''Al Nadhir'' ( Arabic: ''The Warner'') was an Arabic language weekly Islamic magazine which was published in Cairo, Egypt, for one year between 1938 and 1939. Its subtitle was ''A Political Islamic Weekly''. It is known for being one of the official organs of the

Muslim Brotherhood The Society of the Muslim Brothers ( ar, جماعة الإخوان المسلمين'' ''), better known as the Muslim Brotherhood ( ', is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan ...

for which it was banned in October 1939.

History and profile

''Al Nadhir'' was first published on 30 May 1938. The magazine was an organ of the Muslim Brotherhood and was launched following the closure of other Brotherhood publication, the weekly newspaper ''Majallat al Ikhwan al Muslimin''. The license holder was Mahmoud Abu Zeid who was a member of the Brotherhood until 1939 when he left it to form another Islamic group called the Society of Mohammad's Youth. ''Al Nadhir'' was published on a weekly basis, and its editor-in-chief was

Salih Ashmawi Salih Ashmawi (1910–1983) was an Egyptian political figure and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. He held several posts in the group and edited some of its publications such as ''Al Dawa'' and ''Al Nadhir''. Early life and education Ashmawi w ...

. The contributors included

Hasan Al Banna Sheikh Hassan Ahmed Abdel Rahman Muhammed al-Banna ( ar, حسن أحمد عبد الرحمن محمد البنا; 14 October 1906 – 12 February 1949), known as Hassan al-Banna ( ar, حسن البنا), was an Egyptian schoolteacher and imam, b ...

and his brother-in-law Abdel Hakim Abdeen. In the first issue of ''Al Nadhir'' Al Banna declared in his article entitled ''Our Second Step'' that the focus of the Brotherhood had shifted from the religious, cultural and educational activities to the political activities and that they would not only talk from now on, but they would both talk and struggle and carry out practical acts. The political goals set by the Brotherhood's general guidance council were also announced in the first issue of the magazine as follows: (1) increased prestige in the eyes of its tens of thousands of members and of radical Egyptian youth in general and (2) the opening of additional channels for action by the Brotherhood's members and branches. These were the principles that guided the Brotherhood's period of the application and realization of the Islamic mission. The magazine frequently featured articles on the Palestine cause reflecting the views of the Muslim Brotherhood. It also covered anti-Semitic editorials and content written by Mahmoud Saleh. German Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler was called Hajj Hitler in the pages of ''Al Nadhir''. On 16 October 1939 ''Al Nadhir'' was banned by the

Egyptian government The politics of Egypt are based on republicanism, with a semi-presidential system of government. The current political system was established following the 2013 Egyptian military coup d'état, and the takeover of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. ...

due to its close connections with the Muslim Brotherhood. Before its closure the relationships between Salih Ashmawi and the Brotherhood leader Hasan Al Banna became strained, and Ashmawi's Brotherhood membership was denied which led to the end of ''Al Nadhirs function as being the mouthpiece of the group.

Spin offs

A publication with the same name was published by the Syrian sector of the

in the 1970s and 1980s.

References

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