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Mustafa Mashhour, 81, of Muslim Group in Egypt, Is Dead November 18, 2002 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO, Nov. 17 - Mustafa Mashhour, the leader of Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood who spent more than 20 years in jail, died on Thursday. He was 81. He suffered a stroke and went into a coma on Oct. 29. He never recovered, said his deputy, Mamoun el-Hodeiby. Mr. Mashhour, who joined the Brotherhood as a teenager and became its leader in 1996, helped the group gain influence by forging alliances with legitimate parties. The Brotherhood advocates turning Egypt into a strict Islamic state, and while once known for violence, it says it now seeks change only through peaceful means within the political process. Mr. Hodeiby, 82, had been running party affairs since Mr. Mashhour's hospitalization, and will succeed to the leadership post. Founded in 1928, the Muslim Brotherhood has grown into a vast movement with tens of thousands of supporters and branches in many other Arab nations. Mr. Mashhour joined the Brotherhood in 1938 when he was 17. He received a bachelor's degree in science in 1943 and worked for the Egyptian government's Meteorological Department. He was sentenced to three years in jail in 1948 after the police seized firearms that were said to belong to the Brotherhood. The group had a short honeymoon with the government after the revolution in July 1952 that ousted Egypt's monarchy. But in 1954 it was blamed for a failed attempt on the life of President Gamal Abdel-Nasser. Egypt outlawed the group that same year, and Mr. Nasser's government executed and jailed scores of Brotherhood leaders. Mr. Mashhour was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was arrested again in 1965 and held without charges until Anwar el-Sadat, Mr. Nasser's successor as president, pardoned political prisoners in 1971. He became the Brotherhood's deputy leader in the 1980's and was the force behind its alliances with other political parties. Some of Mr. Mashhour's views had caused anger, such as his calling for reinstituting the traditional Islamic a tax on Christians, a practice dropped in the Muslim world centuries ago. In 1997, Mr. Mashhour caused an uproar when he was quoted in an interview as saying that Egypt's minority Christian Copts should not serve in the armed forces, and that their loyalty could be questioned if Egypt were attacked "by a Christian country." In recent years, the government has renewed its crackdown on the group, arresting hundreds of supporters and putting others on trial in military courts. Mr. Mashhour is survived by three daughters and a son. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/18/obituaries/18MASH.html?ex=1038624779&ei=1&en=2454e6059f7fb67f HOW TO ADVERTISE --------------------------------- For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copyright 2002 The New York Times Company <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
