disputed this sentence was in the original article each carried an amulet that would allegedly protect them against lead and steel is there an authentic reference to it it is very doubtful that a puritan movement would tolerate let alone condone the use of such superstition aug utc pov this article still has '' hassan al banna does not need me to defend him this needs editing and npov'ing talk to me dec utc copyvio this article was lifted straight from here dec utc grossly incorrect this article contains gross inaccuracies i have added the pov template see the discussion under muslim brotherhood research in progress according to brynjar lia's book which i've cited there neither banna nor his father studied at al azhar according to lia banna was not an admirer of hitler and strenuously denounced racism as well as the aggressive militarism characteristic of fascism according to both mitchell and lia the brotherhood maintained a policy of avoiding any involvement in world war ii i've removed these sentences for now but i will correct this article more thoroughly within the next few weeks jun utc do not delete large portions of the article please follow the wikipedia accuracy dispute policy if you come across content that seems or is inaccurate use the dubios tags for entire sections which may be innacurate use disputed tag jun utc i am restoring the following content which was deleted jun utc education banna who had a sizable islamic library at home was a graduate of al azhar theological seminary a top muslim seminary shaikh noticed hassan's intelligence and sent him to memorize the qur'an early in childhood hassan memorized the entire qur'an he was known for being very articulate as he gave sermons in mosques at a young age four years earlier than his peers hassan attended mosque of al azhar at the age of where he graduated as the first in his class he refused a scholarship opportunity from the ministry of education in europe odessa hassan al banna was an admirer of adolf hitler and wrote supportive letters to hitler hassan was solicited by nazi intelligence when hitler rose to power in the 's he established a nazi germany spy network throughout the arabian peninsula for hitler al banna promised hitler that when gen rommel's panzer division arrived in cairo and alexandria the muslim brotherhood would ensure that all of the british troops would be killed this was removed by an anonymous editor with the claim that it is unproven non sense june utc coffee houses comment can anyone verify the comment that coffee houses were morally suspect i find that difficult to believe eqypt had a fairly freewheeling society at the time something hassan al banna was against and one could do much worse than coffee houses rewrite using scholarly sources i have posted an entirely new text for the muslim brotherhood and hassan al banna articles as well as several new articles history of the muslim brotherhood in egypt history of the muslim brotherhood in egypt history of the muslim brotherhood in egypt history of the muslim brotherhood in egypt present history of the muslim brotherhood in syria this amounts to over words of text and is the result of months of research discussed in talk muslim brotherhood using reputable scholarly texts found at the library of the school of oriental and african studies at the university of london every paragraph in the main articles is marked with page number references to the work it is based on i am not an expert on this subject and nothing in these articles is original i have simply summarised the material in the sources listed some of the sources are more favourable to the muslim brotherhood others are more critical by attempting to represent accurately the accounts given in these sources i hope to have pro