Key figure in the early Muslim Brotherhood. [1]
Described by Wikipedia as an expert in central banking.
Banking[]
Described by Soliman Biheiri as a father of the modern Islamic banking system.
Advisor to Kuwait. [2]
Presented a paper on "Interest Free Banking" at the First International Conference on Islamic Economics in Mecca in 1991. Template:Cn
Bait ul-Mal[]
According to Soliman Biheiri, [3]
the idea of starting BMI came from a 1981 meeting in Luxembourg with Mahmoud Abu Saud and Gamal Attia, two known senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Politics[]
In his 1954 essay The Arab League and the Muslim World, Abu-Saud declared that Islam, not pan-Arabism or the Arabic language, was the unifying ideal of the Arab League; and that Islam defends the rights of Jews and Christians "better than any other system, secular or ecclesiastical"; and he condemns the Western powers for dividing the Arab world into several small states. [4]
Associations[]
Abu-Saud co-founded the American Muslim Council. [2]
Abu-Saud was president of the Islamic Center of Northwest Florida in 1986. The organization's treasurer was Ahmed Kenawy. [5]
Family[]
- Father of Iman Elkadi, wife of US Muslim Brotherhood leader Ahmed Elkadi [1]
- Father-in-law of Ahmed Elkadi, personal physician to King Faisal and head of the US Muslim Brotherhood 1984-1994 [1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Sam Roe and Laurie Cohen, A rare look at secretive Brotherhood in America, Chicago Tribune, 2004 September 19, http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/chi-0409190261sep19,0,4605917,full.story
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 John Mintz and Douglas Farah, In Search of Friends Among The Foes, Washington Post, In Search Of Friends Among The Foes, Washington Post, 2004 September 11, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12823-2004Sep10_4.html
- ↑ Muslim Students Association Dossier, http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/84.pdf
- ↑ Mahmoud Abu-Saud, The Arab League and the Muslim World, Pakistan Horizon, Vol. 7, No. 1 (March, 1954), pp. 17-22
- ↑ Islamic Center of Northwest Florida, Corporation Wiki, http://www.corporationwiki.com/Florida/Panama-City/islamic-center-of-northwest-florida-inc-5227150.aspx