhood. In December 2015, the U.K. government released a commissioned report detailing Muslim Brotherhood activity in the UnitedKingdom, including details on the MAB and its ties to the international Islamist organization.202 According to the report, the Brotherhood“dominated” the MAB for years.203 The MAB denies any connections to the Muslim Brotherhood and insists it is an independentorganization. However, the MAB acknowledges that it “shares some of the main principles that the Muslim Brotherhood stands for,” such as“upholding democracy, freedom of the individual, social justice and the creation of a civil society.”204

Muslim American Society

Founded by members of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1993, the Muslim American Society (MAS) was designed to be a public face of theBrotherhood in the United States. According to interviews of Brotherhood members by the Chicago Tribune, MAS was begun in Illinois toallow Brotherhood members to operate openly in the country. Brotherhood members told the Tribune they initially gathered at a Holiday Innnear the Alabama-Tennessee border to debate the merits of operating publicly versus covertly. They agreed they would not call themselves theBrotherhood to allow the new organization to publicly distance itself while promoting the Brotherhood’s ideology. The move was reportedlyadvocated by Mohammed Mahdi Akef, a Brotherhood leader in Egypt who went on to lead the organization internationally.205

MAS’s website describes the Brotherhood as an “influential part of post-colonial Muslim history,” adding that while the works of Brotherhoodthinkers may not be applicable to Muslims in America, they are still worth critical evaluation.206 According to former MAS Secretary-General Shaker Elsayed, MAS no longer has any connection to the Brotherhood but still believes in the writings of Brotherhood founder Hassanal-Banna.207 In 2014, the United Arab Emirates designated MAS a terrorist organization.208

Muslim Students Association

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood established the Muslim Students Association of the U.S. and Canada (MSA or MSA National) in 1963 atthe University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.209 The Saudi charity the Muslim World League (MWL) sponsored the first MSA chapters.210 MSAs spread across American campuses in the 1960s and 1970s. MSAs promoted values associated with the conservative strain ofIslam practiced in Saudi Arabia. For example, the organization accepted only male members who did not use alcohol. Women were initiallybarred from MSAs, while men and women were discouraged from intermingling.211

As MSA grew, it publicly abandoned its affiliation with the Brotherhood. Since 1991, MSA National has shifted its agenda to focus primarily ondomestic rather than international issues. According to Edward Curtis IV, author of Muslims in America: A Short History, coordination betweenthe Brotherhood and MSA National is “a fantasy of Islamophobes.”212 MSA National makes no mention of the Brotherhood’s involvementin its founding.213 But while MSA National has expunged the Brotherhood from its narrative, MSAs around the country continue to createprograming that is sympathetic to Brotherhood ideology. Between 2006 and 2007, the New York Police Department (NYPD) monitored variousMSAs in the Eastern United States following the arrest or conviction of 12 former MSA members on terrorism charges.214 Also, in 2010,the University of California, Irvine temporarily suspended its MSA chapter after members disrupted a speech by an Israeli ambassador.215

Muslim World League and World Assembly of Muslim Youth

The Muslim World League (MWL) is a global organization founded in Saudi Arabia in 1962 to provide religious and other services to Muslimsthroughout the world. The World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) was founded in Saudi Arabia in 1972 as MWL’s youth wing.216

MWL’s stated goal is to “present the true Islam” and promote its tenets while dispelling misconceptions.217 MWL adheres to theconservative form of Islam practiced in Saudi Arabia.218 WAMY is a U.N.-affiliated NGO whose mission is to “to build bridges of peaceand unity in our multicultural society.”219 It is reportedly the world’s largest Muslim youth organization and seeks to “arm the Muslimyouth with full confidence in the supremacy of the Islamic system over other systems.”220 WAMY’s U.S. branch incorporated in 1992.

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221 While neither MWL or WAMY follow Muslim Brotherhood ideology, both groups have at times partnered with the Brotherhood andBrotherhood-affiliated organizations.222 Further, senior Brotherhood member Dr. Kemal el-Helbawy has held senior positions in bothMWL and WAMY, which he helped create.223

Council on American Islamic Relations

Founded in 1994, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a Muslim civil rights organization with chapters across the UnitedStates.224 CAIR was founded by members of the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP), which in turn was founded in 1981 by members ofthe Brotherhood. The U.S. government has accused IAP of being part of a U.S. support network for Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.225

The IAP began distributing Hamas propaganda immediately after the terror group’s founding in 1987.226

In 2001, the U.S. government labeled the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation (HLF) a Specially Designated for fundraising on behalf of Hamas.227 During the trial of HLF leaders in the early 2000s, evidence emerged linking CAIR to Hamas and the Brotherhood’s PalestineCommittee, resulting in CAIR being named an unindicted coconspirator.228 HLF leaders were eventually found guilty of funneling morethan $12 million to Hamas. In 2008, the FBI restricted the non-investigative interactions of its field offices with CAIR.229 CAIR denies anyaffiliation with the Brotherhood and maintains that its status as an unindicted coconspirator does not carry any negative or nefariousconnotations.230 In 2014, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) designated CAIR a terrorist organization.231

