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Islamism

Islamism. Sayyid Qut’b. Sayyid Qut’b. Born October 9, 1906– died August 29, 1966 Moved to Cairo in 1929 Essential philosophy: Islam is a complete system of morality, justice and governance Sharia laws and principles should be the sole basis of governance and everything else in life

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Islamism

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  1. Islamism Sayyid Qut’b

  2. Sayyid Qut’b • Born October 9, 1906– died August 29, 1966 • Moved to Cairo in 1929 • Essential philosophy: • Islam is a complete system of morality, justice and governance • Sharia laws and principles should be the sole basis of governance and everything else in life • Disagreed that democracy was Islamic • Key concepts: • Sura (Consultation) • Ijma (Consensus)

  3. Sayyid Qut’b • Argued for a “just dictatorship” With limited consultation until he observed the abuses of power under Abdul Nasser • Opposed Arab nationalism • Jahiliyyah vs. freedom • Nasser’s abuse of power contributed to Qut’b ideas in his famous advocating a political system the opposite of dictatorship, (what one observor has called "a kind of anarcho-Islam.) There Qutb argued: • The Muslim world had ceased to be and reverted to pre-Islamic ignorance known as jahiliyyah, because of the lack of sharia law. Consequently all states of the Muslim world are not Islamic and thus illegitimate, including that of his native land Egypt. • Rather than rule by a pious few, (or democratic representation), Muslims should resist any system where men are in "servitude to other men" -- i.e. obey other men -- as un-Islamic and a violation of God's sovereignty (Hakamiyya) over all of creation. A truly Islamic polity would have no rulers - not even have theocratic ones - since Muslims would need neither judges nor police to obey divine law. • The way to bring about this freedom was for a revolutionary vanguard to fight jahiliyyah with a two-fold approach: preaching, and abolishing the organizations and authorities of the Jahili system by "physical power and Jihad."

  4. Sayyid Qut’b • This vanguard movement would grow until it formed a truly Islamic community, then spread throughout the Islamic homeland and finally throughout the entire world. Islamically-correct Jihad now being interpreted by Qutb as offensive, no longer "narrowly" defensive as Orientalists! believe.

  5. Sayyid Qut’b • Qutb emphasized this struggle would be anything but easy. True Islam would transform every aspect of society, eliminating everything non-Muslim. True Muslims could look forward to lives of "poverty, difficulty, frustration, torment and sacrifice." Jahili erzatz-Muslims, Jews and Westerners would all fight and conspire against Islam and the elimination of jahiliyyah.

  6. Sayyid Qut’b • Among was particularly enraged by Jews, whom he saw as a great menace to Islam despite their small numbers. Qutb repeatedly talked of "the wicked opposition of the Jews to Islam," their "conspiracies" and "scheming against Islam" over the centuries

  7. Sayyid Qut’b • Qutb had influence on Islamic insurgent/terror groups in Egypt and elsewhere. His influence on Al Qaeda was felt through his writing, his followers and especially through his brother, Muhammad Qutb, who moved to Saudi Arabia following his release from prison in Egypt and became a professor of Islamic Studies and edited, published and promoted his brother Sayyid's work.

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