The Muslim Brotherhood The Muslim Brotherhood was a large Islamic party. It was founded by Hasan al-Banna in Egypt in 1928. Their goal was to create an Islamic nation and they used shari'ah law. The ideas of the Muslim Brotherhood spread throughout the Arab world and had many ramifications in many Arab countries. Hasan al-Banna and his followers worked against the “British imperial rule” of foreign companies in their country. What they had done was include charitable contributions and focus on political, economic, and social problems, and they worked to find solutions to improve all of these things. The Muslim Brotherhood had many activities, but social benefits for the Egyptian people is the most important activity they carried out. One of the most crucial benefits that society gained from the work of the Muslim Brotherhood was to provide social security, and they wanted to make some changes in order to remedy problems such as injustices among the Egyptian people. The Muslim Brotherhood demanded that the upper class not play with the lower class and use it as they wanted. According to Abed-Kotob, “Ideally they would lead to the creation of a harmonious Islamic society in which the upper class would not exploit the poor, the manager would not oppress the workers, and profit would be tempered by piety and good works” (327). This is such a great work that has brought benefits to the society and the poor have a chance to live like human beings. The poor would have optimistic visions for their future. What the Muslim Brotherhood did was aimed at increasing social justice in Egyptian society. Another important point is that the Muslim Brotherhood has also started to organize the collection of Zakat, which is Islam... middle of paper... to make the poor better. Besides that, the Muslim Brotherhood wanted to reform their country and they wanted to reform every individual's heart so that they could think in the right way. They ask for democracy with Islamic concepts. Work cited Abed-Kotob, Sana. The accommodationists speak: objectives and strategies of the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt. Combridge University, August 1995. Web.Munson, Ziad. Social movement theory and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Blackwell, Autumn, 2001. Web.S. Fahmy, Ninette. The action of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Egyptian trade unions. Middle East InstituteStable, Fall, 1998. Web.Said Aly, Abd al-Monein, and Manfred W. Wenner. The Muslim Brotherhood in contemporary Egypt. Middle East, Summer 1982. Web.Zahid, Mohammed and Michael Medley. Muslim Brothers in Egypt and Sudan. Taylor & Francis, September 2006. Web.