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| Zainab Al-Ghazali Dies at 88 |
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| maryam786 |
| 08/03/05 at 14:04:21 |
| [slm] innalillahwa-inailayhirajoon http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2005-08/03/article06.shtml Zainab Al-Ghazali Dies at 88 Zainab Al-Ghazali groomed generations of female preachers, who defended the status of women in Islam By Sahba Mohammad CAIRO, August 3, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – Leading Muslim female preacher and activist Zainab Al-Ghazali died Wednesday, August 3, at the age of 88, leaving her indelible mark on da`wah. Born in the Egyptian governorate of Al-Bihira in 1917, Ghazali is the descendent of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab, the second Muslim caliph, and Al-Hassan Bin Ali Ibn Abi Talib. Ghazali showed early signs of brilliance and was known for her eloquence at the very young age of 10. Throughout the years she has set herself up as a paradigm for self-educated people. Her vaulting ambitions and staunch resolve have helped her move up the educational ladder at a time when female education was something of a rarity if not a taboo. She was keen on striking the right balance between modern and religious subjects, receiving her religious education from prominent scholars in Al-Azhar like Sheikh Ali Mahfouz and Mohammad El-Naggar. Early in her youth, she was an active member of the Egyptian Feminist Union, founded by Huda Sharawi in 1923. At the age of twenty in 1937, she founded the Muslim Women's Association in order to organize women's activities according to Islamic norms and for Islamic purposes. She resigned her membership in disagreement with the secular ideas of the women's liberation movement, though she held Sharawi in high esteem and hailed her as a faithful and committed woman. No sooner had she established her association than she swung into action and secured licenses from the Minister of Waqfs (religious endowments) to build 15 mosques along with dozens of self-financed mosques. Her association groomed generations of female preachers, who defended the status of women in Islam and firmly believed that their religion permitted women to play a pivotal role in public life, hold jobs, enter politics and speak their minds out. She was influenced by the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Sheikh Hassan Al-Banna and was firmly of the view that religion did not conflict with politics. She was an outspoken defender of Shari `ah and often ran into trouble with the regime of late Egyptian president Gamal Abdul Naser. Imprisonment and torture, however, never broke her staunch will and emerged stronger than ever. She left behind a legacy of uphill struggle to defend Islam and a reputation of a Muslim feminist, who undoubtedly replaced secular and liberal ideologies with Islamic values |
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| jannah |
| 08/03/05 at 15:30:42 |
| Inna lillah wa innah ilaihi rajeoon... if you never have, you MUST read her autobiography one of the most amazing women to ever live in our modern times. this is very sad news :( may Allah have mercy on her soul and give her shade on a day when there is no shade except that of Al-Rahman and enter her into jannatul firdaws. wlm, |
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| Maliha |
| 08/03/05 at 22:08:31 |
| [slm] Inna Lillahi Wainna Ilayhi Raji3oon :( Subhana Allah, her biography served as a major source of inspiration for me. May Allah rest her weary soul; May He accept all her good deeds and welcome her to the highest thrones of dignity in Jannah (amin). May we be blessed enough with the courage to tread on such higher grounds. [wlm] |
| 08/03/05 at 22:13:08 |
| Maliha |
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| Medo |
| 08/04/05 at 00:27:41 |
| Asalaamu Alaykum Inna lilah wa innah ilahi raja'un :'( Walakum Asalaam |
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| Nabila |
| 08/05/05 at 19:39:48 |
| [slm] Innallaaha wa inna ilayhi rajioon I have been dreading this day. Zainab al Ghazali was such a role model for women every where. May Allaah (swt) grant her the highest station ih his Paradise, Ameen. |
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| jannah |
| 08/14/05 at 21:38:36 |
| slm, The title of her autobiography is: Return of the Pharoah: Memoir in Nasir's Prison ZANAB AL-GHAZALI AL-JUBAILI was born in Egypt in 1917. At the age of twenty she formed a major women's charitable organization which rendered valuable service to the poor , orphans and the underprivileged. Although she had acquaintance with Shaikh Hasan al-Banna, the founder of the Ikhwan, since the late 30's and actively particapated in many islamic programmes , she formally joined the Muslim Brotherhood (al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun) in 1948. After the assissination of Hassan al-Banna in 1949 , she played a major role in the re-orginazitation of the Muslim Brotherhood . She was arrested in 1965 for an alleged conspiracy to kill Jamal 'Abd al-Nasir and overthrow his government .She was released from prison in 1971 during Anwar Sadat's predsidecny .In addition to being very active in Da'wah work, Zainab al-Ghazali has been a prolific write, contributing regularly to major Islamic journals and periodical. Her latest book is a two-volume study on the Tafsir of the Qur'an. RETURN OF THE PHAROAH relates how, falsely accused of conspiring to kill jamal 'Abd al-Nasir the president of Egypt in 1965 , the author was arrested and imprisoned. While awaiting trial she was subjected to the most terrible and inhuman torture. This book describes in a captivating manner the ordeal which this Muslim activist went thorugh in the notorious Egyptian prison. Instead of dampering her enthusiasam for Islam and the Islamic movement , the afflications and savageries in Nasir 's prisons increased her commitment and dedication to the cause of Islam. This autobiographical work can be considered a historic document in that its author was an aactive withness to one of the most volatile periods of Egypt's contemporary history. http://store.yahoo.com/islamicbookstore-com/b2627.html |
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