Alison Pargeter
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“It is no coincidence that the works of the Syrian medieval jurist Ibn Taymiyyah, whose uncompromising stance against the Alawites, had a particular resonance among the Syrian Ikhwan.”
― The Muslim Brotherhood: From Opposition to Power
― The Muslim Brotherhood: From Opposition to Power
“Mustafa al-Sibai, the first Syrian General Guide, came from a traditional religious family that had long supplied preachers to the Grand Mosque of Homs and was sent to Al-Azhar in Cairo aged eighteen to study Islamic law. Whilst in Cairo, he came into contact with Hassan al-Banna and became heavily involved with the Brotherhood.”
― The Muslim Brotherhood: From Opposition to Power
― The Muslim Brotherhood: From Opposition to Power
“most controversial element of the Syrian Ikhwan has been its involvement in the bloody events of the early 1980s, culminating in the Hamah massacre of 1982 in which the security forces razed the city to the ground, killing thousands of residents. Although the Ikhwan’s leadership insist that they were not directly involved in or responsible for the violent uprising that prompted the massacre, the conflicting reports and testimonies of the leadership of this era indicate that they played a much more significant role than the official record would suggest.”
― The Muslim Brotherhood: From Opposition to Power
― The Muslim Brotherhood: From Opposition to Power
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