Talk:Dhul-Nun al-Misri

Formatting
I’m unable to re-insert the arabic name in a proper way (some formatting gets in the way). Here it is (Arabic: ذو النون المصري) could someone please do it. Twthmoses (talk) 13:17, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. — Zerida 21:10, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Freemasonry
In the works of Idries Shah and related books, I have often seen that Dhun-Nun is credited with being the founder of Freemasonry. As my books are in storage I can't give many citations right now. Here is one from 'Nature Exposed to Our Methods of Questioning' by Amy Ione p223:

"Legend repeatedly links Dhun-Nun, the Egyptian (died 860), reputed author of the tale When the Waters Were Changed, with at least one form of Freemasonry. He is, in any case, the earliest figure in the history of the Malamati Dervish Order, which has often been stated by Western students to have striking similarities with the craft of the Masons. Dhun-Nun, it is said, rediscovered the meaning of the Pharaonic hieroglyphics."

But it would be good to put something like this is in, because according to Wikipedia, Freemasonry is a purely 17th-century British phenomenon. There is no curiosity amongst Wiki writers about the builders of early medieval cathedrals or the origins of entities such as the Muslim Brotherhood.

--Wool Bridge (talk) 01:13, 21 December 2011 (UTC)