The Struggle of 'John the Beloved'
Hassan Hanafi is another interesting example of the struggle of a Muslim thinker. Well-known for being open to the West, he admits to being “leftist” and at the same time “fundamentalist.” The following is a fragment of his spiritual struggle, as written in his autobiography.
December 14, 2004
Who am I? Am I (Ikhwanul Muslimin) Muslim Brotherhood activist as claimed by the progressive leftist groups? Or am I communist as labeled by the Muslim groups? Or am I a comrade-communist as the security forces accuse me of?
In January 1968, Jean-Paul Sartre came to Cairo. The French philosopher was already 63 years old at the time, but for anyone who was a conservative in Egypt, he remained dangerous. Sartre was known as an agnostic, and his th
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