Sayyid Qutb: Ideologue of Political Islam

Sayyid Qutb

Sayyid Qutb was a prominent Egyptian author, educator, and Islamist theorist whose writings became the intellectual backbone of modern radical Islamism. Born in Musha village, Egypt on October 9, 1906, Qutb became a leading figure in the Muslim Brotherhood after studying in the United States, where he grew deeply critical of Western culture. Imprisoned under Gamal Abdel Nasser's regime, he authored foundational texts including "In the Shade of the Qur'an" and "Milestones," introducing concepts of Jahiliyyah to critique secular state governance. His execution in 1966 cemented his status as a martyr, profoundly influencing revolutionary Islamist movements worldwide.

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Year	Sayyid Qutb
1906	Birth of Sayyid Qutb (Period: October 9, 1906, Location: Musha village, Egypt (present-day near Asyut City, Asyut Governorate))
1910	Early education and recitation of the Quran (Sayyid Qutb, Age: 3 years old, Period: 1910s–1920s, Location: Musha village, Cairo, Egypt)
1929	Studies at Dar al-Ulum (Age: 22 years old, Period: 1929–1933, Location: Cairo, Egypt)
1930	Literary and critical activities (Age: 23 years old, Period: 1930s–1940s, Location: Cairo, Egypt)
1939	World War II (Age: 32 years old, Period: 1939–1945, Location: Iran)
1947	First Arab-Israeli War (Age: 40 years old, Period: 1947–1949, Location: Palestine, Jerusalem, Lydda, Ramle, etc.)
1948	Studies in the United States (Age: 41 years old, Period: 1948–1950, Location: Washington D.C., Greeley (Colorado), California, USA, etc.)
1950	Joining the Muslim Brotherhood (Age: 43 years old, Period: Early 1950s, Location: Cairo, Egypt)
1952	1952 Egyptian revolution (Age: 45 years old, Period: July 23, 1952, Location: Cairo, Egypt, etc.)
1954	Writing activities while imprisoned (Age: 47 years old, Period: 1954–1964, Location: Prisons in Egypt) 1954 assassination attempt on Nasser and crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood (Age: 47 years old, Period: October 1954, Location: Alexandria, Egypt)
1964	Release and publication of "Milestones" (Age: 57 years old, Period: 1964, Location: Cairo, Egypt)
1965	Suspicions of a plot to overthrow the government by the Muslim Brotherhood (Age: 58 years old, Period: 1965–1966, Location: Various regions of Egypt, especially Cairo) Re-arrest, trial, and execution (Age: 58 years old, Period: 1965–1966, Location: Cairo, Egypt)
1966	Death of Sayyid Qutb (Age: 59 years old, Period: August 29, 1966, Location: Cairo, Egypt)
Unknown	Marriage (Sayyid Qutb, details unknown, Period: Said to have remained single throughout life, Location: No applicable record of marriage can be confirmed)

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Establishment of Israel	Golda Meir David Ben-Gurion Chaim Weizmann Moshe Dayan Yitzhak Rabin Menachem Begin Shimon Peres Levi Eshkol Ariel Sharon Farouk I Gamal Abdel Nasser Anwar Sadat
Iranian Revolution	Ruhollah Khomeini Ali Khamenei Abolhassan Banisadr Mehdi Bazargan Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Mohammad Beheshti Ali Shariati Sayyid Qutb Hassan al-Banna Mustafa Barzani

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