Shukri Mustafa, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Shukri Mustafa

Islamist from Egypt

Date of Birth: 01-Jun-1942

Date of Death: 19-Mar-1978

Nationality: Egypt

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Shukri Mustafa

  • Shukri Mustafa (1942–1978, Arabic: ???? ??????, IPA: ['?ok?i mos't??f?]) was an Egyptian agricultural engineer who led the extremist Islamist group Jama'at al-Muslimin, popularly known as Takfir wal-Hijra.
  • He began his path toward Islamist thought by joining the Muslim Brotherhood in the 1960s.
  • After being arrested for activities related to the group he became interested in the works of Sayyid Qutb and other radical thinkers.
  • After being released in 1971, he gathered followers and withdrew from contemporary society.
  • He was executed on March 19, 1978, after kidnapping and killing an Egyptian government minister and mainstream Muslim cleric, Muhammad al-Dhahabi.
  • He was sentenced to death after a swiftly arranged military tribunal, alongside four other leaders.

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