ПОЛИТИКО-ПРАВОВЫЕ КОНЦЕПЦИИ ИДЕОЛОГОВ ЕГИПЕТСКОГО ДВИЖЕНИЯ “БРАТЬЯ-МУСУЛЬМАНЕ”
POLITICAL AND LEGAL CONCEPTS OF THE IDEOLOGISTS OF THE EGYPTIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

Summary/Abstract: The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is one of the key actors in the political process in Egypt. However, its ideological agenda is still a subject of controversy. Some experts regard it as deriving from the radical ideas of Sayyid Qutb, who was the main ideologist of the Society in the 1950s and 1960s, while the recent MB leaders claim to refuse them. This paper discusses the fundamental political concepts established by the most significant ideologists of the MB. A number of their basic works reflecting political, legal and social theories were collected and investigated. By analysing and comparing the basic political ideas reflected in these sources, we were able to discover common roots in the theories of earlier and later generations and to trace differences between their views. It is concluded that modern MB thinkers generally adhere to modern and even reformist interpretations. This conclusion provides a quite different understanding of the MB ideology, which has been primarily perceived as a radical and ultra-conservative since the 1950s.

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