Hassan al banna biography template

NameHassan al-Banna (1906-1948)Also Known AsMajmu'at Rasayil Al-Imam Al-Shaheed Hassan Al-BannaBiographyHassan al-Banna was an Egyptian Islamic Modernist/Reformist (that is to say, a Salafi)¹ and a member of the Hasafiya Sufi order.² His father was a recognised Hanbali scholar,³ and by trade a watch maker.

While most earlier Islamic Modernists had sought an accomodation of the positive elements of Western secular models, Hassan al-Banna believed that they had become a source of decadence and decay,⁴ observing ominously that,

...the civilization of the West, which was brilliant by virtue of its scientific perfection for a long time, and which subjugated the whole world with the products of this science to its states and nations, is now bankrupt and in decline.⁵

Furthermore, he believed the West's malady was afflicting the Muslim world, weakening and corrupting it, and "anaesthetising" its faith.⁶ He created the Jamaat al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun (Soci