Why are the scholars coming from Egypt and from Syria?
Those were mainly from the Brotherhood, the Muslim Brotherhood, and after they have been jailed and killed in Egypt and Syria [by] their governments. Explain to me what was happening. In the early ’60s, and even you can say in ’48 it started, [when] Hassan al-Banna started his movement there. And it was something that is amusing for everybody. This guy, he was talking about Islam in all aspects of life, which was something strange. How can a person … talk about Islam, then at the same time talk about politics? At the same time he’s talking about the sports, arts, all [of it]. He’s saying that it is [all] included in Islam, [when] people before, they were [just] talking about Islam in praying, fasting and these things. So this guy, he came and said: “No, Islam is not like that. Islam is politics. Islam is sport. Islam is a way of life. So in all your life, you can practice [it].” … And he’s giving real verses from the Quran and the sayings of the prophet. So it was a nice explanatio
