Abstract

This paper aims to gain insight into future political scenarios of Egypt by analyzing the Islamic political and religious ideologies in conjunction with their political strategies.  It portrays the relationship between religion and politics in the Middle East in general, and Egypt in specific.  In further analysis, it explores the ideology and the literature of the Islamic Ruling Model based on a comparative analysis of the major Islamic political factions: the Revolutionary, Traditionalist, Modernist and the Secularist for the period leading up to the removal of President Muḥammad Mursī in 2013. The paper argues that religion was repeatedly manipulated in politics, not only by all political leaders in Egypt, but also by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) movement since its inception in 1928.  It specifically examines the pragmatic Muslim Brotherhood strategies to formulate a tailored-made Islamic ruling model suitable to the Egyptian socio-political settings and fulfills the mega strategies of the movement.