Mustafa Kamil Pasha

Mustafā Kāmil Pasha (Arabic: مصطفى كامل) (August 14, 1874, Cairo, Egypt – February 10, 1908, Cairo) was an Egyptian political figure and publisher.
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He was a nationalist who tried to push Egypt towards self rule. To this end he founded the newspaper Al-Liwa' (“The Standard”) in 1900 as a platform for his views and utilized his skill as both a journalist and lawyer. After courting the French failed with their signing of the Entente Cordiale with Britain he began to look to the Ottoman Empire as a means toward independence. Right before his death in October 1907 he founded National Party (al-Hizb al-Watani). The Entente Cordiale (French for friendly understanding) is a series of agreements signed on April 8, 1904, between the United Kingdom and France. ... Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (the Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital Sogut (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), Ä°stanbul (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanlı Dynasty...

Fazlur Rahman argues that even though he was necessarily secular, his nationalism was inspired by an Islamic past. This appears to be the natural conclusion as Egypt remained under the Islamic Caliphate system for centuries before. Fazlur Rahman Malik (September 21, 1919 - July 26, 1988) was a well-known scholar of Islam, perhaps the most respected Muslim scholar in Western academia. ... Islam (Arabic: ; ( (help· info)), submission (to the will of God)) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions, and the worlds second-largest religion. ...

References

• "Kamil, Mustafa." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2005. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 5 Oct. 2005 <http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9044485>.
• Fazlur Rahman (1984). Islam & Modernity, University Of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226702847.