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World Service,04 Jul 2012,9 mins

The Muslim Brotherhood - Hassan al-Banna

Witness History

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Egypt now has a president from the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist movement which began 84 years ago. Its founder was Hassan al-Banna - an Egyptian teacher and imam. His grandson, the Islamic intellectual, Tariq Ramadan talks to Witness. (Image: An undated picture of Sheikh Hassan al-Banna (1906-1949), the founder of Egypt's Moslem Brotherhood. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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