12/22/2024–|Last updated: 12/22/202402:48 PM (Mecca time)
Adjective Muslim BrotherhoodToday, Sunday, the leader and businessman, Professor Youssef Nadawho died at the age of 94 years. Neda held important positions in the Muslim Brotherhood, as he was an international commissioner on behalf of the group and played important mediation roles between many countries.
Nada was born in Alexandria in 1931. He joined the Faculty of Agriculture at Alexandria University, where he graduated, beginning his advocacy and political career at an early age. He joined the Muslim Brotherhood in 1948, when he was 17 years old, becoming a member of the group’s second generation.
He was influenced by the guidance of the group’s founder, Sheikh Hassan Al-Bannawhich had a great influence on his intellectual and ideological orientations. His affiliation with the Brotherhood was not just membership, but rather he was one of its most prominent leaders who left their mark on its modern history.
In 1951, Neda participated in the Canal War against the British occupation. But after the events of 1954, the Muslim Brotherhood was subjected to a campaign of repression from the Egyptian regime, which led to Neda’s arrest in the same year in connection with the “Al-Manshiya” incident. He was released after two years of detention.
After his release from prison, Nada was subjected to severe security harassment, as his money was confiscated, his assets were frozen, and severe restrictions were imposed on him, forcing him to emigrate abroad in 1960 to Libya, where he had a strong relationship with King Idris al-Senussi, who granted him a Libyan passport, which helped him. Traveling to various world capitals.
Nada did not escape the political accusations that targeted him after the attacks of September 11, 2001. The American president at the time accused him of, George Bush Jrfinancing attacks and supporting terrorism, which led to his financial assets being frozen and his being placed under house arrest in Switzerland.
Several intelligence services in Switzerland, Italy, and the United States investigated him, but his innocence was proven after no evidence was found to convict him. In 2009, the UN Security Council announced the removal of Neda’s name from the list of supporters of terrorism at the request of the Swiss government.