{"id":665501,"date":"2019-05-31T17:11:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T14:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/tr\/content\/?p=665501"},"modified":"2019-05-31T17:11:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T14:11:28","slug":"charting-the-muslim-brotherhoods-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2019\/05\/31\/charting-the-muslim-brotherhoods-influence\/","title":{"rendered":"Charting the Muslim Brotherhood&#8217;s Influence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"app\">\n<div data-reactroot=\"\" data-reactid=\"1\">\n<div data-reactid=\"2\">\n<div id=\"header-wrap\" data-reactid=\"3\">\n<div class=\"reactiveNav\" data-reactid=\"5\">\n<nav class=\"superGlobalNav container\" data-reactid=\"112\">\n<div class=\"_3UR_\" data-reactid=\"144\"><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<div id=\"siteNav\" class=\"\" data-reactid=\"145\">\n<div class=\"container clearfix\" data-reactid=\"146\">\n<div class=\"lockup\" data-reactid=\"147\"><\/div>\n<nav class=\"clearfix\" data-reactid=\"151\"><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"contentArticleBody\" class=\"_1BLf contentWrap clearfix\" data-reactid=\"243\">\n<header class=\"_2RD2\" data-reactid=\"244\">\n<div class=\"jU8J \" data-reactid=\"245\">\n<div class=\"_2IfJ\" data-reactid=\"246\">\n<div data-reactid=\"248\">\n<p class=\"_2uwH fs14\" data-reactid=\"249\">May 31, 2019 | 10:00 GMT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1WHh\" data-reactid=\"258\"><picture data-reactid=\"260\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/square_full\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=y4AdJLS9 1024w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/square_large\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=obH_TOCY 810w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/square_medium\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=KX_ZX7fO 576w, 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https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_tiny\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=_0z1Oiyw 320w\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_full\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=NtoGMzcy 1920w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_large\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=Z_dIAe2c 1440w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_medium\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=mUsrngkO 1021w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_small\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=VV4ljRXf 766w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_full\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=NtoGMzcy 420w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_tiny\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=_0z1Oiyw 320w\" data-sizes=\"100vw\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_2WmF img lazyloaded\" title=\"The Muslim Brotherhood holds more sway in some countries than others, as our graphic shows. \" src=\"https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_large\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=Z_dIAe2c\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 90vw, (min-width: 768px) 90vw, 90vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_full\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=NtoGMzcy 1920w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_large\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=Z_dIAe2c 1440w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_medium\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=mUsrngkO 1021w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_small\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=VV4ljRXf 766w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_full\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=NtoGMzcy 420w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_tiny\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=_0z1Oiyw 320w\" alt=\"Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood senior members, including Khairat al-Shater (top left), gesture from the defendants' cage at the Egyptian Police Academy on the outskirts of Cairo on June 2, 2015. \" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_large\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=Z_dIAe2c\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 90vw, (min-width: 768px) 90vw, 90vw\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_full\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=NtoGMzcy 1920w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_large\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=Z_dIAe2c 1440w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_medium\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=mUsrngkO 1021w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_small\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=VV4ljRXf 766w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_full\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=NtoGMzcy 420w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_tiny\/public\/egyptian-muslim-brotherhood-senior-member.jpg?itok=_0z1Oiyw 320w\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1ItE\" data-reactid=\"261\">(KHALED DESOUKI\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"aHPR clearfix\" data-reactid=\"262\">\n<div class=\"_2tYk _1jJo\" data-reactid=\"263\">\n<div data-reactid=\"265\">\n<div id=\"articleSideBar\" class=\"zh4o\" data-reactid=\"266\">\n<div class=\"ozwP\" data-reactid=\"289\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_4BxW\" data-reactid=\"296\">\n<div class=\"connectedContentWrapper light_block\" data-reactid=\"297\">\n<div class=\"_3NCv\" data-reactid=\"298\">\n<div class=\"_14hG article-body-wrap\" data-reactid=\"299\">\n<div data-reactid=\"300\">\n<div class=\"paragraph\" data-reactid=\"301\">\n<div class=\"\" data-reactid=\"302\">\n<div class=\"fs18\" data-reactid=\"303\">\n<p>As a staunch advocate of political Islam, the\u00a0Muslim Brotherhood\u00a0has played a prominent part in society and\u00a0politics throughout the Sunni Arab world for more than 90 years. Formed by conservative Muslim thinker and teacher Hassan al-Banna in 1928, the organization&#8217;s Egyptian branch continues to be the most pronounced, but the Brotherhood&#8217;s reach stretches across the Middle East and beyond. The group has inspired (or aligned with) the thinking of countless other Islamist groups across the Muslim world that oppose Westernization and secularization to some degree.