Crisis Studies of the Islamic World

Crisis Studies of the Islamic World

The Muslim Brotherhood and thecDivergence in Theory and Disparity in Practice

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
1 Department of Political Science, Faculty of Humanities, Yasouj University, Yasouj. Iran
2 MA. In Middle East Studies, Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
More than seventy years have passed since the formation of the Muslim Brotherhood as an Islamist group. Numerous studies have explored the group's preferred political system . However, a research gap exists regarding the Brotherhood's global perspective and its overarching ambitions on the world stage. Therefore, the question of this article is: what is the Muslim Brotherhood's desired world order, and how do its various branches conceive of this order? Toaddress the research question, a qualitative comparative method was employed. The findings indicate that the Muslim Brotherhood can be categorized into two groups based on two indices: the level of political activism and the perspective on the global order. According to the first criterion, they can be divided into activists and passivists; according to the second, into conservatives and revisionists. Revisionists envision a transformation of the global power structure, centering their desired order on a caliphate system. Some branches, however, incorporate ideas derived from modern thought, such as institutionalism and democracy, into the mechanisms of their proposed order. In contrast, conservatives, while accepting the current world order and deeming its alteration impossible or too costly, strive to achieve their political interests and objectives within the existing global structure.
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Volume 12, Issue 3 - Serial Number 38
Autumn Quarterly
Autumn 2025

  • Receive Date 18 February 2025
  • Revise Date 05 April 2025
  • Accept Date 27 July 2025