The Sayyid Qutb Reader : Selected Writings on Politics, Religion, and Society, Paperback / softback Book

The Sayyid Qutb Reader : Selected Writings on Politics, Religion, and Society Paperback / softback

Edited by Albert J. Bergesen

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Anyone who wants to understand what militant Muslims think has to understand what they read—and they read Sayyid Qutb, the intellectual father of Islamic fundamentalism.

Qutb, an Egyptian literary critic and philosopher who was appalled by American decadence, gained prominence in the Muslim Brotherhood, was imprisoned by Nasser, and hanged in 1966.

Through his death and prolific writings he became a martyr for the cause of political Islam.

His work is virtually unknown outside the Muslim world, but Qutb is at the heart of the intellectual rationale for jihad and violence in the name of Islam.

The Sayyid Qutb Reader is the first collection of his selected works available to the general public.

As such, this valuable introduction to Qutb’s core intellectual ideas should be read by anyone who wants to understand one of the most important conflicts of our age.

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