Draft:Helmy Hathout

Mohammad Sadeq Helmy Hathout was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. After joining the Muslim Brotherhood, he was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment, serving ten years of it, and was released in the 1970s.

Biography

Mohammad Sadeq Helmy Hathout was born on May 25, 1942, in Sharqia. He grew up in an authentic and virtuous family and successfully continued his academic journey until, in 1959 AD, he joined the Faculty of Engineering at Alexandria University. He continued his university studies until he graduated in 1964 AD, and immediately after graduation, he was appointed as a teaching assistant at the same faculty. Only one year after graduation, he completed his graduate studies, obtaining his Master's degree in Civil Engineering in 1975 AD, and in 1977 AD, immediately after his release from prison, he obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering. He worked as a Professor of Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University.

In Search of an Answer

This question constantly occupied his mind, and he sought an answer to calm his heart, until in 1959 AD, he joined the Faculty of Engineering; at the faculty, especially in its prayer room, he became acquainted with several good Islamic youths, so he raised the questions he had regarding the Muslim Brotherhood and received sufficient and satisfactory answers from them. Just as these youths were connected with the Muslim Brotherhood and some of them were from Syria.

Joining the Muslim Brotherhood

He had a clear image of this group and good information regarding the call of the Muslim Brotherhood, and he was certain that the call of this group was a divine call that addresses a comprehensive knowledge of Islam to reform the individual and society and then the entire nation. When this truth was revealed to him, he thought about how such lofty goals face this terrible war, and how the children of this movement are tried by those unjust judicial trials. It was then that in 1962 AD, he decided to join the Muslim Brotherhood. He was repeatedly subjected to harassment, torture, and severe oppression due to his support for the Muslim Brotherhood.

Prison

He continued to collaborate with the Muslim Brotherhood to support and reorganize the group until he was arrested in the case of Organization 65 and entered the darkest military prison, where he saw what he had heard of torture, brutality, and harassment.

Death

He passed away after being released from prison.

References

• See: Entry Helmy Hathout in Ikhwan Wiki; ikhwanwiki.com..