The Muslim Brotherhood Quotes

“It is no coincidence that the works of the Syrian medieval jurist Ibn Taymiyyah, whose uncompromising stance against the Alawites, had a particular resonance among the Syrian Ikhwan.”
― Alison Pargeter, The Muslim Brotherhood: From Opposition to Power

“result, the movement in Syria drew much of its support base from the Sunni urban trading and artisan classes, who were generally religiously oriented, although it also attracted middle-class professionals. These groups found in the Ikhwan a way to express their dissatisfaction with the status quo and a means of challenging the authority of the established elites.”
― Alison Pargeter, The Muslim Brotherhood: From Opposition to Power

“Mustafa al-Sibai, the first Syrian General Guide, came from a traditional religious family that had long supplied preachers to the Grand Mosque of Homs and was sent to Al-Azhar in Cairo aged eighteen to study Islamic law. Whilst in Cairo, he came into contact with Hassan al-Banna and became heavily involved with the Brotherhood.”
― Alison Pargeter, The Muslim Brotherhood: From Opposition to Power

“most controversial element of the Syrian Ikhwan has been its involvement in the bloody events of the early 1980s, culminating in the Hamah massacre of 1982 in which the security forces razed the city to the ground, killing thousands of residents. Although the Ikhwan’s leadership insist that they were not directly involved in or responsible for the violent uprising that prompted the massacre, the conflicting reports and testimonies of the leadership of this era indicate that they played a much more significant role than the official record would suggest.”
― Alison Pargeter, The Muslim Brotherhood: From Opposition to Power

“the Brotherhood succeeded in crafting a network of branches and organisations across Europe, the Middle East and beyond, becoming perhaps the most influential Islamist opposition movement in the world.1 From its various centres, it worked to further the cause of Islam in the hope that it would one day come to power and realise its dream of creating an Islamic state.”
― Alison Pargeter, The Muslim Brotherhood: From Opposition to Power

“Perhaps the most extreme example is that of the Syrian branch, which got involved in a bloody conflict with the Ba’athist regime”
― Alison Pargeter, The Muslim Brotherhood: From Opposition to Power