Mohammed Badie
Encyclopedia
Muhammad Badie (born 1943) is the eighth General Guide (chairman) of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
. He has headed the Egyptian branch of the international Islamist organization since 2010. Before becoming general guide, Badi'e had been a member of the group's governing council, the Guidance Bureau, since 1996.
Badi'e was born in the industrial city of Mahalla al-Kubra
on August 7, 1943. He took a degree in veterinary medicine at Cairo in 1965.
The same year, he was arrested for the first time for his political activity in the Muslim Brotherhood, during a nationwide roundup of activists; he was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a military tribunal.
Paroled along with almost all other Brotherhood prisoners in 1974 by the new Egyptian president, Anwar al-Sadat, Badi'e went on to continue his studies and begin a teaching career at various Egyptian universities.
Badi'e continues to work part time as a professor of pathology at the veterinary school of Beni Suef
University.
Muslim Brotherhood
The Society of the Muslim Brothers is the world's oldest and one of the largest Islamist parties, and is the largest political opposition organization in many Arab states. It was founded in 1928 in Egypt by the Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna and by the late 1940s had an...
. He has headed the Egyptian branch of the international Islamist organization since 2010. Before becoming general guide, Badi'e had been a member of the group's governing council, the Guidance Bureau, since 1996.
Badi'e was born in the industrial city of Mahalla al-Kubra
El-Mahalla El-Kubra
El-Mahalla El-Kubra is a large industrial and agricultural city in Egypt, located in the middle of the Nile Delta on the western bank of the Damietta branch. It is known for its dominant textile industry...
on August 7, 1943. He took a degree in veterinary medicine at Cairo in 1965.
The same year, he was arrested for the first time for his political activity in the Muslim Brotherhood, during a nationwide roundup of activists; he was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a military tribunal.
Paroled along with almost all other Brotherhood prisoners in 1974 by the new Egyptian president, Anwar al-Sadat, Badi'e went on to continue his studies and begin a teaching career at various Egyptian universities.
Badi'e continues to work part time as a professor of pathology at the veterinary school of Beni Suef
Beni Suef
- Overview :Beni Suef is an important agricultural center, which grew from a small village at the turn of the century and now hosts a population of over 200,000. It was famous for its linen manufacturing in the Middle Ages, and continues to be heavily involved in cotton-spinning and carpet-making....
University.
External links
- Profile at Ikhwanweb
- Mohamed Badie collected news and commentary at Al-Masry Al-Youm