Ties to Extremist Individuals:

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a longtime supporter of the international Muslim Brotherhood and a close ally of former EgyptianPresident Mohammed Morsi.232

Erdogan was a vocal opponent of Morsi’s removal from office and the Egyptian military regime that took his place, and has vouched for Morsi’sdemocratic intentions.233 In response to the military crackdown on Morsi supporters in Rabaa al-Adawiya Square in August 2013, Erdoganblamed the international community for Morsi’s removal, saying, “It is clear that the international community, by supporting the military coupand remaining silent over previous massacres instead of protecting democracy and constitutional legitimacy in Egypt, has encouraged thecurrent administration to carry out [the crackdown on Rabaa al-Adawiya Square].”234 In public speeches, Erdogan has flashed the four-fingered “Rabia” hand salute, a Brotherhood symbol signifying resistance against the Egyptian security forces.235

In September 2014, amid the reported expulsion of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leaders from Qatar, Erdogan appeared ready to grantBrotherhood leaders asylum. He told reporters, “If they file a request to move to Turkey we will assess their situation and they can move toTurkey if there is no reason to prevent their entry.”236 Erdogan’s government has close ideological ties to the Brotherhood. It hasmaintained warm relations with the Islamist group in hopes of sustaining and strengthening its influence in the region237 238

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Former Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani has reportedly secretly transferred funds as high as $850,000 toMuslim Brotherhood leaders during Mohammed Morsi’s presidency.239 A document dated March 28, 2013 detailed the allocation of fundsfrom Hamad bin Jassim to a “long list” of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leaders.240

140 “Profile: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,” BBC News, December 25, 2013, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-12313405.141 “Profile: Ayman al-Zawahiri,” BBC News, August 13, 2015, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-13789286.142 Andrew Higgins, “How Israel Helped to Spawn Hamas,” Wall Street Journal, January 24, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB123275572295011847.143 Andrew C. McCarthy, “Hamas is the Muslim Brotherhood,” National Review Online, January 29, 2011, http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/258381/hamas-muslim-brotherhood-andrew-c-mccarthy.144 Hazem Balousha and Patrick Kingsley, “Egyptian court bans Hamas amid crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood,” Guardian (London), March 4, 2014,http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/04/egyptian-court-bans-hamas-activities.145 Adnan Abu Amer, “Hamas tones down Brotherhood links to improve Egypt ties,” Al-Monitor, May 13, 2014, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/05/gaza-egypt-hamas-brotherhood-elections.html#/.146 “Hamas removes picture of Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood in Gaza,” Middle East Monitor, March 22, 2016, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/24610-hamas-removes-picture-of-morsi-muslim-brotherhood-in-gaza.147 Jack Khoury, “Hamas Denies Links With Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Elsewhere,” Haaretz (Tel Aviv), March 23, 2016, http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/.premium-1.710423.

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238 Simsek, “Support for Muslim Brotherhood isolates Turkey,” Deutsche Welles, August 21, 2013, http://www.dw.de/support-for-muslim-brotherhood-isolates-turkey/a-17037906.239 Paul Alster, “Secret Document Appears to Show Qatar Payoffs to Key Morsi Cronies,” Fox News, June 9 2013, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/09/secret-document-appears-to-show-qatar-payoffs-to-key-morsi-cronies/; Sam Bollier, “Can Qatar replace its renaissance man?,” Al Jazeera, June 26, 2013,http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/06/201362613431469150.html.240 Paul Alster, “Secret Document Appears to Show Qatar Payoffs to Key Morsi Cronies,” Fox News, June 9 2013, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/09/secret-document-appears-to-show-qatar-payoffs-to-key-morsi-cronies/.

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During the 2011 revolution that toppled Egypt’s Mubarak regime, Western media found they had to explain the Muslim Brotherhood to audiencesunfamiliar with the group. This created an opportunity for the Brotherhood to spin its introduction to the Western public, as Brotherhood seniorofficial Mohammed Morsi did in an op-ed in London’s Guardian newspaper in February 2011, days before Mubarak’s fall from power. TheBrotherhood is “at the heart of Egyptian society,” Morsi wrote.241 Speaking directly to Western readers, Morsi listed the Mubarakgovernment’s crimes against the Brotherhood, painting the organization as another victim of the repressive regime, “constantly targeted by some ofthe most brutal government measures.”242 The Brotherhood, according to Morsi, aims “to remove all forms of injustice, tyranny, autocracy anddictatorship, and we call for the implementation of a democratic multiparty all-inclusive political system that excludes no one.”243 Intentionallyor not, the Guardian gave the Brotherhood a platform to appeal to international audiences.

