Muhammad al-Kattani

Muhammad Bin Abdul-Kabir Al-Kattani (محمد بن عبد الكبير الكتاني; from 1873 - May 4, 1909), also known simply as Muhammad Al-Kattani, was a Moroccan Sufi faqih (scholar of Islamic law), reformer, and poet from Fes. He is recognized as the father of the and the leader of the Conditional Bay'ah of 1908. He was also vocally opposed to the metastasizing French colonial presence in Morocco, and launched (الطاعون The Plague), the first national newspaper in Morocco. He was a member of the and the (الطريقة الكتانية), a Sufi order. He composed over 300 works, printed 27 of them, and wrote Sufi philosophical love poetry. He was accused of treason and flogged to death under Sultan Abdelhafid.

Muhammad al-Kattani

Muhammad Bin Abdul-Kabir Al-Kattani (محمد بن عبد الكبير الكتاني; from 1873 - May 4, 1909), also known simply as Muhammad Al-Kattani, was a Moroccan Sufi faqih (scholar of Islamic law), reformer, and poet from Fes. He is recognized as the father of the and the leader of the Conditional Bay'ah of 1908. He was also vocally opposed to the metastasizing French colonial presence in Morocco, and launched (الطاعون The Plague), the first national newspaper in Morocco. He was a member of the and the (الطريقة الكتانية), a Sufi order. He composed over 300 works, printed 27 of them, and wrote Sufi philosophical love poetry. He was accused of treason and flogged to death under Sultan Abdelhafid.