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al-Ikhwān al-Muslimūn

Public Websites and Articles

Collusion to Crackdown: Islamist-Military Relations in Egypt
Omar Ashour. Brookings. March 5, 2015. Examines the legacies and patterns of cooperation and conflict between the leaderships of Egypt’s military and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Egypt Warns of Muslim Brotherhood Organizations in U.S.
Ryan Mauro. The Clarion Project. January 14, 2015.
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An Egyptian government website features a warning that the Muslim Brotherhood has a lobby in the U.S. disguised as civil society organizations.
IKHWAN Web
The Muslim Brotherhood's Official English web site.
The Moderate Muslim Brotherhood
Robert S. Leiken and Steven Brooke. Foreign Affairs. March/April 2007 Issue
The Muslim Brotherhood in America
Center for Security Policy. A Course in ten parts.
The Muslim Brotherhood in the West
Lorenzo Vidino. RAND. Testimony presented before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, subcommittee on Terrorism, HUMINT, Analysis, and Counterintelligence on April 13, 2011.
One Year after Morsi’s Ouster, Divides Persist on El-Sisi, Muslim Brotherhood
Pew Research Center. May 2014
Saudi, The MB, and The Politics of Terrorism
Steven A. Cook. The Council on Foreing Relations. March 11, 2014
Who's Who in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood
Eric Trager, Katie Kiraly, Cooper Klose, and Eliot Calhoun. The Washington Institute. September 2012.
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Given its growing control over key government institutions and its unmatched mobilizing capabilities, the Muslim Brotherhood will likely remain Egypt's most consequential political actor for many years to come. But who are the men who make up this uniquely cohesive and secretive "society," and what impact will they have on the country's domestic and foreign policy?

News and Media

The Brotherhood Will Be Back
SHADI HAMID. The New York Times. MAY 23, 2014.
Muslim Brotherhood
The Guardian. Articles tagged with 'Muslim Brotherhood"
SPECIAL REPORT: How the Muslim Brotherhood lost Egypt
Edmund Blair, Paul Taylor and Tom Perry. Reuters. July 2013
Did We Get the Muslim Brotherhood Wrong?
Marc Lynch. Foreign Policy. April 10, 2013

Basic Information

A religio-political organization founded in 1928 at Ismailia, Egypt, by Ḥasan al-Bannāʾ. It advocated a return to the Qurʾān and the Hadith as guidelines for a healthy modern Islamic society. The Brotherhood spread rapidly throughout Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, and North Africa. Although figures of Brotherhood membership are variable, it is estimated that at its height in the late 1940s it may have had some 500,000 members.(from Encylopedia Britannica)

Books

The Muslim Brotherhood by Alison Pargeter
Call Number: BP10 .J383 P37 2010
Examines the controversial organization, including its history, objectives, individual branches, and the debate among Western countries about whether to include the organization in post 9/11 discussions.
The Muslim Brotherhood by Barbara Zollner
Call Number: BP10 .J383 2009
The Muslim Brotherhood is one of the influential Islamist organisations. This book provides an analysis of the Muslim Brotherhood during the years of al-Hudaybi's leadership, and how he sought to steer the organization away from the radical wing, inspired by Sayyid Qutb, into the more moderate Islamist organization.
The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West by Lorenzo Vidino
Call Number: D842.42 .M87 V53 2010
Vidino's research sheds light on a critical juncture in Muslim-Western relations.

Military and Government Papers

The Ascent of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Egyptian Revolution
William Tombaugh. Foreign Military Studies Office
H.R.5194 - Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2014
The Muslim Brotherhood and Modern Education: How Will the Muslim Brotherhood Address Egypt ’ s Failing Education System?
Christopher Manning. Naval Postgraduate School. September 2012
THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND THE PERCEPTION OF DEMOCRACY
Eric Leckie. Naval Postgraduate School. December 2012
Muslim Brotherhood Faces Growing Challenges in Egypt
Steven Brooke. CTC Sentinel. March 15, 2009
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt: Pursuing Moderation Within an Authoritarian Environment
Thorsten Hoffmann. Naval Postgraduate School . June 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Role in the Egyptian Revolution
Shadi Hamid, Steven Brooke. CTC Sentinel. February 1, 2011

Terrorism - Gov + Mil Sites

The Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point
The CTC produces in-depth research reports on terrorist ideology, terrorist strategy and structure, and emerging threat.
Department of State. Bureau of Counterterrorism.
Resources including annual Country Reports on Terrorism.
FBI. Terrorism.
Data on Threats, Most Wanted, links to other resources.
Foreign Military Studies. Ft. Leavenworth
Translated selections and analysis from a diverse range of foreign articles and other media.
Global Incident Map
Events, attacks, incidents and more tracked by location and filed by type.
National Counterterrorism Center. Terrorist Profiles.
Terrorists are listed by first name, last name, and common aliases.

Databases

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
CNAS is an independent, bipartisan, nonprofit organization that develops strong, pragmatic, and principled national security and defense policies.
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
The Center’s 220 full-time staff and large network of affiliated scholars conduct research and analysis and develop policy initiatives that look to the future and anticipate change.
Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
The largest central resource for DoD and government-funded research, reports and papers.
Global Terrorism Database (GTD)
GTD is an open-source database with information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2015. Includes systematic data on domestic and international terrorist incidents and now includes more than 150,000 cases
The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL)
Resources in the HSDL cover a wide range of homeland security topics and are carefully selected and evaluated.
RAND Corporation
The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution dedicated to high-quality and objective research and analysis and with sophisticated analytical tools.
Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)
SSI conducts strategic research and analysis and serves as a bridge to the wider strategic community with analysis, reports, newsletters, papers and more.