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Al Jazeera quickly cemented itself as the Arab media champion of Egypt’s revolution, earning adulation from the masses and ire from Mubarak’sgovernment, which revoked the network’s broadcasting license and shut down its Cairo bureau during the regime’s final weeks in power.244

Soon after Mubarak’s regime fell, Al Jazeera stepped up its support for the Brotherhood, prompting some outside analysts to criticize the network’sbehavior as shameless. Sultan Al Qassemi, a UAE-based commentator, said Al Jazeera established a live Egypt broadcast days after Mubarak’s fallfor the purpose of “dedicating its coverage in favor of the Muslim Brotherhood around the clock.”245

Al Jazeera has long broadcast a program hosted by radical Brotherhood ideologue Yusuf al-Qaradawi, famous for his incitement against Jews andsupport of Palestinian suicide bombings against Israel. During protests in Egypt’s Tahrir Square in February 2011, Al Jazeera broadcasted a speechby al-Qaradawi in which he proclaimed his hope that “as God has delighted me to see a liberated Egypt, [so too will God] delight me with aconquered Al Aqsa [a holy mosque in Jerusalem].”246

Before Morsi even took office as president of Egypt, Al Jazeera reported that his election had turned the situation at the Egypt-Gaza Rafah bordercrossing “upside down,” with people moving easily through the checkpoint for the first time since Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza.247

In Foreign Policy, Sultan Al Qassemi reported that on June 30, 2013, while hundreds of thousands of Egyptians clamored for Morsi to step down,Al Jazeera Arabic diverted its coverage to air an interview with a Syrian dissident and soccer updates. Though Al Jazeera’s dedicated Egypt channeldid cover the protests, Al Qassemi noted that the channel isn’t as widely available in the Middle East as its parent network.248

One week after Morsi was deposed by the Egyptian military in July 2013, Al Jazeera promptly covered protests against the takeover, labeling thetakeover a“coup,” and reported on the steadfast support that Morsi’s followers were maintaining.249 Al Jazeera’s English network alsobroadcast damning reports claiming that the U.S. “quietly funded senior Egyptian opposition figures who called for toppling of the country’s now-deposed president Mohammed Morsi.”250 According to the report, activists on the U.S. payroll included “an exiled Egyptian police officer whoplotted the violent overthrow…an anti-Islamist politician who advocated closing mosques and dragging preachers out by force, as well as a coterieof opposition politicians…”251

Al Jazeera came to the Brotherhood’s defense after the group was labeled a terrorist organization, noting that the designation came one day after adeadly car bombing in Mansoura, an attack for which Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis claimed credit. Al Jazeera noted that “the government blamed theBrotherhood for the attack, though it provided no evidence connecting the group to the attack.”252

On March 24, an Egyptian court sentenced 529 Brotherhood members to death for various charges, including murder, “violence, inciting murder,storming a police station, attacking persons and damaging public and private property.”253 Al Jazeera’s story about the verdicts centered on the“widespread outrage and international condemnation” expressed by foreign governments and human rights groups.254

Al Jazeera early on labeled the military ouster a coup, which, according to the Washington Post, turned Al Jazeera “into a virtual enemy of the statein Egypt.”255 Yigal Carmon, president of the Washington-based Middle East Media Research Institute, told the Post that Al Jazeera attacks themilitary and defends the Brotherhood “in every way possible.”256 Al Jazeera America presents the news in a more balanced format than its

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Middle East counterpart, according to Carmon, who added that Al Jazeera “is talking with a forked tongue in two languages.”257

On the same day that Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was elected Egyptian president, Al Jazeera ran a story on its website’s front pagetitled, “American Report: El-Sisi’s Popularity Limited,” which cited a Pew report claiming that “el-Sisi’s popularity does not exceed 54 percent, and4 out of 10 Egyptians support Morsi over el-Sisi.”258

Another Al Jazeera report noted that rival presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi’s office complained that the police and military were denying hisrepresentatives access to polling stations. The story quoted Emad Shahin, a political science professor at Columbia University, who likened theelection to a “Mercedes racing a bike.” Shahin said that el-Sisi was “feeding on people’s fears, and intellectuals surrounding him have been playingthe security card and how his military background make him fit for the task.”259

Largely anti-Muslim Brotherhood Media

While Al Jazeera gave prominent airtime to al-Qaradawi and other Islamists affiliated with the Brotherhood, numerous Saudi-owned papers took theopposite approach, depicting an ominous rise of Islamist and Salafist parties in Egypt and lamenting the failure of liberal youth movements toorganize politically. In July 2011, Tariq al-Homayed, the former editor-in-chief of the Saudi-owned, London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper,wrote an op-ed titled, “Are We Looking at Egyptistan?”260 Though al-Homayed granted that the Islamists had the right to express theiropinions, “whether we like it or not,” he concluded by asking, “Will the [Egyptian] political forces—particularly the youth and liberals—wake upfrom their delusions today… or will they continue to waste these historic opportunities to build a democratic Egypt?”261

Other Saudi and Saudi-owned pan-Arab media also voiced their concerns about the Brotherhood after its candidate, Mohammed Morsi, won Egypt’spresidential election in June 2012. Abdulrahman Al-Rashed, general manager of the Al Arabiya news channel, noted that while Morsi gave the Gulfstates assurances that he would not interfere with their affairs, “[W]hat would he do if Israel attacked Hamas in Gaza?” He also wondered whichPalestinian faction Morsi would support, and whether he would “remain silent about Iran’s ideological and religious activities…as seen in Tehran’ssupport for local groups and attempts to spread the Shiite ideology amongst some Egyptian circles?”262

