Zainab Al-Ghazali
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An inspirational and motivational account of a leading woman figure of
the Islamic movement who was falsely accused in 1965 of conspiring to
kill Jamal Abd al-Nasir, the President of Egypt.
ZAINAB 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 al Muslimeneen since
the late 30’s and actively participated in many Islamic programmes, she
formally joined the Muslim Brotherhood (al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun) in 1948.
After the assassination of Hassan al-Banna in 1949 , she played a major
role in the re-orginasitation 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 presidency .
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 periodicals. Her latest book is a
two-volume study on the Tafsir of the Qur’an.
RETURN OF THE PHAROAH relates how Zainab
al-Ghazali was 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 through in the notorious Egyptian
prison. Instead of dampening her enthusiasm for Islam and the Islamic
movement , the afflictions 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 active witness to one of the most volatile periods of
Egypt’s contemporary history.
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In Islamic history ladies have not lagged
behind in the struggle to establish truth and eradicate falsehood, to
uphold Islamic values and principles, and for that matter establish
Islam as a living, thriving, and forward-looking religion. Zaynab
Al-Ghazali is one of such dynamic ladies.
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