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Sayyid Qutb
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Sayyid Qutb was an Egyptian political thinker and activist who developed influential Islamic political theories in the mid-20th century, arguing that modern Muslim-majority societies had strayed from Islamic principles. His writings, developed partly while imprisoned, became foundational to modern Islamic activism and revolutionary movements, making him a pivotal but controversial figure in the history of political Islam.
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- human
- Given name
- Sayyid
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ottoman Empire
- Place of birth
- Musha
- Place of death
- Cairo
- Occupation
- revolutionary
- Educated at
- Cairo University
- Political party
- Wafd Party
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Native language
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Movement
- Islamism
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- Sayyid Qutb.jpg
- Convicted of
- assassination
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- Sayyid Qutb
- date of birth
- 1906-09-10
- date of death
- 1966-08-29
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- name in native language
- سَيِّد قُطْب
- Commons gallery
- سيد قطب
- facial hair
- toothbrush moustache
- influenced by
- Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani
- interested in
- tafsir
- member of
- Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
- birth name
- سَيِّد قُطْب إِبْرَاهِيم حُسَيْن الشَّاذِلِيّ
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Encyclopedic overview
Sayyid Ibrahim Husayn Shadhili Qutb (9 October 1906 – 29 August 1966) was an Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary who was a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
As the author of 24 published books, with around 30 unpublished for different reasons (mainly destruction by the state), and at least 581 articles, including novels, literary arts critique and works on education, Qutb is best known in the Muslim world for his work on what he believed to be the social and political role of Islam, particularly in his books Social Justice and Ma'alim fi al-Tariq (Milestones). His magnum opus, Fi Zilal al-Qur'an (In the Shade of the Qur'an), is a 30-volume commentary on the Quran. Even though most of his observations and criticism were leveled at the Muslim world, Qutb also intensely disapproved of the society and culture of the United States, which he saw as materialistic, and obsessed with violence and sexual pleasures. He advocated offensive jihad.
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