Date of source: Wednesday, February 15, 2006
The author wonders who killed the murshid and founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Imām Hasan al-Bannā, the man whose ideas and organization still affect politics in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2006
Majdī Khalīl criticizes Muslim extremists who he believes are leading the Arab and Muslim world to backwardness and preventing them from keeping up with modernization.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 8, 2006
The author is questioning the practice of the Muslim Brotherhood’s followers kissing the hand of their murshid [guide]. He says Imām Hasan al-Bannā has prohibited it, but still they are observing the hand-kissing as a tradition.
Date of source: Saturday, February 4, 2006 to Friday, February 10, 2006
The author speaks about the spiritual leaders of terrorism who developed terrorism-inspiring thoughts waiting others to promote and put them s into practices. These leaders are Hasan al-Bannā, Sayyid Qutb, and ‘Abd al-Allāh ‘Azzām.
Date of source: Saturday, February 4, 2006 to Friday, February 10, 2006
The author states that Hamās has the right to rule Palestine but asks whether such movements can ever accept the principle of the circulation of power. The author stresses that opposing and criticizing these movements is not equal to criticizing and opposing Islam, because these groups do not...
Date of source: Friday, January 20, 2006
The author is skeptical about whether the Muslim Brotherhood have changed, and suggests that if they are genuine about having changed, they should renounce the teachings of their past imām, Hasan al-Bannā.
Date of source: Sunday, January 22, 2006
The authors harshly criticize the Muslim Brotherhood’s attitudes towards women and Copts.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 11, 2006
In an interview with Ākhir Sā‘a, Muslim thinker Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā has dismissed the possibility of having a religious state in Egypt for a number reasons.
Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2006 to Friday, January 13, 2006
In this 1949 article, the late Egyptian intellectual ‘Abbās al-‘Aqqād argues that the Muslim Brotherhood, which he says has sparked unprecedented sedition in Egyptian society, has dubious origins, saying that the grandfather of the Brotherhood founder was a watch fixer in Morocco, a job that was...
Date of source: Saturday, November 6, 2004
Dr. Rifa’at Al-Said’s recent yet-another-controversial book “Hassan Al-Banna, the armed sheikh” is focusing on the moment when the da’wa [Call to Islam] via wisdom and affability turns into armed violence. This sums up the idea of the book considering many people’s defense of Hassan Al-Banna, on...