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The author provides a commentary on the Muslim Brotherhood, criticizing its actions and beliefs, and warning that it is gaining substantial ground toward becoming the political leaders of perhaps multiple Arab nations.
The author speaks about the spiritual leaders of terrorism who developed terrorism-inspiring thoughts waiting others to promote and put them s into practices. These leaders are Hasan al-Bannā, Sayyid Qutb, and ‘Abd al-Allāh ‘Azzām.
The authors harshly criticize the Muslim Brotherhood’s attitudes towards women and Copts.
The author points out that Sayyid Qutb picked up his ideology while in the West and adds that the clash between the U.S. and religious ideology erupted only when the wing led by Bin Lādin revolted and went astray.
The Brotherhood participation in the democratic process, if genuine, constitutes a qualitative leap that entails the renunciation of violence, refraining from the takfīr [to rule that someone is infidel] ideology and accepting peaceful political activities as a means to reach power.
Qutb’s ideology was the driving force for many Islamic groups, some of whom, such as al-Takfīr Wa al-Hijra, have gone to extremes.
The literature and the slogans of the Brotherhood imply their hostility towards democracy. But today the highest Brotherhood juristic reference Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi announced a new interpretation that can be summed up in Al-Qaradawi’s words “democracy is the spirit of Islam.” Al-Qaradawi’s...
Adel Hammouda [the editor-in-chief of Sawt El-Umma] wrote about Sayyed Qutb saying that his followers forgot “the days when Qutb wrote about women, love, and Jazz music. They wish that history might forget those days of his life and start his story from the moment of his change to faith. Qutb...
The ideas of Sayyed Qutb were transmitted to the Muslim Brotherhood through the then-supreme guide Hassan Al-Hudaiby. Al-Hudaiby did not know that there were 300 young men studying Qutb’s ideas.
Suddenly, Sayyed Qutb placed himself very close to the new power, [the officers of] the July Revolution, and forgot or ignored his fierce defense of the workers and the poor which continued from 1949 till 1951. It is astonishing that Sayyed Qutb forgot about his call for social justice, yet, it is...

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