Social Movements and Comman Enemy Perception: Syrian Muslim Brotherhood and HAMAS

Year 2018, Volume: 18 Issue: 3, 331 - 341, 01.07.2018

Bulut Gürpınar

https://doi.org/10.21121/eab.2018339289

Cited By: 2

Abstract

The social movement can be described as a

collective and organized opposition to the power

and the status quo. The Islamic movement, within

the context of the social movements, is formed

by groups who are united under the Islamic flag

and work for establishing an Islamic state. Having

a significant role in the opposition movements,

Ikhwan (Ikhvan-ul Muslims / Muslim Brotherhood)

organization has an important history in these

movements. After the Arab uprisings, while it

fell into decline after coming into power in some

countries, in others, it became an important factor

for the opposition. The aim of this paper is to

compare the two different structures living on the

same ideological root, Syrian Ikhwan with HAMAS,

in terms of their aims, structure, attitude towards

violence, political position and public support

in the framework of Islamic movements. The key

questions that are addressed in this paper are how

different the practices of the organizations and

the reasons underlying these differences are. In

this study, first, from a historical point of view the

two organizations are compared in terms of the

transformations they have experienced as social

movements, their political attitudes and positions

are analyzed. Then, the changes and differences

in the current political positions of these two

organizations which are influenced both especially

from the Arab uprisings are evaluated in terms of

creating the perception of a common enemy.

Keywords

Ikhwan/Muslim Brotherhood, Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, HAMAS, Social Movements, Common Enemy

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