Sayyid Qutb
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Sayyid Qutb was an influential Egyptian Islamist ideologue and writer whose works profoundly shaped modern Sunni Islamist and jihadist thought.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamist ideologue
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person ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| arrestedBy | Egyptian government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Sayyid Qutb Ibrahim Husayn Shadhili NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Egypt ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfArrest | 1954 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1906-10-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1966-08-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Dar al-Ulum, Cairo University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Egyptian Ministry of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTimeOfUSStay | 1950 ⓘ |
| executedBy | Egyptian government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic political thought
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Qur'anic exegesis ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ |
| ideology | Qutbism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imprisonedIn | Egyptian prisons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ayman al-Zawahiri
NERFINISHED
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Osama bin Laden NERFINISHED ⓘ jihadist ideologues ⓘ modern Sunni Islamist movements ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Abul A'la Maududi
NERFINISHED
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Ibn Taymiyyah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Arabic ⓘ |
| legacy | major influence on contemporary Islamist and jihadist thought ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by hanging ⓘ |
| memberOf | Muslim Brotherhood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Islamism
NERFINISHED
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Sunni Islamism ⓘ |
| name | Sayyid Qutb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
hakimiyya (sovereignty of God)
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modern jahiliyya ⓘ vanguard of true believers ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Fi Zilal al-Qur'an
NERFINISHED
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Milestones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Islamist theorist
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educator ⓘ literary critic ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Musha, Asyut Governorate, Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cairo, Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
anti-secularism
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opposition to Western cultural influence ⓘ |
| positionHeld | leading ideologue of the Muslim Brotherhood ⓘ |
| reasonForArrest | alleged involvement in plot against Nasser government ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| startTimeOfUSStay | 1948 ⓘ |
| traveledTo | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| underGovernment | Gamal Abdel Nasser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteDuringImprisonment |
Fi Zilal al-Qur'an (later volumes)
NERFINISHED
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Milestones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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