HIST 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Jahiliyyah, Political Philosophy
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They are both very different with different legacies. Long history related to the divide between the secular and the religious. This is a constructed divide made by secularism as a political philosophy. Understanding gures like b and q as gures orientated towards the politics from a rational faith- based worldview. Banna was a member of the hasa yya order growing up in mahmudiyya. Banna teaches in ismailiyya where there are a lot of british and french families. Many people in egypt did not have access to the political world and so the muslim brotherhood becomes an alternative. Strong anti-colonial messages crucial for understanding the popularity of the brotherhood. Banna talks about how islam is needed now for renewal and to wash away everything that the. Islam and public health western categories in egyptian political and social life. The idea of public health at the time was new.