Throughout the first half of 2013, tensions persisted between Morsi and the judiciary, which struck down Morsi’s request for early parliamentaryelections, as well as between Morsi and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Morsi’s government also made headlines for harassingjournalists who were accused of insulting the president. Al Arabiya published a scathing report in April titled, “Bassem Youssef and the MuslimBrotherhood’s War on Media in Egypt.”263

After the Egyptian military set a 48-hour deadline on July 1 for all political parties to resolve their differences, Al Arabiya mockingly reported onthe new clock set up by the Egyptian grassroots movement Tamarod to count the hours and minutes until Morsi’s resignation with the headline,“Move over, MorsiMeter! ‘MorsiTimer’ Counts down Egypt Army Deadline.”264

Hours after the military removed Morsi from office on July 3, the Saudi paper al-Riyadh published the “cable of congratulations” that KingAbdullah sent to interim Egyptian President Adli Mansour and the Egyptian military, in which he praised Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisifor managing “to save Egypt at this critical moment from a dark tunnel God on could apprehend its dimensions and repercussions….”265

Just months after Morsi took office, Saudi outlets were already mocking him by reporting on the “Morsi Meter,” a tool created by Morsi’s activistopponents to track his lack of progress in fulfilling campaign pledges.266

The Saudi-based paper al-Eqtisadiya reported on the protests in support of and against Morsi’s decree, giving far more space to the latter. The paperquoted protesters chanting “Down with Morsi,” and “Down, Down with the Guide’s rule.”267

Refusing to accept the interim military rule, Morsi’s Islamist supporters staged sit-ins in Cairo’s Rabia al-Adawiya Square and Nahda Square. In lateJuly, security forces clashed with Brotherhood supporters there, reportedly killing and injuring hundreds of protesters. On July 27, Al Jazeerabroadcast scenes from a local hospital where the wounded were being treated, as an angry doctor at the hospital shamed the army for carrying outsuch violence.268 In August, Al Jazeera produced a documentary detailing its side of the Rabia story. The documentary shows the crowd thereostensibly protesting peacefully before being shot by Egyptian soldiers firing live-ammunition.269

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However, the extent of the carnage in Rabia al-Adawiya Square became a point of contention. The Muslim Brotherhood reported at the end ofAugust that over 4,000 protesters had been killed.270 In contrast, the military claimed that on August 14, the day that it invaded the square tobreak up the protests, “between 683 and 1,000 people, including 43 police officers” died in the carnage.271

Writing for Al Arabiya, Abdallah Schleifer seemed to take sides with the interim government, as he wondered how much attention European andAmerican leaders would pay to the killings of policemen by the Brotherhood. He criticized the Brotherhood’s allegedly non-violent approach,writing, “Non-violence does not mean building barricades to hold off the Egyptian riot police and breaking up pavement stones to throw at them.”He added that a BBC cameraman who caught footage of the Rabia al-Awaiya mosque’s roof noted that “gunfire was not just coming in, but alsogoing out, from the mosque at the same time.”272

When Saudi-owned Asharq al-Awsat reported on the government’s intensified crackdown, it interviewed anonymous Egyptian security officialswho “affirmed that the Muslim Brotherhood had allied itself with two Al-Qaeda linked groups, Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis and the Al-Furqan Brigade.”273

Even Al Arabiya described Sisi’s victory as “pyrrhic,” because while Sisi wanted “an overwhelming turnout that would accord legitimacy to his Julyouster” of Mohammed Morsi, only about 44 percent of Egyptians voted. The low turnout came despite the government’s extension of voting for anextra day and declaration of a national holiday so that citizens could make it to the polls.274

On March 24, an Egyptian court sentenced 529 Brotherhood members to death for various charges, including murder, “violence, inciting murder,storming a police station, attacking persons and damaging public and private property.”275 Al Arabiya struck a vastly different tone with itscoverage than Al Jazeera, with the Saudi-owned station simply laying out the charges, while including a short section on U.S. government concernabout the death sentences.

Morsi’s constitutional decree in November 2012 also drew scorn from his opponents within Egypt. Cairo’s Al Ahram, traditionally close to theMubarak regime, ran an article summarizing the reaction from American media outlets: “President Morsi’s Decisions Creating New Pharoah.”276

Amid the Morsi government’s ineptitude, corruption, and unfulfilled promises, the Tamarod youth movement emerged, seeking to garner 15 millionvotes in order to force Morsi out of office on June 30.277 Part of the large shift against the Brotherhood may also be due to an alleged pact byEgypt’s six main television stations to characterize the organization as a terrorist group. According to the Wall Street Journal, anchors from eachchannel thanked the military for overthrowing Morsi and covered themselves in Egyptian flags on air while playing the national anthem.278

By mid-June 2013, Tamarod had garnered massive support throughout Egypt, with protesters swelling the streets of major cities. Egypt’s al-Masryal-Youm reported that Tamarod activists were being harassed and attacked by Muslim Brotherhood “militias” during their peaceful demonstrations.279