<\/p>\n<p>While many of these groups have a clear link to the original Egyptian Brotherhood, others do not. It is important to remember that the Brotherhood and other Islamist groups did not develop in a vacuum \u2014 they emerged from, and seek to represent, the segments of society that support a revivalist Islamic tradition. The Brotherhood&#8217;s message does not always resonate with more progressive establishments, and the group&#8217;s significance varies from country to country. The following graphic shows not only the level of influence the Brotherhood&#8217;s ideas have within numerous political groups in the Middle East but also the variance between them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"piano-static-interrupter-1\" class=\"_133w\" data-reactid=\"304\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-reactid=\"305\">\n<div class=\"paragraph\" data-reactid=\"306\">\n<figure class=\"_2ZkD\" data-reactid=\"307\">\n<div class=\"\" data-reactid=\"309\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"inlineImage img lazyloaded\" title=\"If the United States were to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group, it risks effectively sanctioning the governments of its allies. \" src=\"https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/muslim-brotherhood-grid-050319_0.png\" sizes=\" (min-width: 240px) 90w, (min-width: 768px) 60w, (min-width: 1024px) 42w, 90vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/muslim-brotherhood-grid-050319_0.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/wv_large\/public\/muslim-brotherhood-grid-050319_0.png?itok=OZlXMIeA 1480w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/wv_medium\/public\/muslim-brotherhood-grid-050319_0.png?itok=b-CSZXCs 1024w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/wv_small\/public\/muslim-brotherhood-grid-050319_0.png?itok=CtTA0hYt 784w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/muslim-brotherhood-grid-050319_0.png 420w\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/muslim-brotherhood-grid-050319_0.png\" data-sizes=\" (min-width: 240px) 90w, (min-width: 768px) 60w, (min-width: 1024px) 42w, 90vw\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/muslim-brotherhood-grid-050319_0.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/wv_large\/public\/muslim-brotherhood-grid-050319_0.png?itok=OZlXMIeA 1480w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/wv_medium\/public\/muslim-brotherhood-grid-050319_0.png?itok=b-CSZXCs 1024w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/wv_small\/public\/muslim-brotherhood-grid-050319_0.png?itok=CtTA0hYt 784w, https:\/\/www.stratfor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/muslim-brotherhood-grid-050319_0.png 420w\" data-reactid=\"311\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"piano-static-interrupter-2\" class=\"_133w\" data-reactid=\"314\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-reactid=\"315\">\n<div class=\"paragraph\" data-reactid=\"316\">\n<div class=\"\" data-reactid=\"317\">\n<div class=\"fs18\" data-reactid=\"318\">\n<p>The\u00a0United States under President Donald Trump has confirmed that it is deciding whether to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization. Washington&#8217;s thinking is supported by the fact that some Brotherhood factions support violence as a political tool \u2014 usually leading to spin-offs. In the most extreme case, the ideology has fueled groups such as\u00a0al Qaeda, which draws on the same conservative Sunni ideology but takes it to a violent extreme. More moderately \u2014 and more aligned to the Brotherhood core \u2014 the movement has spawned groups such as\u00a0Hamas, which the United States already lists as a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u00a0authorities in many Muslim countries have permitted the growth of Brotherhood-inspired parties as a moderate counterweight to more extreme strains.\u00a0If the United States were to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group, it risks effectively sanctioning the governments of its allies. Read the full article,\u00a0<strong>Labeling the Muslim Brotherhood as Terrorists Invites Complications for the U.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"piano-static-interrupter-3\" class=\"_133w\" data-reactid=\"319\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-reactid=\"321\">\n<div class=\"_2ZXq\" data-reactid=\"322\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"o5d_\" src=\"https:\/\/worldview.stratfor.com\/images\/globe_color.svg\" alt=\"\" data-reactid=\"323\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 data-reactid=\"324\">Connected Content<\/h3>\n<div class=\"_1ES4\" data-reactid=\"325\">\n<div class=\"_1PA8\" data-reactid=\"326\">Regions &amp; Countries<\/div>\n<div class=\"_3b2s\" data-reactid=\"327\">\n<div class=\"_18BE\" data-reactid=\"328\">Egypt<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1ES4\" data-reactid=\"330\">\n<div class=\"_1PA8\" data-reactid=\"331\">Themes<\/div>\n<div class=\"_3b2s\" data-reactid=\"332\">\n<div class=\"_18BE\" data-reactid=\"333\">The Pulse of Political Islam<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1ES4\" data-reactid=\"335\">\n<div class=\"_1PA8\" data-reactid=\"336\">Topics<\/div>\n<div class=\"_3b2s\" data-reactid=\"337\">\n<div class=\"_18BE\" data-reactid=\"338\">Politics<\/div>\n<div class=\"_18BE\" data-reactid=\"340\">Egypt&#8217;s Uphill Battle<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<form class=\"_3JuD\" data-reactid=\"342\"><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 31, 2019 | 10:00 GMT (KHALED DESOUKI\/AFP\/Getty Images) As a staunch advocate of political Islam, the\u00a0Muslim Brotherhood\u00a0has played a prominent part in society and\u00a0politics throughout the Sunni Arab world for more than 90 years. Formed by conservative Muslim thinker and teacher Hassan al-Banna in 1928, the organization&#8217;s Egyptian branch continues to be the most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4092,"featured_media":650989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[10460],"class_list":["post-665501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-turkey","tag-musluman-kardesler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4092"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}