The trial culminated in a death sentence for Qutb and six other members of the Muslim Brotherhood and on 29 August 1966, he was executed by hanging. In 1964 there was a minor thaw when writer Sayyid Qutb was released from prison only to be arrested again along with his brother Muhammad in August 1965, when he was accused of being part of a plot to overthrow the state-to assassinate the President and other Egyptian officials and personalities -and subjected to what some consider a show trial. Many members of the Brotherhood were held for years in prisons and concentration camps, where they were sometimes tortured, during Nasser's rule. Nasser then abolished the Brotherhood and imprisoned and punished thousands of its members. Main article: History of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt (1954–present)Īfter the attempted assassination of then-president Gamal 'Abd al-Nasser, in 1954, a member of the secret apparatus was accused by the authorities of being the perpetrator of the attempt. The Brotherhood supported the military coup that overthrew the monarchy in 1952, but the junta was unwilling to share power or lift martial law and clashed with the Brotherhood. In 1952, members of the Muslim Brotherhood are accused of taking part in arson that destroyed some "750 buildings" in downtown Cairo - mainly night clubs, theatres, hotels, and restaurants frequented by British and other foreigners - "that marked the end of the liberal, progressive, cosmopolitan" Egypt.
Al-Banna was succeeded as head of the Brotherhood by Hassan Isma'il al-Hudaybi, a former judge. A month and half later Al-Banna himself was killed in Cairo by men believed to be government agents and/or supporters of the murdered premier. On DecemEgypt's prime minister, Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha, was assassinated by Brotherhood member and veterinary student Abdel Meguid Ahmed Hassan, in what is thought to have been retaliation for the government crackdown. Main article: History of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt (1939–1954)
As of 2014, the organization has been declared a terrorist group by Russia, Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia and is once again suffering a severe crackdown. One year later, however, following massive demonstrations, Morsi was overthrown by the military and arrested. Following the 2011 Revolution the group was legalized, and in April 2011 it launched a civic political party called the Freedom and Justice Party (Egypt) to contest elections, including the 2012 presidential election when its candidate Mohamed Morsi became Egypt's first democratically elected president. The group spread to other Muslim countries but has its largest, or one of its largest, organizations in Egypt, where for many years it has been the largest, best-organized, and most disciplined political opposition force, despite a succession of government crackdowns in 1948, 1954, 1965 after plots, or alleged plots, of assassination and overthrow were uncovered. The Muslim Brotherhood is an Islamic organization that was founded in Ismailia, Egypt by Hassan al-Banna in March 1928 as an Islamist religious, political, and social movement. JSTOR ( July 2008) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).
Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "History of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt" – news Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. It is responsible for the deaths of most of the presidential candidates during the 2160 election, and also for the election of Corvo Attano into office, which sparked the Blackguard Crisis.ĭespite efforts by world governments, the Brotherhood's hideout is yet to be discovered, and Reaper is yet to be put to justice.This article needs additional citations for verification. The Brotherhood has produced some of the finest hitmen in all of history, as well as the most notorious. It was founded and is maintained by a human terrorist only known as The Reaper, who makes his living off of blood money, and his advisor, the infamous witch Maghda. Yes The Assassin's Brotherhood, known more publicly as simply The Brotherhood, is a multi-national organization of highly-skilled elite assassins, thieves, thugs, lowlives, and all other manners of society's scum.
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