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Mohamed Salah Ben Mrad (Arabic: محمد صلاح بن مراد), (1881–1979) was a

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n theologian, journalist and intellectual. In 1931 he published ''Mourning on Haddad's Woman'' (ﺍﻟﺤﺪﺍﺩ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺍﻣﺮأﺓ ﺍﻟﺤﺪﺍﺩ) objecting to the expanded rights for women which were advocated by

Tahar Haddad Tahar Haddad ( ar, الطاهر الحداد; 1899 – December 1935) was a Tunisian author, labor activist, scholar and reformer. Haddad, was born in Tunis to a family of shopkeepers and studied Islamic law at the Great Mosque of Zitouna from 19 ...

in his book ''

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Biography

Youth

Born in the

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near the

Tourbet el Bey The Tourbet el Bey ( ar, تربة الباي) is a Tunisian royal mausoleum in the southwest of the medina of Tunis.

Religious Leader

He was appointed as the Sheikh el Islam in the kingdom by Moncef Bey in 1942. After the removal of the latter, on the occasion of the inauguration of the new Bey Lamine by General Alphonse Juin, he insisted, in his speech to the king, on his role as guarantor of the monarchy and the Husseinite throne, suggesting that there is a void left by Moncef Bey in the heart of Tunisians. In 1944 he helped set up the reform commission's Zaytuna University, chaired by Sheikh Mohammed and President Tahar Ben Achour, responding to the wishes of Tunisian intellectuals and zeytounien students, concerned about the future of the oldest university in the Arab-Muslim world. Under pressure from the Resident General of France in Tunisia Charles Mast, Sheikh Ben Mrad was dismissed from his post in 1946, because of his political commitment to nationalist leaders of the Neo-Destour imprisoned and exiled, and in favor of the union movement of the General Union of Tunisian Workers - Farhat Hached.

Family

His daughter, Bchira Ben Mrad, founded in 1937, the first women's organization: Tunisian Union of Muslim Women in Tunisia, with the support of her father and sisters, getting numerous articles published in the journal of her father. Contrary to what some thought, the sheikh gave a modern education to his daughters that closely mingled with the intellectual and cultural life in Tunis.

References

Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour (Arabic: محمد العزيز بن عاشور) is a Tunisian politician and historian born on 5 January 1951; he specializes in urban, social and cultural history of modern Tunisia and the Islamic civilization. He was ...

, ''Catégories de la société tunisoise dans la deuxième moitié du XIX siècle'', éd. Institut national d'archéologie et d'art, Tunis, 1989 *

Mohamed Fadhel Ben Achour Mohamed Fadhel Ben Achour ( ar, محمد الفاضل بن عاشور; October 16, 1909 – April 20, 1970) was a Tunisian theologian, writer, trade unionist, intellectual and patriot born in La Marsa. Biography Born October 16, 1909, in a fam ...

, ''Le mouvement littéraire et intellectuel en Tunisie'', éd. Alif, Tunis, 1998 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ben Mrad, Mohamed Tunisian people of Turkish descent Tunisian Muslim theologians Tunisian journalists 1909 births 1970 deaths Writers from Tunis Tunisian male writers 20th-century Tunisian writers 20th-century journalists