Abduh called for a reform of Egyptian Muslim society and formulated the modernist interpretations of Islam that took hold among younger generations of Egyptians. Mustafa Kamil had been a student activist in the s involved in the creation of a secret nationalist society that called for British evacuation from Egypt. Lutfi was born to a family of farmers in the Delta province of Daqahliya in He was educated at al-Azhar where he attended lectures by Mohammed Abduh. Saad Zaghlul held[…]
