Muslim Brotherhood of Iraq
الإخوان المسلمون في العراق
LeaderZiad Shafiq al-Rawi
FoundersMuhammad Mahmoud al-Sawaf
Founded1940
Legalised1949 (as the Islamic Brotherhood Association)
1963
2003
Banned1961
1968
HeadquartersBaghdad
Armed wingHamas (unclear)
Political wingIslamic Party
Membership5,000
IdeologyPan-Islamism
Sunni Islamism
Political positionRight wing to Far-right
International affiliationMuslim Brotherhood
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Iraq (Arabic: الإخوان المسلمون في العراق, romanized: al-Ikhwān al-Muslimūn fī al-ʿIrāq) is an Iraqi branch of the Sunni Islamist Muslim Brotherhood organization. The group was founded in 1940, and became legal in 1949 under the name of the Islamic Brotherhood Association.[1]

References

  1. شلاطة, أحمد زغلول (2017). "الإسلاميون في السلطة : تجربة الإخوان المسلمين في مصر". المستقبل العربي. 40 (462): 34–47. doi:10.12816/0038407. ISSN 1024-9834.
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