KHALIL AL- ANANI

As a social movement the Brotherhood has built a distinctive form of identity that differentiates it and its members from other groups and allows it to maintain its activism. I call this identity ikhwanism, referring to the cognitive code of norms, values, and regulations that guides and directs members in their everyday lives.

In fact the uniqueness of the Brotherhood’s identity is that its members have multiple layers of identity that facilitate the dissemination of its ideology in society.

As the Brotherhood’s code of identity ikhwanism consists of five key norms and values: allegiance (bay’a), obedience (ta’ah), trust (thiqa), com-mitment (iltizam), and loyalty (intima).