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'''Ibrahim Farouk El-Zayat''' ({{lang-ar|إبراهيم فاروق الزيات}}; born 1968 in [[Marburg]] Germany) is a European Muslim activist in Germany and has been a functionary in many important Islamic organizations in Germany, Europe, and Saudi Arabia. | '''Ibrahim Farouk El-Zayat''' ({{lang-ar|إبراهيم فاروق الزيات}}; born 1968 in [[Marburg]] Germany) is a European Muslim activist in Germany and has been a functionary in many important Islamic organizations in Germany, Europe, and Saudi Arabia. | ||
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Ibrahim El-Zayat is the son of Farouk El-Zayat, an Egyptian engineer who left [[Egypt]] in the 1960s and settled in [[Germany]] where he married a German convert to [[Islam]] and who lived in [[Marburg]], a University town north of [[Frankfurt]]. Ibrahim grew up in Marburg where he attended the Martin-Luther-Schule (Gymnasium) in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.i-g-d.de/cmsde1/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=66&Itemid=33 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025131033/http://www.i-g-d.de/cmsde1/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=66&Itemid=33 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 25, 2007 |title=I-G-D e.V. |access-date=May 20, 2020 |date=October 25, 2007 }}</ref> He studied industrial engineering and management, law, and economics in Marburg, Darmstadt and Cologne and wrote a thesis on the Islamic economics. El-Zayat is married to married [[Sabiha Erbakan]], the sister of [[Mehmet Sabri Erbakan]], for many years the General Secretary of [[Millî Görüş]] in Germany.<ref name="meforum.org">{{Cite journal |url=https://www.meforum.org/687/the-muslim-brotherhoods-conquest-of-europe|title=The Muslim Brotherhood's Conquest of Europe |first=Lorenzo|last=Vidino |access-date=May 20, 2020 |date=January 1, 2005 |journal=Middle East Quarterly |via=www.meforum.org}}</ref> | Ibrahim El-Zayat is the son of Farouk El-Zayat, an Egyptian engineer who left [[Egypt]] in the 1960s and settled in [[Germany]] where he married a German convert to [[Islam]] and who lived in [[Marburg]], a University town north of [[Frankfurt]]. Ibrahim grew up in Marburg where he attended the Martin-Luther-Schule (Gymnasium) in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.i-g-d.de/cmsde1/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=66&Itemid=33 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025131033/http://www.i-g-d.de/cmsde1/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=66&Itemid=33 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 25, 2007 |title=I-G-D e.V. |access-date=May 20, 2020 |date=October 25, 2007 }}</ref> He studied industrial engineering and management, law, and economics in Marburg, Darmstadt and Cologne and wrote a thesis on the Islamic economics. El-Zayat is married to married [[Sabiha Erbakan]], the sister of [[Mehmet Sabri Erbakan]], for many years the General Secretary of [[Millî Görüş]] in Germany.<ref name="meforum.org">{{Cite journal |url=https://www.meforum.org/687/the-muslim-brotherhoods-conquest-of-europe|title=The Muslim Brotherhood's Conquest of Europe |first=Lorenzo|last=Vidino |access-date=May 20, 2020 |date=January 1, 2005 |journal=Middle East Quarterly |via=www.meforum.org}}</ref> | ||
==Islamic | ==Islamic organizations== | ||
El-Zayat became head of the [[Islamic Community of Germany]] (Islamische Gemeinschaft in Deutschland; IGD) in January 2002, following the resignation of [[Ali Ghaleb Himmat]]. El Zayat served in that position for the maximum two terms allowed by the constitution when he was replaced in January 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.globalmbwatch.com/2010/01/21/head-of-german-muslim-brotherhood-replaced-possibly-facing-criminal-charges/ |title=Head Of German Muslim Brotherhood Replaced; Possibly Facing Criminal Charges |access-date=May 20, 2020 |date=January 21, 2010}}</ref> | El-Zayat became head of the [[Islamic Community of Germany]] (Islamische Gemeinschaft in Deutschland; IGD) in January 2002, following the resignation of [[Ali Ghaleb Himmat]]. El Zayat served in that position for the maximum two terms allowed by the constitution when he was replaced in January 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.globalmbwatch.com/2010/01/21/head-of-german-muslim-brotherhood-replaced-possibly-facing-criminal-charges/ |title=Head Of German Muslim Brotherhood Replaced; Possibly Facing Criminal Charges |access-date=May 20, 2020 |date=January 21, 2010}}</ref> | ||
El-Zayat has also served as an officer in a variety of German, European, and Saudi Islamic youth organizations as well as have being a member of a conservative political student organization. Following completion of his studies on Islamic economic systems in 1992, El-Zayat moved to Cologne and was involved with the founding of three Islamic youth organizations, and at one time had been a member of the Ring Christlich-Demokratischer Studenten, an organization describing itself as having “political convictions led by Christian Democratic, conservative and liberal values."<ref name="globalmbwatch.com">http://www.globalmbwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/The-Federation-of-Islamic-Organizations-in-Europe.pdf</ref> He was also at one time the head of the Muslim Students Union and from 1996 to 2002 he was the head of the [[Federation of Muslim Youth and Student Organizations]] (FEMYSO).<ref name="The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West">{{Google books |id=CStFAAAAQBAJ |page=RA1-PT54 |title=The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West }}</ref> El-Zayat has also been the European representative of the [[World Assembly of Muslim Youth]] (WAMY), a worldwide network of largely Saudi-funded youth groups"with headquarters in Saudi Arabia.