Ahmad Dzulfahmi Muhamad - History Section, School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang Malaysia
Kamaruzaman Yusoff - Professor, Academy of Islamic Civilization, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia,Malaysia
Mansoureh Ebrahimi - - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

As an integrated political system, Islamic politics places the main objective of shaping the faith of the Muslim community in particular. This formation became the main basis for the establishment of the Islamic state. The establishment of the Ikhwan Muslimin (IM) Egypt in ۱۹۲۸ was a response to the fall of the Ottoman Caliphate in ۱۹۲۴. Its establishment was also shaped by the political thought of its founder, Hassan al-Banna and IM leadership. This paper examines the political thought of the IM leadership that is fundamental to its struggle to uphold the Islamic State in Egypt. This study uses a qualitative research metode, by analyzing the primary and secondary sources related to the thought of IM leadership. The study suggests that IM’s ideology and reflection were the main factors that influenced Egypt’s political orientation especially on issues of leadership and the system of government. IM’s political thought has also changed the development of an Islamic State in modern era.

Ikhwan Muslimin, Political Thought, Islamic state, Politics, Egypt