ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that Umar al-Tilmisani aimed at using the printing press as a means of reviving al-Banna's legacy, thereby cementing the group as one of the enduring movements in Egypt, whose mission was protected by God. Al-Daᶜwa was promoted as a comprehensive Islamic magazine with former General Guide Umar al-Tilmisani as its managing editor, and senior Brother Saleh Ashmawy as the editor. The slogan "voice of truth, power and freedom" was inscribed on the cover, and most articles were written by senior Brothers such as al-Tilmisani, Salah Shadi, Saleh Ashmawy, Mustafa Mashhur, Ali Grisha, Gaber Rizq, Fathi Yakan, and a few Islamic clerics, chief amongst whom were Yousef al-Qaradawi and Mohamed Abdallah al-Khatib. Ali Grisha, a senior Brotherhood figure, published a statement that was supposed to have been submitted to the Supreme Military Courts in Cairo, justifying the killing of Sadat because he refused to apply Sharia, although the Egyptian constitution asserted that Islam was religion of the country.
