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The Islamist movement in Sudan started in universities and high schools as early as the 1940s under the influence of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. [1] The Islamic Liberation Movement, a precursor of the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood, began in 1949. [1] Hassan Al-Turabi then took control of it under the name of the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood. [1]
Muslim Brotherhood The National Islamic Front ( NIF ; Arabic : الجبهة الإسلامية القومية ; transliterated : al-Jabhah al-Islamiyah al-Qawmiyah ) was an Islamist political organization founded in 1976 [ 1 ] and led by Dr. Hassan al-Turabi that influenced the Sudanese government starting in 1979, and dominated it from 1989 to ...
A movement that spread widely in Sudan in the 1960s, responding to the efforts to secularize Islamic society, was the Muslim Brotherhood (Al Ikhwan al Muslimin). Originally the Muslim Brotherhood, often known simply as the Brotherhood, was conceived as a religious revivalist movement that sought to return to the fundamentals of Islam in a way ...
– Sudan; Spencer Trimingham, History of Islam in West Africa. Oxford University Press, 1962. Nehemia Levtzion and Randall L. Pouwels (eds). The History of Islam in Africa. Ohio University Press, 2000. David Robinson. Muslim Societies in African History. Cambridge University Press, 2004. Bruce S. Hall, A History of Race in Muslim West Africa ...
Saudi provided funding for the Muslim Brotherhood [59] whose local leader, Hassan al-Turabi, enjoyed "close relations" with "some of the more conservative members of the Saudi royal family". [60] In the fall of 1977, an Islamic bank with 60% of its start up capital coming from Saudi Arabia opened a branch in Sudan. [61]
In Texas, the Hilton Houston Post Oak by the Galleria canceled a conference scheduled for Oct. 27-29 by the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, citing unspecified safety concerns.
The following animated videos depict the experiences of nine Muslim Americans from across the country who differ in heritage, age, gender and occupation. Relaying short anecdotes representative of their everyday lives, these Muslim Americans demonstrate both the adversities and blessings of Muslim American life. By Emily Kassie. April 6, 2015
North Texas lawmakers seeking reelection to the Texas House of Representatives are being targeted with anti-Muslim mailers. Versions of the mailers, sent by the Texas Family Project, have gone out ...