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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]], wiped out 20,000 members of the Brotherhood in an uprising against the Syrian government in 1983.

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 1983.

Despite being illegal under Egyptian law, the Muslim Brotherhood has 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 introduced the [[Sharia]] law in his country.

Despite being illegal under Egyptian law, the Muslim Brotherhood has 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 introduced the [[Sharia]] law in his country.