It is important to note that at least 22 Al Jazeera staff members from the Egypt office resigned on July 8 over what they described as the network’s“biased coverage” on Egypt. One of the anchors interviewed by Dubai’s Gulf News reported that “the management in Doha provokes seditionamong the Egyptian people and has an agenda against Egypt and other Arab countries.”280

American and Israeli Media

As Egyptians took to the streets in protest of Mubarak, the United States and Israel initially held back support for the protests against their ally,instead focusing on regional stability. Western media picked up on these concerns, primarily regarding the future of the Israeli-Egyptian peacetreaty. The downfall of the Mubarak regime would have “a massive effect, mainly negative, on Israel’s position in the region,” according to Israel’sHaaretz military expert Amos Harel, who added it could threaten the Egyptian and Jordanian treaties.281

On February 23, 2011, eight days before Mubarak officially stepped down from office, the New York Times ran an op-ed by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, aformer Brotherhood member, in which she warned the West about the Brotherhood’s increasing power and suggested ways in which the U.S. mightcounter it.282

As Mubarak fell and the Brotherhood became a key player in the new Egyptian political world, Western media continued to focus on the question ofthe treaty. Days before Mubarak left power, the Washington Times reported on a Japanese interview with a Brotherhood leader who called for any

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future Egyptian government to withdraw from the Israel-Egypt peace treaty, while a Brotherhood spokesman told CBS that the Brotherhood wouldrespect the treaty as long as Israel made progress with the Palestinians.283

In a February 6, 2011 interview with Germany’s Der Spiegel, Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei addressed Israeli concerns. Israel hasa treaty with a single man, Mubarak, and not the Egyptian people, he said, adding that the Israelis “should understand that it is in their long-terminterest to have a democratic Egypt as a neighbor.”284 Prefacing his comments with how he disagrees with the Brotherhood’s ideology,ElBaradei defended the Brotherhood, which he said had “agreed to play by democratic rules.”285

In the lead-up to Egyptian elections and during the early days of the Brotherhood government, many U.S. and Israeli media outlets questioned whata Brotherhood-led government would mean for the Israel-Egypt peace treaty and U.S.-Egyptian relations if Egypt nullified the treaty. U.S. mediaoutlets were deluged with op-eds warning against the Brotherhood’s rise to power. For example, Fawaz A. Gerges, a professor of internationalrelations at the London School of Economics, called in a CNN op-ed for the opposition to find a voice, or else “the Muslim Brotherhood willprobably be the dominant power in the next Egyptian parliament and that could pit the movement against the army….”286 Including theBrotherhood in a transitional government would be “a mistake of historic proportions,” according to U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).287

As the Brotherhood emerged as the leading political party in Egypt, media outlets continued to question what that would mean for the United Statesand Israel. The New York Times reported that the young people who had driven the revolution had lost control of it as the Brotherhood gainedpower.288 Questions in the Western media continued to swirl around what role the Brotherhood would play and whether the Israel-Egypt peacetreaty would survive. “While the two countries have benefited from a peace treaty for more than 32 years, the prevailing atmosphere of uncertaintyis unsettling,” the American Jewish Committee’s Kenneth Brandler wrote in an op-ed for Fox News.289

Western media did not rush to embrace Morsi after his victory in the June 2012 presidential elections, and speculation continued about what hispresidency would mean for the U.S. and Israel. Dan Ephron in the Daily Beast wrote, “He won’t attack Israel and he’s unlikely to tear up the peacetreaty, at least initially. But Israelis are worried that Mohammed Morsi… will lead an isolation campaign against the Jewish state, shore up Hamas inthe Gaza Strip, and bring relations between the two countries to their lowest point in more than 30 years.”290

The United States has refused to call the Egyptian army’s July 2013 removal of the Brotherhood a coup, and media outlets have taken note. CNN’sJake Tapper observed that hours after Morsi’s overthrow, President Obama “purposely avoided using the word ‘coup.’”291 The “coup” labelcarries legal repercussions for U.S. aid, so “while what happened in Egypt fits the definition of a military coup—don't expect to hear that four letterword from the administration,” Tapper warned.292 However, CNN itself ran a story on the day of Morsi’s disposal with the headline: “Couptopples Egypt’s Morsy; deposed president under ‘house arrest.’”293

Other media sourcesw such as Foreign Policy, also found themselves questioning why the United States would not label the Brotherhood’soverthrow a coup: “Though few think the ruling Muslim Brotherhood governed in an inclusive fashion during its one year in power, and manydecried Morsy’s authoritarian power grabs over parliament and the judiciary, reporters pushed officials to call a spade a spade.”294

