Comparative Analysis of the Islamic Revolution of Iran and the Egyptian 2011 Revolution in Light of Study of Clergy and Muslim Brotherhood Streams

Abstract

Revolutions are studied from different perspectives and levels, causes oftheir occurrence, consequences, affecting forces and their reflections and soon. The Islamic Revolution of Iran in 1979 and the Egyptian revolution inJanuary 2011 as two major political and social changes, can be studied andcompared from different perspectives and approaches. Especially, in one ofthem that is the Iranian revolution, led to the victory of the Islamic streamand the continuation of a political system, and in the other, the Egyptianrevolution, despite initial successes of the Muslim Brotherhood, and aftertaking power for a year, eventually driven out of power by a military coupwhen public opposition expanded, and after the repression, the MuslimBrotherhood social and political activities were banned and prohibited.Now, the question is how the Islamist movement in Iran and Egypt, led to adifferent results in the revolution and its subsequent events. In response tothis question, the hypothesis is that the role of leadership can be consideredas an effective factor in the movement during and after the revolution

Keywords

• 1979 iranian revolution
• 2011 egyptian revolution
• the shiite clergy
• muslim brotherhood
• leadership