<ref name="globalmbwatch.com"/> | El-Zayat has also served as an officer in a variety of German, European, and Saudi Islamic youth organizations as well as have being a member of a conservative political student organization. Following completion of his studies on Islamic economic systems in 1992, El-Zayat moved to Cologne and was involved with the founding of three Islamic youth organizations, and at one time had been a member of the Ring Christlich-Demokratischer Studenten, an organization describing itself as having “political convictions led by Christian Democratic, conservative and liberal values."<ref name="globalmbwatch.com">http://www.globalmbwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/The-Federation-of-Islamic-Organizations-in-Europe.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> He was also at one time the head of the Muslim Students Union and from 1996 to 2002 he was the head of the [[Federation of Muslim Youth and Student Organizations]] (FEMYSO).<ref name="The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West">{{Google books |id=CStFAAAAQBAJ |page=RA1-PT54 |title=The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West }}</ref> El-Zayat has also been the European representative of the [[World Assembly of Muslim Youth]] (WAMY), a worldwide network of largely Saudi-funded youth groups"with headquarters in Saudi Arabia.<ref name="globalmbwatch.com"/> | ||
El-Zayat was a founder and director of the [[Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe]] (FIOE), heading its public relations department.<ref name="The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113582317237133576|title=How Islamic Group's Ties Reveal Europe's Challenge |author=Ian Johnson, Staff Reporter |work=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=May 20, 2020 |date=December 29, 2005 |via=www.wsj.com}}</ref> He has also been a trustee of the [[Institut Européen des Sciences Humaines]] (IESH) at Chateau-Chinon / France. and a trustee of the [[Europe Trust]]. | El-Zayat was a founder and director of the [[Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe]] (FIOE), heading its public relations department.<ref name="The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113582317237133576|title=How Islamic Group's Ties Reveal Europe's Challenge |author=Ian Johnson, Staff Reporter |work=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=May 20, 2020 |date=December 29, 2005 |via=www.wsj.com}}</ref> He has also been a trustee of the [[Institut Européen des Sciences Humaines]] (IESH) at Chateau-Chinon / France. and a trustee of the [[Europe Trust]]. | ||
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Ibrahim Farouk El-Zayat (Arabic: إبراهيم فاروق الزيات; born 1968 in Marburg Germany) is a European Muslim activist in Germany and has been a functionary in many important Islamic organizations in Germany, Europe, and Saudi Arabia.
Biography[edit]
Ibrahim El-Zayat is the son of Farouk El-Zayat, an Egyptian engineer who left Egypt in the 1960s and settled in Germany where he married a German convert to Islam and who lived in Marburg, a University town north of Frankfurt. Ibrahim grew up in Marburg where he attended the Martin-Luther-Schule (Gymnasium) in 1987.[1] He studied industrial engineering and management, law, and economics in Marburg, Darmstadt and Cologne and wrote a thesis on the Islamic economics. El-Zayat is married to married Sabiha Erbakan, the sister of Mehmet Sabri Erbakan, for many years the General Secretary of Millî Görüş in Germany.[2]
Islamic organizations[edit]
El-Zayat became head of the Islamic Community of Germany (Islamische Gemeinschaft in Deutschland; IGD) in January 2002, following the resignation of Ali Ghaleb Himmat. El Zayat served in that position for the maximum two terms allowed by the constitution when he was replaced in January 2010.[3]
El-Zayat has also served as an officer in a variety of German, European, and Saudi Islamic youth organizations as well as have being a member of a conservative political student organization. Following completion of his studies on Islamic economic systems in 1992, El-Zayat moved to Cologne and was involved with the founding of three Islamic youth organizations, and at one time had been a member of the Ring Christlich-Demokratischer Studenten, an organization describing itself as having “political convictions led by Christian Democratic, conservative and liberal values."[4] He was also at one time the head of the Muslim Students Union and from 1996 to 2002 he was the head of the Federation of Muslim Youth and Student Organizations (FEMYSO).[5] El-Zayat has also been the European representative of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), a worldwide network of largely Saudi-funded youth groups"with headquarters in Saudi Arabia.[4]
El-Zayat was a founder and director of the Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe (FIOE), heading its public relations department.[5][6] He has also been a trustee of the Institut Européen des Sciences Humaines (IESH) at Chateau-Chinon / France. and a trustee of the Europe Trust.
In 1995, El-Zayat co-founded the "Gesellschaft Muslimischer Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaftler/Innen e.V.“ (GMSG).[citation needed]
He is also on the board of trustees of the Muslim charity "Islamic Relief Germany" as being a trustee of "Islamic Relief Worldwide in Birmingham (UK).[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ↑ "I-G-D e.V." October 25, 2007. Archived from the original on October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ↑ Vidino, Lorenzo (January 1, 2005). "The Muslim Brotherhood's Conquest of Europe". Middle East Quarterly. Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.meforum.org.
- ↑ "Head Of German Muslim Brotherhood Replaced; Possibly Facing Criminal Charges". January 21, 2010. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.globalmbwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/The-Federation-of-Islamic-Organizations-in-Europe.pdf Template:Bare URL PDF
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West, p. RA1-PT54, at Google Books
- ↑ Ian Johnson, Staff Reporter (December 29, 2005). "How Islamic Group's Ties Reveal Europe's Challenge". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.wsj.com.