Ikhwan – A socio-political membership group called “Al-Ikhwan Al-Muslimeen” or the Muslim Brotherhood, founded in Egypt in 1928 by the activist Hasan al-Banna. It became a political movement whose ideas have spread globally, including through the founding of Hamas in Gaza and also through ideologues like Sayyid Qutb who have influenced Irhabi groups like al-Qaeda. Though banned for decades in Egypt, the Ikhwan was legalised in 2011 and won the 2012 Presidential Election, but their candidate was overthrown by the military one year later. Use the Arabic term “Ikhwan”, translated as the Brotherhood to refer to the term as is commonly used.