Despite disagreement over how it happened, Western pundits have largely embraced the fall of the Brotherhood government as positive. TheBrotherhood revealed itself to be “a Leninist-style organisation, intent on power for power's sake, that was leading the country into Islamictotalitarianism and economic ruin,” wrote Hugh Miles in the Telegraph.295241 Muhammad Mursi, “This Is Egypt’s Revolution, Not Ours,” Guardian (London), February 7, 2011, http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/feb/08/egypt-revolution-muslim-brotherhood-democracy.242 Muhammad Mursi, “This Is Egypt’s Revolution, Not Ours,” Guardian (London), February 7, 2011, http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/feb/08/egypt-revolution-muslim-brotherhood-democracy.243 Muhammad Mursi, “This Is Egypt’s Revolution, Not Ours,” Guardian (London), February 7, 2011, http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/feb/08/egypt-revolution-muslim-brotherhood-democracy.244 “Egypt Shuts Down Al Jazeera Bureau,” Al Jazeera, January 30, 2011, http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/01/201113085252994161.html.245 Sultan Al Qassemi, “Morsi’s Win is Al Jazeera’s Loss,” Al-Monitor, July 1, 2012, http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2012/al-monitor/morsys-win-is-al-jazeeras-loss.html.246 “Sheik Yusuf al-Qaradawi: Theologian of Terror,” Anti-Defamation League, March 15, 2011, http://archive.adl.org/nr/exeres/788c5421-70e3-4e4d-bff4-9be14e4a2e58,db7611a2-02cd-43af-8147-649e26813571,frameless.html.247 “Fawz Morsi Yenakis Ijaban ala Muabir Rafah,” Al Jazeera, June 28, 2012, http://www.aljazeera.net/news/pages/839b0903-7295-4967-a3b2-fb79f9f4b998.248 Sultan Al Qassemi, “How the Voice of Arab Freedom became a Shill for Egypt’s Islamists,” Foreign Policy, July 11, 2013,http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/07/11/al_jazeera_egypt_qatar_muslim_brotherhood.249 “Mudhaharat dud Al-Inqilab wa Al-Ikhwan Yushidun bi Morsi,” Al Jazeera, July 11, 2013, http://aljazeera.net/news/pages/63f4ae31-b9b0-4643-a80b-2380a23f95b2.250 Emad Mekay, “Exclusive: US Bankrolled Anti-Morsi Activists,” Al Jazeera English, July 10, 2013,http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/07/2013710113522489801.html.

