The Muslim Brotherhood in Iraq (Arabic: الإخوان المسلمون في العراق, romanized: al-Ikhwān al-Muslimūn fī al-ʿIrāq) is an Iraqi branch of the Sunni Islamist Muslim Brotherhood organization. The group was founded in 1940, and became legal in 1949 under the name of the Islamic Brotherhood Association.[1]
Muslim Brotherhood of Iraq الإخوان المسلمون في العراق | |
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| Leader | Ziad Shafiq al-Rawi |
| Founders | Muhammad Mahmoud al-Sawaf |
| Founded | 1940 |
| Legalised | 1949 (as the Islamic Brotherhood Association) 1963 2003 |
| Banned | 1961 1968 |
| Headquarters | Baghdad |
| Armed wing | Hamas (2007-2011, unclear) |
| Political wing | Islamic Party |
| Membership | 5,000 |
| Ideology | Pan-Islamism Sunni Islamism |
| Political position | Right wing to Far-right |
| International affiliation | Muslim Brotherhood |
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