Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt

The Muslim Brotherhood ( gammāʿat /al-ikhwan/el-ekhwan al-muslimīn, ) in Egypt is a Sunni Islamist religious, political, and social movement. It is, or was, considered the largest, best-organized political force in Egypt, estimated by different sources to have 2 million or 2.5 million adherents/supporters. Founded in Egypt by Hassan al-Banna in March 1928, the group spread to other Muslim countries but has its largest, or one of its largest, organizations in Egypt despite a succession of government crackdowns in 1948, 1954, 1965, and 2013 after plots, or alleged plots, of assassination and overthrow were uncovered.