The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1076 page)
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Ikhw
n al-Muslim
n
(Muslim Brotherhood)
:
n al-Muslimn(Muslim Brotherhood)
:
Ikhw
n al-
af
’
n al-af’(Arab., ‘Brotherhood of Purity’). A secret movement founded
c.
951 (AH 340) in Iraq. It had strong
Ism
‘
l
connections and views, which were summarized in the fifty-one (or fifty-two) letters,
Ras
‘il ikhw
n al-
af
’
, which deal, in encyclopaedic fashion, with sciences, theology, metaphysics, cosmology, etc., showing their relation to each other.
c.
951 (AH 340) in Iraq. It had strong
Ism
‘lconnections and views, which were summarized in the fifty-one (or fifty-two) letters,Ras
‘il ikhwn al-af’, which deal, in encyclopaedic fashion, with sciences, theology, metaphysics, cosmology, etc., showing their relation to each other.
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