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4 days ago · In parallel, Islamism – political Islam – views human history as progress towards an Islamic world. 10 The Muslim Brotherhood, established by Hassan al Banna in Egypt in 1927, preached a three-stage method: dawa – missionizing non-Muslims to “revert,” siyasa – political activism, and inqilab – military action and takeover through persistent kinetic jihad, struggle. 11
4 days ago · These significant definitions have failed to fully grasp the group’s complexity, particularity, and multi-faceted character—as intended by its founder, Hassan El-Banna,2 and as examined by a few scholars calling for new definitions.3 This article thus attempts to unravel one more layer of this complexity and introduce a new facet to the character of the Brotherhood, by defining it as a sect.
1 day ago · Abul A'la Maududi ( Urdu: ابو الاعلی مودودی, romanized : Abū al-Aʿlā Mawdūdī; 25 September 1903 – 22 September 1979) was an Islamic scholar active in British India and then in Pakistan. An Islamist ideologue, Maududi followed the Hanafi school of Sunni Islam .
4 days ago · Reassess ideologies to avoid violence. Badr Al Abri. Published: 8:22 PM, Jul 02, 2024. Listen. The year 1979 was pivotal in the region's history, marked by the the Grand Mosque seizure in Saudi Arabia led by Juhayman al Otaibi, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, and the onset of the Iran-Iraq War, which lasted eight years.
3 days ago · Saeed al Nursi, Hassan al Banna, Abu al Ala al Mawdudi, Abdul Hamid ibn Badis, Mustafa al Sibai, and Sayyid Qutb. Religious discourse during this time was used to oppose other trends, particularly leftists, and extended to sectarian minorities such as Ibadiya and Zaidiya, and even non-religious groups.
1 day ago · Founded and led by Hassan al-Banna, it also assassinated politicians seen as collaborating with British rule, most prominently Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha in 1948. In 1952 a military coup overthrew British rule, and shortly thereafter the Muslim Brotherhood went underground in the face of a massive crackdown.
3 days ago · Abstract. Politics rather than theology is at the core of a battle between Muslim traditional clerics backed and funded by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists supported by Qatar and Turkey, and religious authorities associated with Indonesia’s Nahdlatul Ulama. At stake is the degree to which moderate Islam ...
