Siba'i, Mustafa al- (1915–1964) — Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, via Encyclopedia.com

Entry 'Siba'i, Mustafa al- (1915–1964)' in the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, republished at Encyclopedia.com: the founder of the Society of the Muslim Brothers of Syria; born in Homs in 1915; studied at al-Azhar from 1933; doctorate in 1949 with the dissertation 'The Position of Sunna in Legislation'; charged with subversion by the British in 1934 and 1940 and deported to Palestine; editor of al-Manar, al-Muslimin and Hadarat al-Islam; 'a noted author and scholar of fiqh and sunna'.