Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

Sunni Islamist movement

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2022 Cynthia Farahat published 'The Secret Apparatus', a book exploring the Muslim Brotherhood's organizational mechanisms.
April 2021 A Muslim Brotherhood delegation led by Hammam Ali Youssef met with Temel Karamollaoğlu, leader of Saadet Partisi, during diplomatic contacts between Turkey and Egypt.
2014 Muslim Brotherhood leaders met with Iranian IRGC representatives in a hotel in Turkey to discuss an alliance against Saudi Arabia.
April 15 2014 An Egyptian court bans current and former Muslim Brotherhood members from running in presidential and parliamentary elections.
March 24 2014 An Egyptian court sentences 529 Muslim Brotherhood members to death, which Amnesty International describes as the largest single batch of simultaneous death sentences in recent years.
September 25 2013 Security forces shut down the main office of the Freedom and Justice Party newspaper and confiscate its equipment.
September 23 2013 An Egyptian court orders the Muslim Brotherhood outlawed and its assets seized.
August 19 2013 Brotherhood Supreme Leader Mohammed Badie is arrested, which is considered crossing a 'red line' as even former president Hosni Mubarak had never arrested him.
August 14 2013 Military declares a month-long state of emergency after violent clashes during sit-in dispersals, resulting in 638 deaths and around 4,000 injuries.
July 3 2013 General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi removes President Mohamed Morsi from power and suspends the constitution following protests in Tahrir Square, marking a critical turning point for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
March 13 2013 The Muslim Brotherhood released a statement opposing the UN declaration 'End Violence against Women', arguing it would 'undermine Islamic ethics and destroy the family'.
2012 Tharwat al-Khirbawy published 'Secret of the Temple', providing insights into the Muslim Brotherhood's internal dynamics.

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