Umar at-Talmasani
Umar at-Talmasani (born November 4, 1904 in Cairo ; † May 22, 1986 , Arabic عمر التلمساني, DMG ʿUmar at-Talmasānī ) was the third Supreme Leader (Murshid al-'Amm) of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood . He headed the Islamist organization from 1972 to 1986. At-Talmasani (his name is a variation of Tlemceni , which indicates his family origin from the western Algerian city of the same name ) led the organization during a period of cooperation and, as some observers suggest, of co-optation with the Egyptian state. Although the Brotherhood was not really legal during at-Talmasani's tenure, it was tolerated and promoted by President Anwar as-Sadat as a bulwark against left opponents and even more extreme Islamists.
Life
At-Talmasani was born in the Darb al-Ahmar district of Cairo in 1904. As a lawyer he joined the Muslim Brotherhood in 1933 and was introduced to the organization by their founder and Supreme Leader Hassan al-Banna .
He comes from a well-known family of landowners who owned 300 feddan land and seven houses. His deputy and later successor in the office of Supreme Leader, Mustafa Maschhur , also belonged to a family of wealthy landowners. Their awareness and their social status led the historian Robert Spring Borg in the late 1980s to the conclusion that "it can be said reasonably that, at present the Muslim Brotherhood guide, an Islamic infitah - bourgeoisie come from, and the organization by resources "bought" them through cooperation with the Sadat regime ".
Views
"We condemn the US and Russian attitudes to us and we will reject, resist, and use every means to preserve our rights."
"The US attitude is motivated by several factors, but the most important, in my view, is religious fanaticism. [...] This attitude is a continuation of the crusader invasion of a thousand years ago. "
Individual evidence
- ^ Mubarak's Egypt: Fragmentation of the Political Order: Mubarak's Egypt: Fragmentation of the Political Order Westview Press Inc (December 1988), ISBN 0-8133-7643-2
- ^ The Long Shadow: Culture and Politics in the Middle East by Daniel Pipes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Talmasani, Umar at- |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | عمر التلمساني (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Egyptian leader of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th November 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cairo |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 1986 |