Sayyid Qutb

Sayyid Qutb (October 1906 – 29 August 1966) was an Egyptian author, Islamist, and the leading intellectual of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in the 1950s and 60s. He is considered a major influence on Sheikh Osama bin Laden and Imam Khamenei.

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Ma'alim fi'l-Tariq (Signposts on the Road, or Milestones) (1964)

• The Islamic society is that which follows Islam in belief and ways of worship, in law and organization, in morals and manners.
  • Ch. 7, Islam is the Real Civilization