Al Dawa

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Al Dawa
Managing editorUmar Al Tilmisani
CategoriesPolitical magazine
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherIslamic Publication and Distribution Company
FounderSalih Ashmawi
Year founded1976
First issueJune 1976
Final issueAugust 1981
CountryEgypt
Based inCairo
LanguageArabic

Al Dawa (The Call in English) was an Arabic language monthly political magazine which was published in Egypt in two periods, 1951–1953 and 1976–1981. The publication was one of the media outlets connected to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

History and profile[]

Al Dawa was published in two periods, first between 1951 and 1953 and between 1976 and 1981. In each period it was an organ of the Muslim Brotherhood.[1]

First period (1951–1953)[]

Al Dawa was first published between 1951 and 1953, and its founder was Salih Ashmawi.[2] In this phase the magazine was very radical and primarily targeted external opponents, namely Jews, Christians, atheist Communists and seculars.[3][4] It also served for other goals. First it disseminated the views of the Brotherhood of which the members were subject to the frequent trials and arrests under the strict government practices against the group.[1] In addition, Al Dawa was a platform to criticize the Brotherhood leader Hassan Al Hudaybi with whom Salih Ashmawi had conflicts.[1] One of the most significant regular contributors was Sayyid Qutb during this period.[5]

Second period (1976–1981)[]

Al Dawa was restarted in 1976,[6] and the first issue appeared in June 1976 when the Muslim Brotherhood was allowed to publish a magazine.[2] The relaunch of the magazine occurred when Salih Ashmawi asked Umar Al Tilmisani, a member of the Brotherhood, to help him to revive it.[1] The publisher was the Islamic Publication and Distribution Company.[7] The magazine was managed by Umar Al Tilmisani who also published many articles in Al Dawa[8] and was the chair of the publishing company.[7] It was used by the Brotherhood to disseminate their ideology and views.[9]

From the third issue published in September 1976 the magazine became very aggressive similar to its first period.[8] However, unlike other Islamic publications in the country the magazine exhibited a non-violent opposition against the Camp David Accords and the settlement between Egypt and Israel in 1979.[10] Nevertheless, this approach did not help for Al Dawa to survive. Because in 1981 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat banned all opposition publications, including Al Dawa of which the final issue was published in August that year.[2]

The magazine featured more than 3,000 articles written by nearly 350 authors between 1976 and 1981.[8] During this period major contributors included Muhammad ‘Abdal-Quddus, Mostafa Mashhur, Muhammad ‘Abdallah Al Khatib, Salih Ashmawi, Jabir Rizq and Zaynab Al Ghazali.[8] The latter published articles in Al Dawa from 1976 to 1978.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Abdullah Al Arian (2011). Heeding the Call: Popular Islamic Activism in Egypt (1970-1981) (PhD thesis). Georgetown University. p. 236. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Kiki Martine Santing (2017). Nizam Kamil wa-Shamil: The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt As reflected in al-da'wa and liwā' al-'islām (1976-1981 1987-1988) (PhD thesis). University of Groningen. ISBN 978-90-367-9803-7. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021.
  3. ^ Itzchak Weismann (2015). "Framing a Modern Umma The Muslim Brothers' Evolving Project of Da'wa". Sociology of Islam. 3 (3–4): 157. doi:10.1163/22131418-00303008.
  4. ^ Sonia L. Alianak (Winter 1998). "Religion, Politics, and Assassination in the Middle East: The Messianic Model". World Affairs. 160 (3): 169. JSTOR 20672523.
  5. ^ Julien Duval–Leroy (October 2007). "The Muslim Brothers in Egypt: The Driving Force Behind an Islamic Dictatorship" (PDF). RIEAS. Archived from the original (Research paper) on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  6. ^ Marius Deeb (Autumn 1991). "Book reviews". Middle East Journal. 45 (4): 677. JSTOR 4328356.
  7. ^ a b Gilles Kepel (1985). Muslim Extremism in Egypt: The Prophet and Pharaoh. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-520-05687-9.
  8. ^ a b c d e Kiki M. Santing (2020). Imagining the Perfect Society in Muslim Brotherhood Journals. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter. pp. 202–225. doi:10.1515/9783110636499. ISBN 9783110632958. S2CID 225274860.
  9. ^ Noha Mellor (2018). Voice of the Muslim Brotherhood. Da'wa, Discourse, and Political Communication. New York: Routledge. p. 5. ISBN 9781138078659.
  10. ^ Nazîh N. M. Ayubi (1980). "The Political Revival of Islam: The Case of Egypt". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 12 (4): 492. doi:10.1017/S0020743800031263.
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