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251 Emad Mekay, “Exclusive: US Bankrolled Anti-Morsi Activists,” Al Jazeera English, July 10, 2013,http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/07/2013710113522489801.html.252 Gregg Carlstrom, “Egypt Declares Brotherhood ‘Terrorist Group,’” Al Jazeera English, December 25, 2013,http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/12/egypt-declares-brotherhood-terrorist-group-201312251544398545.html.253 “Egypt Sentences 529 Brotherhood Members to Death,” Al Arabiya English, March 24, 2014, http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/03/24/Egypt-529-Mursi-supporters-sentenced-to-death.html.254 “Egypt Mass Death Sentences Spark Outrage,” Al Jazeera English, March 25, 2014, http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/03/20143258145216875.html.255 Paul Farhi, “Al Jazeera Faces Criticism in Egypt over Its Coverage of Muslim Brotherhood,” Washington Post, January 6, 2014,http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/al-jazeera-faces-criticism-in-egypt-over-its-coverage-of-muslim-brotherhood/2014/01/05/04a397f4-74b3-11e3-9389-09ef9944065e_story.html.256 Paul Farhi, “Al Jazeera Faces Criticism in Egypt over Its Coverage of Muslim Brotherhood,” Washington Post, January 6, 2014,http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/al-jazeera-faces-criticism-in-egypt-over-its-coverage-of-muslim-brotherhood/2014/01/05/04a397f4-74b3-11e3-9389-09ef9944065e_story.html.257 Paul Farhi, “Al Jazeera Faces Criticism in Egypt over Its Coverage of Muslim Brotherhood,” Washington Post, January 6, 2014,http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/al-jazeera-faces-criticism-in-egypt-over-its-coverage-of-muslim-brotherhood/2014/01/05/04a397f4-74b3-11e3-9389-09ef9944065e_story.html.258 “Taqrir Amriki: Shabiya Al-Sisi Mahduda,” Al Jazeera, May 28, 2014, http://www.aljazeera.net/news/pages/7a093855-0f4e-44b9-a87d-a5ea7a9edf51.259 Dahlia Kholaif, “Polls Open in Egypt’s Presidential Election,” Al Jazeera English, May 26, 2014, http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/05/egyptians-set-vote-new-president-201452574443137456.html.260 Tariq al-Homayed, “Are We Looking at Egyptistan?,” Asharq Al-Awsat (London), July 31, 2011, http://www.aawsat.net/2011/07/article55245604.261 Tariq al-Homayed, “Are We Looking at Egyptistan?,” Asharq Al-Awsat (London), July 31, 2011, http://www.aawsat.net/2011/07/article55245604.262 Abdulrahman Al-Rashed, “What Will Mursi Do?,” Asharq Al-Awsat (London), July 2, 2012, http://www.aawsat.net/2012/07/article55241509.263 Akram Alfi, “Bassem Youssef and the Muslim Brotherhood’s War on Media in Egypt,” Al Arabiya, April 2, 2013,http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/alarabiya-studies/2013/04/02/Bassem-Youssef-and-the-Muslim-Brotherhood-s-war-on-Egyptian-media.html.264 “Move over, MorsiMeter! ‘MorsiTimer’ counts down Egypt Army Deadline,” Al Arabiya English, July 3, 2013,http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2013/07/03/Move-over-MorsiMeter-MorsiTimer-counts-down-president-s-final-hours-.html.265 “King Abdullah Congratulates Chancellor Adli Mansour, President of Egypt,” Al-Riyadh, July 4, 2013, http://www.alriyadh.com/en/article/849408/King-Abdullah-congratulates-Chancellor-Adli-Mansour-President-of-Egypt.266 “The Final Countdown: ‘Morsi Meter’ Clock Ticking for Egypt’s President,” Al Arabiya English, August 30, 2012,http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/08/30/235204.html.267 “Misr: Ihtijajaat Dud Ialaan Dusturi Asdarahu Morsi wa Mudhaharaat Muayida Lahu,” Al-Eqtisadiya (Riyadh), November 23, 2012,http://www.aleqt.com/2012/11/23/article_711870.html.268 “Miat al-Qitla wa al-Jurha bi Maidan Rabia,” Al Jazeera, July 27, 2013, http://www.aljazeera.net/news/pages/c0a88f85-3af5-4002-b46b-b8996f44fd5b.269 “Massacre of Rabiaa-Egypt 08-14-2013 Documentary Al Jazeera,” YouTube, August 22, 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxjyqwM8tus.270 “Global Demonstrations in Solidarity with Egypt’s Pro-Democracy Movement,” Ikhwanweb: The Muslim Brotherhood’s Official English web site, August 30, 2013,http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=31277.271 Kareem Fahim and Mayy El Sheikh, “Memory of a Mass Killing becomes Another Casualty of Egyptian Protests, New York Times, November 13, 2013,http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/world/middleeast/memory-egypt-mass-killing.html.272 Abdallah Schleifer, “Misinformation about Egypt’s ‘Massacre’,” Al Arabiya English, August 15, 2013, http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2013/08/15/Misinformation-about-Egypt-s-massacre-.html.273 Abdul Sattar Hatita, “Egypt: Cairo Intensifies Muslim Brotherhood Crackdown,” Asharq Al-Awsat English (London), December 26, 2013,http://www.aawsat.net/2013/12/article55325915.274 “In Egypt, a Pyrrhic Landslide Victory after a Disappointing Turnout,” Al Arabiya English, May 28, 2014, http://english.alarabiya.net/en/special-reports/egypt-elections-2014/2014/05/29/In-Egypt-a-pyrrhic-landslide-victory.html.275 “Egypt Sentences 529 Brotherhood Members to Death,” Al Arabiya English, March 24, 2014, http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/03/24/Egypt-529-Mursi-supporters-sentenced-to-death.html.276 “Al-Suhuf Al-Amrikiya,” Al-Ahram (Cairo), November 23, 2012, http://shabab.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/7/99/????-???????/??????/?????-?????????–??????-??????-????-????-??????-??/7520.aspx.277 Ahram Online, “Egypt’s President Morsi in Power: A Timeline,” Jadaliyya, July 22, 2013, http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/13101/egypts-president-morsi-in-power_a-timeline-.278 “Egyptian TV’s Campaign to Label the Muslim Brotherhood as ‘Terrorists’,” Wall Street Journal, May 28, 2014, http://live.wsj.com/video/egyptian-tvs-bias-against-muslim-brotherhood/887F7039-E89B-41D4-B726-6D6648C8C4C0.html?mod=trending_now_video_5#!887F7039-E89B-41D4-B726-6D6648C8C4C0.279 “Tamarod Tataham Milishiyaat al-Ikhwan biltadi ala al-Musharikeen fi Mudhaharaat Dud al-Muhafidheen al-Judud,” al-Masry al-Youm (Cairo), June 19, 2013,http://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/223318.280 Ayman Sharaf, “Al Jazeera Staff Resign after ‘Biased’ Egypt Coverage,” Gulf News (Dubai), July 8, 2013, http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/al-jazeera-staff-resign-after-biased-egypt-coverage-1.1206924.281 Ian Black and Middle East editor, “Egypt Protests: Israel Fears Unrest May Threaten Peace Treaty,” Guardian (London), January 31, 2011,http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/31/israel-egypt-mubarak-peace-treaty-fears.282 Ayaan Hirsi Ali, “Get Ready for the Muslim Brotherhood,” New York Times, February 3, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/opinion/04iht-edali04.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=egypt.283 Eli Lake, “Muslim Brotherhood Seeks End to Israel Treaty,” Washington Times, February 3, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/3/muslim-brotherhood-seeks-end-to-israel-treaty.

