Syed qutb biography

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A Dangerous Mind

A new book aims to defend Sayyed Qutb, but the rapid collapse of Egypt&#;s Muslim Brotherhood government is yet another demonstration that his philosophies are no alternative to modernity.

Sayyid Qutb was an Egyptian educator, writer and literary critic. He was also a founding theorist of jihadism and one of the few intellectuals that Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has produced in its year history. Qutb's ideas shaped the uncompromising approach to governance that led to Mohammed Morsi's recent ouster.

Born in the Egyptian village of Musha in the southern governorate of Asyut in , Qutb was raised in a religious, politically active home with strong nationalist tendencies. He was educated at Dar al-Ulum in Cairo, the same university that Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna had attended, and he worked as a teacher for the Ministry of Education after graduating in Qutb, who had reportedly memorized the Quran bygd the age of 10, initially took to the secula

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Sayyid Qutb

Egyptian political theorist and revolutionary (–)

Sayyid Qutb
Qutb on trial in [Note 1]
Born	Sayyid Ibrahim Husayn Shadhili Qutb ()9 October Mūshā, Asyut Governorate, Khedivate of Egypt
Died	29 August () (aged&#;59) Cairo, United Arab Republic
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Nationality	Egyptian
Era	Modern era
Main interest(s)	Islam, politics, Quranic exegesis (tafsir)
Notable idea(s)	Jahiliyyah, Ubudiyya
Notable work(s)	Milestones, In the Shade of the Quran
Relatives	Muhammad Qutb (brother)
Religion	Islam
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i
Creed	Modern Sunni
Influenced&#;by ‘Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn Taymiyyah, Rashid Rida, Hassan al-Banna, Alexis Carrel, Abbās al-Aqqād, Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi,[1]Muhammad 'Abduh,[2]Oswald Spengler, Arnold J. Toynbee[3]
Influenced Abdullah Azzam, Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, Anwar al-Awlaki, Ayman al