This paper analyzes the factors that aided and hampered the growth and popularity of political Islam in Somalia by tracing the history of al-Ittihad al-Islamiyya. After examining the emergence of

State Security raided the houses of four prominent Muslim Brotherhood leaders early Sunday. Come elections, arrest campaigns appear to be the only language understood by the ruling regime.

The recent arrest of several Muslim Brotherhood leaders came as no surprise. In fact many had been expecting the move for weeks. What did raise eyebrows was the charge sheet,

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has been buffeted by a seemingly endless series of changes and blows over the past few years.

Western media have long argued the Muslim Brotherhood is the father-figure for radical movements across the Islamic world, with their controversial thinker Sayyid Qutb being given the distinction of being

The latest security clampdown on the Brotherhood's leadership heralds an even tougher policy.

Three senior officials of the Brotherhood were among 16 members rounded up early on Monday morning in the latest of a series of swoops, which the group says are aimed

Considered by many a conservative academic who will avoid confrontation with the regime, Mohamed Badei, the 67-year- old newly-elected supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), used his first week

On January 16, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt – the largest and most influential Islamist movement in the Middle East – announced the election of a new General Guide, the

Sayyid Qutb grew up in a very trundled time in Egyptian history. It was a time of demagogues and revolutionaries.