Islamic Groups And The Nomenclature You Need To Know

Many people today have lazily started to label every Islamist as a Muslim Brotherhood member or supporter (Ikhwani). After all, following recent events, they have become and easy bag and a punching bag for those against the re-emergence of political Islam. The reality of the matter is that most of these Islamists are not part of the Ikhwan; they in fact belong to one of various Islamic movements. The article will point out some of the differences between these movements and highlight the key ideological perspectives of each one. Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan) Ikhwan movement is fundamentally a reformist social and political movement which seeks to revive Islamic values into the social and political institutions. Their objective is to move the state away from the corrupted secular system, which demands the separation of politics and religion. Many Secularists attempt to blind facts falsely through mass media to accuse Ikhwan of being affiliated with terrorism. Any researcher who has taken the time to scan Ikhwan literature can affirm that their ideology inhabits a moderate approach to Islamic understanding. Their literature and their leaders on many occasions had condemned various acts of terrorism and homicide. Ikhwan is different to more conservative movements such […]