In December of 1948, Prime Minister Muhammud Fahmi al-Nuqrashi ordered that the Brotherhood be shutdown and following this order, a member of the Brotherhood assassinated the Prime Minister. Shortly after, in February of 1949, Hassan al-Banna was assassinated by the secret police. Following the assassination of the group’s leader, Gamal Abel Nasser, a secular Arab nationalist, became the second president of Egypt. Sometime between 1954 and 1970, thousands of members of the Brotherhood were forced to go underground and into hiding and many were imprisoned.
Sayyid Qutb was a theoretician and is known as the father of jihadi, armed struggle. He justified the violence by explaining that it was necessary in order to achieve Islamic order. Qutb was very influential for the Muslim Brotherhood especially since Banna had been assassinated and given the crackdown occurring at the time. Regardless of the crackdown and Bannas death, Qutb convincingly advocated a more radical approach to group’s members that would help them obtain the overall mission. Qutb is responsible for the split within in Brotherhood because of his influence. The combination of the split within the…show more content… Granted, there were and continue to be, many changes and a series of events occurring in Egypt that have contributed to the impact of the Brotherhoods unsteadiness. Overthrow of the monarchy, transition and adjustments in regime, impact of religion, and many other factors have been instrumental in the chaos amidst the Brotherhood. “Upended Path: The Rise and Fall of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood,” provides an in depth examination of what was going on in Egypt leading up to the 2011 uprising as well as the aftermath of the uprising. This article specifically analyzes the underlying factors, trends and strategies that have essentially led to the Brotherhoods tragic downfall in
