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ISSN: 2581-8422, Vol. 07, No. (1) 2024, Pg. 01-03
Current Research Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
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Book Review of Martyn Frampton, The Muslim Brotherhood
and the West: A History of Enmity and Engagement
JOHN C. ZIMMERMAN
Lee Business School, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.
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Published by: 27 February 2024
The complex history between the Muslim Brotherhood, the world's oldest and most influential Islamist
organization, and the West is a topic that has received too little attention until now. Martyn Frampton has
written an in-depth and outstanding history of the Muslim Brotherhood's complex relations with Britain
and the United States that promises to be the critical source on the issue. Frampton focuses on Hassan
al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, and his controversial views of Western culture and his
desire to expel the British from Egypt Utilizing extensive British, American and Muslim Brotherhood (MB)
sources, Frampton shows how the MB and Western powers distrusted each other before and after WW II.
Nevertheless, this did not prevent them from viewing each other as being useful in the context of the Cold War.
Founded by Hasan al-Banna (d.1949) in Egypt in 1928, the Muslim Brotherhood is the best-known Islamist
organization in the world today. It has influenced nearly every Islamist organization, (including jihadist
organizations such as ISIS and al-Qaeda) which believes that Sharia, Islamic law, should govern society.
He wanted the Egyptian constitution expunged of all laws not sanctioned by Islamic law. The MB's famous
motto, as stated by al-Banna, was: Allah is our objective. The Messenger [i.e. Muhammad] is our leader.
The Qur'an is our constitution. Jihad [i.e. holy war] is our way. Dying for the sake of Allah is our highest
hope. (p.36) The MB's constant calls forjihad against various enemies over the years are cited throughout
the book. Frampton notes that Brotherhood leaders were clear that physical-force jihad -in some form-
remained an eternal obligation for Muslims, prescribed in the Quran, and they often cited Sura 2:216 that
Fighting is ordained for you, though it is hard for you. (pp. 332 and 600, note 84)
One of the important factors that led al-Banna to found the MB was an intense fear of Western cultural
influences. At the time, Great Britain was the predominant Western power in Egypt and viewed as the
CONTACT John C. Zimmerman º john.zimmerman@unlv.edu 9 Dept of Accounting, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Enviro Research Publishers.
This is an @ Open Access article licensed under a Creative Commons license: Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY).
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