From secularism to Jihad : Sayyid Qutb and the foundations of radical Islamism / Adnan A. Musallam.
From secularism to Jihad : Sayyid Qutb and the foundations of radical Islamism / Adnan A. Musallam.
From secularism to Jihad : Sayyid Qutb and the foundations of radical Islamism / Adnan A. Musallam.
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Westport, CT : Praeger Publishers, 2005.
Date
2005.
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N320.55709/ 1
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English
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xiii, 261 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Prologue -- Intellectual, political and socio-economic transformations in egypt, 1919-1952 -- Qutb's childhood and the emergence of a poet and a critic, 1906 - 1938 -- Emergence of the student of the Qur'an and early changes, 1939-1947 -- The alienation of Sayyid Qutb, 1939-1947 -- In search of soci...
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Westport, CT : Praeger Publishers, 2005.
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Connecticut
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2005.
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"The modern political idea of "jihad" - a violent struggle against "pagan" or unIslamic regimes - is essentially the brainchild of one man whose writings have become a manifesto for radical political Islam. Using the evolution of Sayyid Qutb's life and writings, Musallam traces and analyzes Qutb's alienation and subsequent emergence as an independe...
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From secularism to Jihad : Sayyid Qutb and the foundations of radical Islamism / Adnan A. Musallam.
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Includes bibliographical references p. 239-250 and index.
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N320.55709/ 1
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0275985911 (alk. paper)
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320.557092
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991020625019702626
