The orphan scandal : Christian missionaries and the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood /
Beth Baron.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue : summer of 1933 : the Turkiyya Hasan affair -- Part I. The best of intentions : Evangelicals on the Nile. Forgotten children : caring for the orphaned and abandoned -- Winning souls for Christ : American Presbyterians in Cairo -- Speaking in tongues : Pentecostal revival in Asyut -- Nothing less than a miracle : the Swedish Salaam Mission of Port Said -- Part II. Unintended consequences : Islamists and the state. Fight them with their own weapons : the origins of the Muslim Brotherhood -- Combating conversion : the expansion of the anti-missionary movement -- Crackdown : suppressing the League for the Defense of Islam -- The battle for Egypt's orphans : toward a Muslim welfare state.
Missions--History--Egypt--20th century. Missions to Muslims--History--Egypt--20th century. Orphans--Services for--History--Egypt--20th century. Public welfare--History--Egypt--20th century. Islam--Relations--Christianity--History--20th century. Christianity and other religions--Islam--History--20th century. RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions