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He was born to a father who was a graduate of the al-Azhar Theological Seminary, a top Muslim seminary.

He was admitted into Cairo University at the age of 16, because of his wealth in islamic knowledge. Banna memorized the entire Qur'an at a young age.

He wrote the book Letter to a Muslim Student describing the fundamentals of the new Muslim Brotherhood, known in Arabic as al-Ikhwan.

Al-Bannah's followers were among the first Egyptians to enter Palestine following the partition of May 14, 1948. They met disaster, and hundreds were killed attempting to destroy well fortified Israeli villages in the Gaza area.

On the 12th of February 1949, Hassan al-Banna was shot dead by an assassin in Cairo. It is not known who killed him, or why, though there are numerous theories, perhaps by a Muslim Brother disaffected by the failure of the war against the Jews.

His last daughter was born on the day he was killed, and her mother named her "Isteshhad", Arabic for "martyrdom".

He is the maternal grandfather of Tariq Ramadan.

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