It is the longest running radical [[Islam]]ic group [[globalism|global]]ly, supporter of [[Hamas]],<ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2011/02/01/egypt_aflame/page/2 Egypt Aflame]</ref> advocates [[Jihad]] as well as the spread of [[Sharia Law]].<ref name="bos">http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/03/25/hear_out_muslim_brotherhood/</ref> The organization which grew to encompass over 70 countries<ref name="ummah">http://www.ummah.net/ikhwan/</ref> including [[Syria]], [[Sudan]], and other Arab countries, was founded in [[Egypt]] by Hasan al-Banna in 1928 and has had many high-profile [[Islamic terrorist]] members, including the founder of modern-day [[jihad]], [[Sayyid Qutb]], [[Osama Bin Laden]], and Egyptian terrorist mastermind and [[Al-Qaeda]] boss [[Ayman Al-Zawahiri]].<ref>The Looming Tower, al-Qaeda and the road to 9/11 (book), by Lawrence Wright</ref>
The Brotherhood was booted out of Egypt in 1954 after a botched attempt to assassinate Egyptian President [[Gamal Abdel Nasser|Abdul Nasser]] and found [[asylum]] in London where it assumed a veneer of an oppressed, non-violent, opposition po!itical party. Members assassinated Nassar's successor, [[Anwar Sadat]] who made peace with [[Israel]], in 1981. It has given rise to new more violent militias including [[Hamas]], Gama’a al-Islamiya, and Islamic Jihad.<ref name="bos" /> [[Hafez al-Assad]], [[Bashar al-Assad]]'s father, wiped out 20,000 members of the Brotherhood in an uprising against the Syrian government in 19831982.<ref>https://youtu.be/UqlhqI8c2To </ref>
Despite being illegal under Egyptian law, the Muslim Brotherhood gained success in Egypt’s parliamentary elections, winning 20 percent of the assembly's seats in 2005.<ref name="bos" /> From 2012 to 2013 [[Mohamed Morsi]], a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, was the president of [[Egypt]]. He subsequently introduced [[Sharia]] law in his country and was deposed by the Egyptian [[Deep State]].