Muslim Brotherhood in Iraq

The Muslim Brotherhood in Iraq (Arabic: الإخوان المسلمون في العراق, romanized: al-Ikhwān al-Muslimūn fī al-ʿIrāq) is an Iraqi branch of the Sunni Islamist Muslim Brotherhood organization. The group was founded in 1940, and became legal in 1949 under the name of the Islamic Brotherhood Association.^[1]

Muslim Brotherhood of Iraq الإخوان المسلمون في العراق
Leader	Ziad Shafiq al-Rawi
Founders	Muhammad Mahmoud al-Sawaf
Founded	1940
Legalised	1949 (as the Islamic Brotherhood Association) 1963 2003
Banned	1961 1968
Headquarters	Baghdad
Armed wing	Hamas (2007-2011, unclear)
Political wing	Islamic Party
Membership	5,000[citation needed]
Ideology	Pan-Islamism Sunni Islamism
Political position	Right-wing
International affiliation	Muslim Brotherhood
Party flag
Politics of Iraq Political parties Elections