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Title: The Muslim Brotherhood: The History of the Middle East's Most Influential Islamist Group

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Peter L. Delloro

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-15-15

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: History, World

Publisher's Summary:

In 2011, Egypt quickly became one of the most active countries during the Arab Spring, with Tahrir Square in Cairo becoming the focal point of both violent protests and peaceful political demonstrations. Inspired by the protesters in Tunisia, beginning in January 2011, Egyptians rallied to the square and in the streets by the thousands, marching, protesting, and calling for the fall of then-President Hosni Mubarak. Throughout the next several months until the overthrow of Mubarak in February 2011, millions of protesters from a wide range of socio-economic, ethnic, and religious backgrounds demanded a regime change across Egypt.

As significant as it was for the Egyptian people, the Egyptian Arab Spring was a key turning point for the Muslim Brotherhood - Egypt's largest and long-oppressed opposition group. The Brotherhood played a key role in organizing demonstrations, pitting the Egyptian and world media against the Mubarak regime, and orchestrating violent riots and clashes between civilian protesters and the Egyptian security forces, further portraying the regime in a negative light. But it was after the revolution that the Brotherhood truly reaped its rewards; it formed a legal political party and ran in the subsequent parliamentary elections, winning a large number of seats that were previously unavailable to them. Then, in June 2012, the Brotherhood made history in Egypt when it successfully managed to install its candidate Mohamed Morsi as president.

Perhaps no group was more surprised by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's swift and largely unopposed rise to power than the Brotherhood itself; for decades, the group had suffered a long history of severe oppression and internal crises, but in the political environment created by the Arab Spring, it only took less than two years for the Brotherhood to control the Egyptian government.

Members Reviews:

Excellent summary of a critical organisation

This brief, conscise overview of the Muslim Brotherhood is timely and informative. The author accomplished an interesting,insightful and revealing narrative that spans a tremendous amount of material. The story starts in Egypt and spreads throughout the globe. The author explores the variety of different philosophical ideas and the different objectives that the Brotherhood adheres to. In addition, the unadorned prose allows the reader to grasp the somewhat confusing and unfamiliar philosophical arguments. I especially respected the balanced and non judgemental manner in which the material was presented.

Interesting Read

Good historical background for the Muslim Brotherhood. Some apparent bias towards the organization is apparent. No mention of global interactions between the Brotherhood and Germany before, during or after WWII.

Very informative and very helpful to understand the situations as ...

Very informative and very helpful to understand the situations as they where and why they are what they are now. Bill

Five Stars

The Charles River Editors was an excellent idea - terse - superb writing

Disappointing due to its generalizations and lack of analysis and supporting detail

_The Muslim Brotherhood_ is a very brief overview of the birth, growth and spread of one of the most influential Islamist groups in the Near East.