| By the late 1930s, the Muslim Brotherhood had established branches in every Egyptian province | According to al-Banna's accounts, six unnamed workers affiliated with various Suez Canal companies approached al-Banna in March 1928 with complaints about injustices suffered by Arabs and Muslims at the hand of foreign control |
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| The Brotherhood's assets were impounded and scores of its members were sent to jail | from the original on 2017-09-13 |
Education [ ] In Mahmudiyya, al-Banna studied in the village mosque with Sheikh Zahran.
14| The two developed a close relationship that influenced al-Banna's early intellectual and religious development | from the original on 2017-01-01 |
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| The movement was built around services and an organizational structure intended to enable individuals to integrate into a distinctly Islamic setting that was shaped by the society's own principles | He attended weekly and was a member of the al-Hassafiyya Sufi order |
Al-Banna warned his readers against the "widespread belief among many Muslims" that jihad of the heart was more important and demanding than jihad of the sword.