En religiøs fritenker har sovnet inn
Den egyptiske forfatteren Gamal Al Banna har dødd i en alder av 93 år. Al Banna er kjent blant noen nordmenn fra hans korte intervju med den norsk-irakiske forfatteren Walid Al Kubaisi TV2-dokumentar "Det Muslimske Brorskapet".
Fra Ahram:
Prominent Islamic scholar and author Gamal El-Banna passed away on Tuesday morning aged 93. He had been suffering from pneumonia for several weeks.
El-Banna wrote over 50 books that deal not only with Islam, but also with politics, economics and the trade union movement.He was known for his controversial religious views which were criticised by mainstream Islamic scholars. For example, El-Banna believed the veil is not a Muslim obligation and that Muslim women can marry Christian or Jewish men.El-Banna was the younger brother of Hassan El-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood.
