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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