The Muslim Brotherhood’s International Power Index – MBIPI 2022-2023
تاريخ النشر: 01/01/2024
الناشر: مركز تريندز للبحوث والاستشارات
نبذة الناشر:The 2021 Muslim Brotherhood’s International Power Index (MBIPI) clearly indicates how the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), suffered significant setbacks, leading to a loss of popular support and influence in Arab societies. This significantly affected MB’s global power index, sinking to 64% compared to their highest level during the Arab Spring. However, ...MB remain Strong, but on the lower end of this tier which ranges from 61% to 80%. Therefore, the Muslim Brotherhood are closer to being Moderately Strong than Very Strong. So, what happened between January and December 2022?
The Muslim Brotherhood continue to take on hard blows, which significantly weaken their power, namely:
The influence of MB’s media machine and their power of mobilization have become weaker, due to a lack of professionalism and credibility and a tendency towards exaggeration. This is exacerbated with failed comeback attempts in the media scene through new satellite channels, such as “Al- Shoub” [The Peoples].
Internal disputes and divisions persist (splits in Ennahda),1 as well as increased conflicts between the London and Istanbul fronts and the Kamalist wing, especially after the death of Ibrahim Mounir3 in November 2022 and the fight over the position of Acting Supreme Guide.
The declared rapprochement between the Arab Quartet countries,4 and Qatar and Turkey. This rapprochement has been so far at the expense of MB’sinterests.
Increased blockade and restrictive actions have undermined MB at the international level, including the decision on 18 September 2022 by the Central Council of Muslims in Germany (ZMD) to expel all MB representatives. This ban encompasses the Islamic Center in Munich and the MB-affiliated Student Union. ZMD also stripped renowned global MB figure Ibrahim El- Zayat, known as MB finance minister, of his position within the Council. In the same year, Austria invested more on countering and deconstructing the narrative of political Islam, through its Documentation Centre Political Islam(DPI).
More MB members undergoing security-based prosecutions. For example, in mid-January 2022, the Egyptian authorities arrested Hossam Menoufy, a prominent leader and a founder of Hasm, MB’s armed wing. The Egyptian Official Gazette has also published on 16 October 2022, the decision of the Cairo Criminal Court, Circuit 31 South regarding terrorist entities, branding the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization and banning them for five years. إقرأ المزيد