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The banner of the Islamist revolution in the Middle East today has largely passed to groups sponsored by or derived from the Muslim Brotherhood. This chapter examines three key Muslim Brotherhood groups—those of Syria, Jordan, and Egypt— compares their politics and methods, and looks at the relationships among them. Each of these groups, of course, is adapted to the conditions of a particular country.
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For a history and analysis of Islamist movements in Egypt, see Barry Rubin, Islamic Fundamentalism in Egyptian Politics, 2nd revised edition (New York: Palgrave, 2002).
On the Brotherhood’s participation in the debate over elections, see A. Shefa, “Towards the September 7 Presidential Elections in Egypt: Public Debate over the Change in the Electoral System,” Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) Inquiry and Analysis Series, no. 237, September 2, 2005, http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA23705. On this and other issues in the struggle between Islamists and liberals, see Barry Rubin, The Long War for Freedom: The Arab Struggle for Democracy in the Middle East (New York: Wiley Press, 2005), pp. 1, 23–24.
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Rubin, B. (2010). Comparing Three Muslim Brotherhoods. In: Rubin, B. (eds) The Muslim Brotherhood. The Middle East in Focus. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230106871_2
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