Outline the contribution to Islam of ONE significant person or school of thought other than Muhammad and the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs. Sayyid Qutb’s contributions lie in his books and writings, which express his values and perspectives. He wrote a total of 24 book and articles criticising the American way of living and the Arab world for trying to become westernised. Social Justice in Islam was written first, expressing his belief in tawhid (unity in God) and in Islam as the only way of life. He
Sayyid Qutb was an Egyptian man who was born back in 1906, and lived in a small village called Mush in Egypt (“Is this the man,” 2001). When it came time for Qutb to go to school, he attended Dar al-’Ulum, which was a secondary college (“Is this the man,” 2001). He then obtained a job as a school inspector working for the Egyptian ministry of education (“Is this the man,” 2001). This was a man of many professions and influenced lives of the people. He was not someone find a profession and stick with
p.) but in the works of Egyptian fundamentalist Sayyid Qutb. Generally regarded as one of the most influential Islamic revivalists of the 20th century, and a prominent member of the Muslim Brotherhood, he has been described in scholarly publications as the “spiritual father of al-Qaeda” (Hansen and Kainz 57) and his seminal work, Milestones, has more than once been compared to Mein Kampf. However, not all are in agreement about the legacy of Qutb’s works. Thameem Ushama argues that the vilification
Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The text included the personal accounts of Osama bin Laden and other middle-eastern influences such as Dr. Ayman al Zawahiri (the most significant ideological frontrunner of al-Qaeda), Abdullah Azzam, Khallad, and Sayyid Qutb, along with western factors like, Daniel Coleman, Jack Cloonan, Patrick Fitzgerald, and John O’Neill. The choices made by those influencers in the Middle East, and in the west, during the 20th century created the climate in which the terrorist