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| − | Following the brief presidency (2012-2013) of Mohammed Morsi of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] in [[Egypt]] and their relationship with [[Hamas]], it was actually worthwhile to understand what Qutb was in the pantheon of Islamic thought. [[Sam Harris]] insists that Islam is inherently violent, but the reality is that Qutb informs more modern Muslim radical ethos than the Prophet. His idea is that Arabs will unite and collapse the despot regimes that embraced secular ethos of the revisionist [[Baath Party]] or Nasser-ism. Nobody remembers that Qutb was killed for opposing the [[Gamal Abdel Nasser|Nasser regime]], not because he was a Muslim, and understanding this power-relationship is important in understanding the new relationship the West will have with Egypt | + | Following the brief presidency (2012-2013) of Mohammed Morsi of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] in [[Egypt]] and their relationship with [[Hamas]], it was actually worthwhile to understand what Qutb was in the pantheon of Islamic thought. [[Sam Harris]] insists that Islam is inherently violent, but the reality is that Qutb informs more modern Muslim radical ethos than the Prophet. His idea is that Arabs will unite and collapse the despot regimes that embraced secular ethos of the revisionist [[Baath Party]] or Nasser-ism. Nobody remembers that Qutb was killed for opposing the [[Gamal Abdel Nasser|Nasser regime]], not because he was a Muslim, and understanding this power-relationship is important in understanding the new relationship the West will have with Egypt (For those of you who weren't keeping track, Egyptian relations with Israel are pretty important). Qutb was nice enough to leave behind a concise yet phantasmagorical vision of the future where everyone mass-converts (kinda like Moonies), titled Ma'alim fi al-Tariq' ("Signposts" or "Millstones on the Road") that is just utopian enough to allow any ''alleged'' Qutbist party to bring about either a certain kind of economic re-construction not seen since the end of the Roman Empire in regards to the Middle East and the Arabic Peninsula, or, on the contrast, wreak all sorts of fucking untold misery, stupidity, despotism, and paranoia. |
Quintan Wiktorowitcz claims modern Salafists "focus on several Qur’anic verses related to God’s right to rule, including Qur’an 5:44,86 and build on Sayyid Qutb’s understanding of ''tawhid hakamiyya'' (the right of God alone to rule). Terms related to ''hakamiyya'' in the Qur’an are used to mean wisdom, judgment, and reconciliation, rather than authority, but Qutb expanded their meaning to incorporate governance and rule."<ref>[http://www.cerium.ca/IMG/pdf/WIKTOROWICZ_2006_Anatomy_of_the_Salafi_Movement.pdf Anatomy of the Salafi Movement], Quintan Wiktorowitcz, Talylor Francis Group, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 29:207–239, 2006. PDF pp. 26-27.</ref> These ideas have been used to condemn democratic elections, parliamentary democracy, and Islamic rulers who embrace such or make peace accords with Infidel powers. | Quintan Wiktorowitcz claims modern Salafists "focus on several Qur’anic verses related to God’s right to rule, including Qur’an 5:44,86 and build on Sayyid Qutb’s understanding of ''tawhid hakamiyya'' (the right of God alone to rule). Terms related to ''hakamiyya'' in the Qur’an are used to mean wisdom, judgment, and reconciliation, rather than authority, but Qutb expanded their meaning to incorporate governance and rule."<ref>[http://www.cerium.ca/IMG/pdf/WIKTOROWICZ_2006_Anatomy_of_the_Salafi_Movement.pdf Anatomy of the Salafi Movement], Quintan Wiktorowitcz, Talylor Francis Group, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 29:207–239, 2006. PDF pp. 26-27.</ref> These ideas have been used to condemn democratic elections, parliamentary democracy, and Islamic rulers who embrace such or make peace accords with Infidel powers. | ||
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who rush into battles with the Quran at their side. |
| —Sayyid Qutb[1] |
Sayyid Qutb (pron. koo-tuhb; 1906-1966) was an Egyptian poet, educator and writer and revivalist of the concept of a Sunni Islamic state governed by Shariah law. He was from a remote village in central Egypt. He is of note because he converted to radical Islamism after a two-year stint in the United States. Upon his return to Egypt after publishing several radical texts including the seminal Islamist tract, Milestones on the Road[2], he was arrested and convicted of crimes against the state. Ayman al-Zawahiri, the founder of the Al-Qaeda movement of Osama bin Laden fame, was a protege of Qutb.
Sayyid was hung in Egypt in 1966, which only strengthened the radical Islamists he was leading. His death is seen by extremists as the first Shahid (or martyr) in the global jihad and his writings (mostly from jail) are now the central texts (guides) outside the Qur'an in Islamism. "A Child From the Village" is a great read on the early life and times of Sayyid, while also covering his conversion to extremism.
He is the author of a 15 volume Commentary on the Qur'an often quoted by Salafis, In the Shade of the Qur'an.[3]
Qutbism
Following the brief presidency (2012-2013) of Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and their relationship with Hamas, it was actually worthwhile to understand what Qutb was in the pantheon of Islamic thought. Sam Harris insists that Islam is inherently violent, but the reality is that Qutb informs more modern Muslim radical ethos than the Prophet. His idea is that Arabs will unite and collapse the despot regimes that embraced secular ethos of the revisionist Baath Party or Nasser-ism. Nobody remembers that Qutb was killed for opposing the Nasser regime, not because he was a Muslim, and understanding this power-relationship is important in understanding the new relationship the West will have with Egypt (For those of you who weren't keeping track, Egyptian relations with Israel are pretty important). Qutb was nice enough to leave behind a concise yet phantasmagorical vision of the future where everyone mass-converts (kinda like Moonies), titled Ma'alim fi al-Tariq' ("Signposts" or "Millstones on the Road") that is just utopian enough to allow any alleged Qutbist party to bring about either a certain kind of economic re-construction not seen since the end of the Roman Empire in regards to the Middle East and the Arabic Peninsula, or, on the contrast, wreak all sorts of fucking untold misery, stupidity, despotism, and paranoia.
Quintan Wiktorowitcz claims modern Salafists "focus on several Qur’anic verses related to God’s right to rule, including Qur’an 5:44,86 and build on Sayyid Qutb’s understanding of tawhid hakamiyya (the right of God alone to rule). Terms related to hakamiyya in the Qur’an are used to mean wisdom, judgment, and reconciliation, rather than authority, but Qutb expanded their meaning to incorporate governance and rule."[4] These ideas have been used to condemn democratic elections, parliamentary democracy, and Islamic rulers who embrace such or make peace accords with Infidel powers.
External links
- Milestones, Studies in Islam and the Middle East Journal translation.
- A Lesson In Hate, David Von Drehle, Smithsonian Magazine
- Sayyid Qutb: Father of Modern Islamic Extremism. Jahiliyya in Extremist Ideology, By Austin Cline. atheism.about.com
Notes
- ↑ Doctrines for Jihadi Terrorist Training, Brynjar Lia, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), Kjeller, Norway, 2008, p.13 pdf.
- ↑ See Wikipedia article Milestones on the Road[wp].
- ↑ In the Shade of the Qur'an, Sayyid Qutb. Internet Archive.
- ↑ Anatomy of the Salafi Movement, Quintan Wiktorowitcz, Talylor Francis Group, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 29:207–239, 2006. PDF pp. 26-27.