The expansion of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan) in the 1960s happened mainly due to Saudi funding, with King Faisal - an anti-Semite and pan-Islamist who ruled from 1964 to 1975 - donating funds to Ikhwan groups abroad. According to Dr. Ghayasuddin Siddiqui of Britain's Muslim Parliament:
"In 1965 when there was conflict between Nasser and Faisal over the leadership of Muslim Brotherhood, a deal was struck between the Muslim Brothers and Saudi Arabia, that Saudis would give jobs and protection to the Muslim Brother leadership and in return the Muslim Brothers would mobilise Islamic movements in support of the Saudis. They got together for the glory and leadership of Saudi Arabia as the custodian of two holy places of Islam."
One of the first Muslim Brotherhood da'wah groups in the UK was FOSIS, the Federation of Student Islamic Societies. According to its website, it was founded in 1962, while its Facebook page claims it was formed in 1963. FOSIS has made English language editions of works by Hasan al-Banna, founder of the Egyptian MB. The last book they published on this matter was based on Banna's "Letter to a Muslim" which they produced in 1995.
One of the seven founders of FOSIS, Malaysian-born Dato Muhammad Iqbal is also involved with a group called Made in Europe, which claims to fight climate change and bring people together "to achieve social justice and peace in our increasingly troubled world." The chairman of Made in Europe is Khalid Sofi, who is a senior member of the Muslim Council of Britain, who was formerly a director of Muslim Aid. The Muslim Aid charity was founded by Yussuf Islam (Cat Stevens) in 1984 and in 2004 Muslim Aid became a member of the Union of Good (pdf) coalition of charities. The Union of Good ('I'tilaf al-Khayr) is headed by Yusuf al-Qaradawi, spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, and was designated as a terrorist entity by the U.S. Treasury on December 11, 2008.
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