Ikhwan (Arabic: إخوان‎‎) is an Arabic word meaning "brothers". It may refer to: Ikhwan (Kashmir), pro-Indian government militia in Kashmir. Muslim Brotherhood (Al-IkhwÄn al-MuslimÅ«n), political opposition movement in many Arab states. Yihewani, Islamic sect in China (the name is a Chinese transcription of "Ikhwan")