page_title: Muslim Brotherhood
section_title: General leaders
hierarchical_section_title: Muslim Brotherhood / In Egypt / General leaders
caption_attribution_description: English: Mr. Mohamed Badia -General Guide of Muslim Brotherhood- during opening ceremony of Alexandria Muslim Brotherhood main office العربية: الأستاذ محمد بديع -المرشد العام للإخوان المسلمين- خلال حفل افتتاح مقر الإخوان المسلمين بالإسكندرية
context_page_description: The Society of the Muslim Brothers, better known as the Muslim Brotherhood, is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna in 1928. Al-Banna's teachings spread far beyond Egypt, influencing today various Islamist movements from charitable organizations to political parties—not all using the same name.
  Initially, as a Pan-Islamic, religious, and social movement, it preached Islam in Egypt, taught the illiterate, and set up hospitals and business enterprises. It later advanced into the political arena, aiming to end British colonial control of Egypt. The movement's self-stated aim is the establishment of a state ruled by Sharia law–its most famous slogan worldwide being: "Islam is the solution". Charity is a major propellant to its work.
  The group spread to other Muslim countries but has its largest, or one of its largest, organizations in Egypt despite a succession of government crackdowns starting in 1948 up until today, with accusations of planning assassinations and plots.
context_section_description: Founder and first General Leader (G.L.): (1928–1949) Hassan al Banna
  2nd G.L.: (1949–1972) Hassan al-Hudaybi
  3rd G.L.: (1972–1986) Umar al-Tilmisani
  4th G.L.: (1986–1996) Muhammad Hamid Abu al-Nasr
  5th G.L.: (1996–2002) Mustafa Mashhur
  6th G.L.: (2002–2004) Ma'mun al-Hudaybi
  7th G.L.: (2004–2010) Mohammed Mahdi Akef
  8th G.L.: (16 January 2010) Mohammed Badie
caption: Mohammed Badie, the current leader
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