Sayyid Qutb and the origins of radical Islamism /

"Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) was an influential Egyptian ideologue who established the theoretical basis for radical Islamism in the post colonial Sunni Muslim world. Lacking a pure understanding of the leader's life and work, the popular media has conflated Qtub's moral purpose with the...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Calvert, John, Dr
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:	Quṭb, Sayyid, > 1906-1966. Jamʻīyat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Egypt) Islamic fundamentalism > Egypt. Islam and state > Egypt.