Mustafa al-Siba'i

Mustafa al-Siba'i
مُصطَفى السِّبَاعِي
Personal
Born1915
DiedOctober 3, 1964(1964-10-03) (aged 48–49)
ReligionIslam
CitizenshipSyrian
DenominationSunni
MovementSalafiyya[1]
Political partyMuslim Brotherhood in Syria
Alma materAl-Azhar University
Supreme Guide of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood
In office
1946–1961
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byIssam al-Attar

Mustafa al-Siba'i (Arabic: مُصطَفى السِّبَاعِي, romanizedMuṣṭafā as-Sibāʿī) was a Syrian politician and activist. He was dean of the Faculty of Islamic Jurisprudence and the School of Law at the University of Damascus. From 1945 to 1961 he was the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, the Syrian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood.[2]

  1. ^ S. Moussalli, Ahmad (1999). Historical Dictionary of Islamic Fundamentalist Movements in the Arab World, Iran and Turkey. Folkestone, Kent: The Scarecrow Press. p. 259. ISBN 0-8108-3609-2. AL-SALAFIYYA. .. In Damascus, many Jordanian students were influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood's Shaykh Mustapha al-Siba'i and 'Isam al-'Attar, both with a long history in al-Salafiyya.
  2. ^ Joel Beinin (1987). "Islamic responses to the capitalist penetration of the Middle East". In Barbara Freyer Stowasser (ed.). The Islamic Impulse. Croom Helm. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-7099-3394-6. Retrieved 14 January 2013.