Talk:Muslim Brotherhood
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Democratic faction
editWhile MB has many members with radical views, it has also been described in some Cases as holding "Islamic Democratic" views. Some members even self-indentify as "Islamic Democrats" or following "Islamic Democracy". 2A02:8108:1640:5282:7D38:C805:60A9:8DAA (talk) 19:28, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
Misspelling of the word violence
edit"The group's founder accepted the utility of political violance" Violence is not spelled that way. Sdp29 (talk) 12:56, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
- Fixed. Iskandar323 (talk) 13:16, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 19 October 2023
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Literetarure: Hussein Solomon, and Arno Tausch. „The Demise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Arab World?.“ Jewish Political Studies Review 31.1/2 (2020): 171–209. https://jcpa.org/article/the-demise-of-the-muslim-brotherhood-in-the-arab-world/ Austrian political observer (talk) 18:41, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Brendan ❯❯❯ Talk 04:46, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
Template
editMaybe there should be Navbox listing all the organizations Braganza (talk) 12:15, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
List of Members
editas cohesive as the "presence outside of Egypt" section is, I think a list would be a better way to convey member organizations; sorted by country etc Castroonthemoon (talk) 17:30, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
Questionable source about who funds the "brotherhood"
editCurrently there's this line in the text: "In recent times, the primary state backers of the Muslim Brotherhood have been Qatar and the AKP-ruled Turkey." And the only source provided (currently numbered "47"), is this one: https://nationalinterest.org/feature/pakistans-support-the-haqqani-network-undermining-us-21300
I see two issues with this source:
- First, in the article this is claimed: "The two states are the region’s staunchest supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas, and have been rather willing to flirt with Tehran." but no source, no numbers, no official report is provided.
- Second, based on the first critics, now it's important to look at the authors of this only source. The authors are: Aykan Erdemir and Merve Tahiroglu. And there's an issue also with this.
Bear with me, because it's the combination of the TWO elements above that are, in my opinion, problematic: they provide NO source for their claim AND they are widely biased authors.
So why do I dare to call them "biased authors":
- First author: On the same website as the source mentioned above: https://nationalinterest.org/profile/merve-tahiroglu, Merve Tahiroglu is described as "Merve Tahiroglu is a research associate focusing on Turkey for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies." And, the wikipedia article about this (Foundation for Defense of Democracies) describes this foundation as: "The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) is a non-profit neoconservative think tank and (since 2019) a registered lobbying organization based in Washington, D.C., United States. It has also been described as a pro-Israel, anti-Iran lobby group due to its focus on Iran and opposition to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.". So it's safe to say that an author who provides no source and who's part of a "neoconservative" American based foundation is probably not the most neutral and unbiased source.
- Second author: https://nationalinterest.org/profile/aykan-erdemir, is described as "Aykan Erdemir is a former member of the Turkish parliament and the Director of Global Research and Diplomatic Affairs at the Anti-Defamation League." This Anti-Defamation League is described as "ADL is also known for its pro-Israel advocacy. It has advanced the concept of new antisemitism, including a definition that says anti-Zionism and some criticisms of Israel are antisemitic. It has received criticism, including from members of its staff, that such advocacy has diverted ADL from its historical fight against antisemitism." on Wikipedia. Again, that's far from being a neutral and unbiased or even a journalistic organization.
Conclusion
So we have one source to "prove" that Qatar and Turkey are funding the brotherhood. That source provides no numbers, report or database to read from, it's just a claim in an article written by two authors who are massively biased and part of think tanks and foundations which are clearly not journalistic.
I am not saying that the initial claim is wrong (I have no doubt that Qatar and Turkey fund the brotherhood), but the source that is provided is not sufficient, worse it does not even provide one number or any kind of financial information. Mrjay42 (talk) 10:21, 25 September 2024 (UTC)