The Muslim Brotherhood’s Congratulations to the Sudanese Army… A Move That Reveals the Group’s Role in Fueling the Conflict

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Amid escalating conflict in Sudan, the international organization of the Muslim Brotherhood is attempting to assert control over the political and military landscape, exploiting the prevailing chaos to achieve its ideological goals.

This attempt goes beyond mere political support; it includes funding and arming Islamist factions within the Sudanese army, aiming to regain its influence and return Sudan to the era of Islamist rule.

In parallel, these moves pose a large-scale threat, as the Brotherhood seeks to turn Sudan into a new gateway for terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS, endangering the security of the entire African region.

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The Muslim Brotherhood’s International Organization and Its Support for Armed Conflicts in Sudan

Over the past decades, the Muslim Brotherhood has used armed conflict as a tool to impose its influence, and Sudan is now a new arena for this tactic. Since the fall of Bashir’s regime, the Brotherhood has consistently sought to reestablish its power through:

• Alliances with military leaders within the Sudanese army: the army includes members affiliated with the Brotherhood, explaining the group’s support despite its historical opposition to military institutions not under its control.
• Funding armed factions: the Brotherhood supports Islamist groups fighting alongside the army, using religious slogans to gain popular support.
• Planning a return to power: the group is exploiting the chaos to strengthen its presence in security and political institutions, aiming to reintroduce a theocratic regime.
• Using Sudan as a transit hub for terrorist groups: if the Brotherhood takes control, the country could become a breeding ground for extremists, threatening all of Africa’s stability.

This is not a new strategy; the Brotherhood has used similar tactics in Syria, Libya, and Egypt, backing armed factions and fueling unrest to achieve its aims.

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“Brotherhood Congratulates the Army”: Revealing the Truth Behind the Message to the Sudanese Army

The international branch of the Muslim Brotherhood – London Front – issued an official statement via its main X platform account, quoting their media spokesperson Sohaib Abdelmaqssoud, an Egyptian. The group congratulated the Sudanese people on “liberating Khartoum” from the remnants of the foreign-backed Rapid Support Forces militias, adding that nations can break their chains and regain their will despite prolonged oppression and tyranny.

1. Implicit acknowledgment that military leaders are loyal to the Brotherhood: the congratulations target specific leaders within the army, not the national institution itself.
2. Repetition of the Bashir-era governance model: the statement reflects the Brotherhood’s desire to restore the former regime’s system of rule.

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Implications of the Congratulations

The Brotherhood’s message reveals a deep relationship between both parties

This statement was not a casual one. It reflects the longstanding and renewed ties between various Islamic movements and successive military leaderships in Sudan. During Omar al-Bashir’s rule, the Brotherhood provided ideological cover in exchange for access to state institutions.

Even after the regime’s fall in 2019, covert communication lines remained between elements of the army and Islamist movements. This explicit message confirms the continuation of this relationship, and suggests that the Brotherhood still views the Sudanese army as a tool for regaining influence.

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The congratulations reveal the Brotherhood’s desire for a military return to power

The message also exposes the Brotherhood’s core strategy in Sudan: betting on military intervention as a means to reclaim power after failing to regain public trust through political or social channels.

Having lost significant popular support post-revolution, the Brotherhood appears to have re-aligned with the military, pushing to end the transitional phase through force rather than dialogue. This approach is consistent with the group’s behavior in other countries, where it has often relied on force or exploited chaos to assert itself.

This trajectory poses a real danger to Sudan’s future, as it revives the very system that the revolution aimed to dismantle, derailing the democratic transition sought by civil forces.

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Al-Burhan is seen by the Brotherhood as a temporary puppet

The tone and content of the message suggest that the Brotherhood does not view army leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan as a key figure, but rather as a temporary tool for achieving its ultimate objective: returning to power.

The message doesn’t honor al-Burhan as an individual, but instead praises the army’s actions—as if the real focus is the military institution as a whole, not its commander. Brotherhood movements are known to treat military leaders as temporary allies, easily discarded once goals are met.

Therefore, the apparent support for al-Burhan should not be interpreted as a lasting alliance, but as a step in a broader plan to fully reclaim control of the state, possibly through more extreme means if necessary.

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The Muslim Brotherhood’s congratulatory message to the Sudanese army for the so-called “liberation of Khartoum” is not just a political statement; it’s a serious indicator of the group’s future direction and its willingness to use violence and dubious alliances to restore its influence.

Without a unified national vision focused on building a true civil state, Sudan risks entering a new era of chaos and division—possibly more severe than before.

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