In response to the powerful radio messages broadcast by Egypt’s Sawt al Arab (Voice of the Arabs), the Saudis aired Sawt al Islam (Voice of Islam); as the Egyptian press referred to Saudi rulers as ‘agents of imperialism’, the Saudis called Nasser ‘Egyptian Stalin’. Beyond mainstream media, the Brotherhood took the competition to the doctrinal level as well, with the Islamic University in Madinah, set up under their guidance, seeking to match the influence of Al Azhar University in Egypt, which Nasser had brought under his control.
