In countries with non-Muslim majorities, the purpose was to advance the Brotherhood’s political agenda by all means possible. Within the Muslim world, the Brotherhood sought members who would struggle to create and lead what they construed as the Islamic State. Since the objective of this organization was not merely to expand Islamic piety but rather to create an Islamic political entity, the Brotherhood could not ignore the major actors in its global power play. Its members had the responsibility of organizing themselves and carrying its message throughout the world. In al-Banna’s vision, the Brotherhood was not to be restricted to a single country or region. Then it should be able to raise the flag of Jihad and the call towards Allah until the entire world is benefited by the teachings of Islam. 1 The universality of the Brotherhood’s ideology and organization was described by its founder, Hassan al-Banna when he said:Ī Muslim individual, Muslim family, Muslim nation, Muslim government and Muslim state should be able to lead Islamic governments, should be able to unite the dispersed Muslims, should be able to regain their honor and superiority, and should be able to recover their lost lands, their usurped regions and their occupied territories. After starting out in Egypt in 1928, the Brotherhood had set up branches in Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Morocco, Hyderabad (India), Hadramawt (Yemen) and Paris by 1937.
Since its inception, the Muslim Brotherhood has defined itself as the vanguard of a global Islamic revival.
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