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284 “ElBaradei on Democracy’s Chances in Egypt: ‘We Could Experience an Arab Spring,’” Spiegel Online, June 2, 2011,http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/elbaradei-on-democracy-s-chances-in-egypt-we-could-experience-an-arab-spring-a-743825.html.285 “ElBaradei on Democracy’s Chances in Egypt: ‘We Could Experience an Arab Spring,’” Spiegel Online, June 2, 2011,http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/elbaradei-on-democracy-s-chances-in-egypt-we-could-experience-an-arab-spring-a-743825.html.286 Fawaz Gerges, “Muslim Brotherhood’s Key Role in Egypt,” CNN, February 14, 2011, http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/02/14/gerges.muslim.brotherhood/.287 “John McCain on the Dangers of the Muslim Brotherhood: ‘They Should Be Excluded from Any Transition Government,’” Spiegel Online, June 2, 2011,http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/john-mccain-on-the-dangers-of-the-muslim-brotherhood-they-should-be-excluded-from-any-transition-government-a-743819.html.288 Michael Slackman, “In Egypt, Muslim Group Takes Lead Role in Post-Mubarak Era,” New York Times, March 24, 2011,http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/world/middleeast/25egypt.html.289 Kenneth Bandler, “Will the Peace Hold Between Egypt and Israel?” Fox News, February 11, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/02/11/peace-hold-egypt-israel.290 Dan Ephron, “Morsi’s Win in Egypt Sparks Fear in Israel,” Daily Beast, June 19, 2012, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/19/morsi-s-win-in-egypt-sparks-fear-in-israel.html.291 Jake Tapper, “No Coup? Obama’s Careful Words on Egypt.” CNN: The Lead With Jake Tapper, July 4, 2013, http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/04/coup-or-no-coup-obamas-careful-words-on-egypt.292 Jake Tapper, “No Coup? Obama’s Careful Words on Egypt.” CNN: The Lead With Jake Tapper, July 4, 2013, http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/04/coup-or-no-coup-obamas-careful-words-on-egypt.293 Ben Wedeman. Reza Sayah and Matt Smith, “Coup topples Egypt’s Morsy; deposed president under ‘house arrest,’” CNN, last modified July 4, 2013,http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/03/world/meast/egypt-protests/.294 John Hudson, “Obama Administration Won’t Call Egypt’s Coup a Coup,” Foreign Policy, July 8, 2013,http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/07/08/obama_administration_wont_call_egypts_coup_a_coup.295 Hugh Miles, “Egypt Crisis: Why Coup against the Muslim Brotherhood May Not Be the End for Political Islam.” Telegraph (London), July 4, 2013,http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/10159514/Egypt-crisis-why-coup-against-the-Muslim-Brotherhood-may-not-be-the-end-for-political-Islam.html.

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Ayman al-Zawahiri, April 2014

Video condemning an Egyptian crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood:

“We call on the people to put their revolution on the right track and undertake slogans calling for Islamic Sharia, the path of freedom, social justiceand human dignity.”296

Message left by pro-Brotherhood hackers on Cairo International Airport’s website, August 11, 2015

Message left by pro-Brotherhood hackers on Cairo International Airport’s website:

“In revenge for the martyrs who have died by the bullets of the military gang and criminal Sisi since the coup, you will drown in the blood of thoseyou have killed. We will follow you everywhere… the revolution continues and the land does not absorb blood.”297

Muhammad Muntasir, spokesman, June 30, 2015

In reference to the murder of Egypt’s top prosecutor Hisham Baraket that the Brotherhood has blamed on Sisi’s regime:

“The current Egyptian situation has exceeded everyone’s capacity. There is no way to stop the bloodshed except by breaking the military coup andreviving the revolution.”298

Hammam Saeed, supreme guide of the Jordanian Brotherhood, July 20, 2014

“These Arab regimes have made us accustomed to taste the bitterness of defeat and now the day has come that someone (Hamas) has ended thishumiliation and weakness by their heroic resistance.”299

Mohammed Badie, Brotherhood supreme guide, May 18, 2014

“We have fought only against the Jews, and Kamel Al-Sharif may testify about the conduct of the Muslim Brotherhood in the [1948] war inPalestine. We fought against the Jews.300

296 Adam Koppeser and AbdelHalim H. AbdAllah, “Al Qaeda Chief Declares Solidarity with Muslim Brotherhood, Urges Followers to Kidnap Westerners,” Daily NewsEgypt, April 27, 2014, http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/04/27/al-qaeda-chief-declares-solidarity-muslim-brotherhood-urges-followers-kidnap-westerners/.297 “Muslim Brotherhood hackers briefly take over Cairo Airport website,” Cairo Post, August 14, 2015, http://www.thecairopost.com/news/163991/news/muslim-brotherhood-hackers-briefly-take-over-cairo-airport-website.298 “Muslim Brotherhood holds Sisi regime responsible for assassination,” Middle East Monitor, June 30, 2015, https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/africa/19548-muslim-brotherhood-holds-sisi-regime-responsible-for-assassination.299 Suleiman Al-Khalidi, “Jordanian stage pro-Gaza rally near Israeli embassy,” Al-Monitor, July 20, 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/20/us-palestinian-israel-jordan-idUSKBN0FP0UY20140720.300 “Muslim Brotherhood Leader Muhammad Badi's Day In Court: We Fought Only Against The Jews, Not Against The Egyptian People,” MEMRI, May 21, 2014,http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/7996.htm.

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