Gamal al-Banna, Egyptian author and scholar (died 2013)

Gamal al-Banna

Egyptian writer and trade unionist (1920–2013)

Gamal al-Banna was an Egyptian author, and trade unionist. He was the youngest brother of Hassan al-Banna (1906–49), founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. Al-Banna was considered a liberal scholar, known for his criticism of Islamic traditional narratives. He rejected 635 Hadiths…