Biography of allal el fassi in english

   Muhammad Allal al-Fassi (1910 –1974), one of the leaders of modern Islamic thought, a Moroccan politician, writer, poet and Islamic scholar.

His Life

Allal al-Fassi was born in Fes, Morocco, from a well known family dwelled from 'Al-Andalus' to flee with its religion from Inquisitions imposed by the new Spanish conquerors to Muslim inhabitants.

The family settled at the city of Fes and brought eminent judges, 'Ulamaa' (Islamic knowledgrables) and writers. In his youth he preserved Al-Qur'an and studied Arabic language and principles of the Islamic religion in the city of Fes.

Afterwards he studied at the mosque of Quarawyeen from which he got the certificate of 'Al-Alamya', and he taught different Islamic sciences at the mosque for some time.

His Political Thought

Allal al-Fassi founded the nationalist Istiqlal party which was a driving force in the Moroccan struggle for independence from French colonial rule.

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