Baron, Beth,

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.

9780804792226 (electronic bk.) 0804792224 (electronic bk.)


Jamʻīyat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Egypt)--History.


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


Electronic books.

BV3570 / .B37 2014eb

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