Mustafa al-Siba'i | |
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مُصطَفى السِّبَاعِي | |
_of_the_Muslim_Brotherhood_in_Syria.jpg) Al-Siba'i portrait | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1915 |
| Died | October 3, 1964(1964-10-03) (aged 48–49) |
| Citizenship | Syrian |
| Political party | Muslim Brotherhood in Syria |
| Alma mater | Al-Azhar University |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Movement | Salafiyya[1] |
| Supreme Guide of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood | |
| In office 1946–1961 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Issam al-Attar |
Mustafa al-Siba'i (Arabic:مُصطَفى السِّبَاعِي,romanized: Muṣṭafā as-Sibāʿī) was a Syrian politician and activist. He was dean of the Faculty of Islamic Jurisprudence and the School of Law at theUniversity of Damascus. From 1945 to 1961 he was the leader of theMuslim Brotherhood in Syria, the Syrian branch of theMuslim Brotherhood.[2]
Mustafa al-Siba'i studiedIslamic theology atal-Azhar University,Cairo. While in Egypt he went to lectures byHassan al-Banna, founder of theEgyptian Muslim Brotherhood, and joined the Brotherhood in 1930. Returning to Syria, Siba'i taught atDamascus University, and in 1940 was made Dean of the Faculty of Theology. In 1941 he establishedShabab Mohammad (Mohammad Youth), a religious paramilitary group based on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Shabab Mohammad allied itself with theNational Bloc in resisting the French mandate.[3]
In 1946, al-Siba'i founded a Syrian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, leading it through several parliamentary campaigns. After theUnited Arab Republic was formed in 1958,Gamal Abdel Nasser outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood and arrested hundreds of members. Joining the underground, Siba'i supported the 1961 coup ending the UAR. However, theBa'athist government whichcame to power in 1963 again outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood, and banned many of Siba'i's works.[3]
Al-Siba'i'sThe Socialism of Islam (1959) argued thatIslam was compatible withsocialism. It was reprinted inEgypt and endorsed by several members of the Egyptian government,[2] though al-Siba'i complained at the use of his book to justifyNasserism.[4]
Al-Siba'i suffered fromHemiparesis for 8 years before death on 3 October 1964.
AL-SALAFIYYA. .. In Damascus, many Jordanian students were influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood's Shaykh Mustapha al-Siba'i and 'Isam al-'Attar, both with a long history in al-Salafiyya.
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