Sayyid Qutb
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“The American is primitive in his artistic taste, both in what he enjoys as art and in his own artistic works. ‘Jazz’ music is his music of choice. This is that music that Negroes invented to satisfy their primitive inclinations, as well as their desire to be noisy on the one hand and to excite bestial tendencies on the other.” --The America that I Have Seen (1951) by Sayyid Qutb "Out of his experiences of America that summer, Qutb was going to develop a powerful set of ideas that would directly inspire those who flew the planes on the attack of September the 11th. As he had traveled across the country, Qutb had become increasingly disenchanted with America. The very things that, on the surface, made the country look prosperous and happy, Qutb saw as signs of an inner corruption and decay."--The Power of Nightmares (2004) by Adam Curtis "In 1984 a postage stamp featuring Sayyid Qutb was released in Iran."--Sholem Stein |
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Sayyid Qutb (1906 – 1966) was an Egyptian author, educator, Islamic theorist, poet, and the leading member of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1966 he was convicted of plotting the assassination of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser and was executed by hanging.
Even though most of his observations and criticism were leveled at the Muslim world, Qutb is also known for his intense disapproval of the society and culture of the United States, which he saw as materialistic, and obsessed with violence and sexual pleasures.
Antisemitism
Qutb was a staunch antisemite. In 1950, he published a book Our Struggle against the Jews, which forms a central part of today's Islamist antisemitism.
See also
- Fi zilal al-Qur'an
- Theocracy
- Islam and antisemitism
- Taqiuddin al-Nabhani
- Dehellenization
- The Power of Nightmares
- Greeley, Colorado
