StarAstrologer - Books : Milestones
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Binding: Unknown Binding
Label: International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations
Manufacturer: International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations
Number Of Pages: 303
Publication Date: 1977
Publisher: International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations
Sales Rank: 6615210
Studio: International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations
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One could easily argue that Sayyid Qutb's 1950s era treatise "Milestones" is the most influential and historically far-reaching Islamic text written in the past century. Qutb's work - and "Milestones" above all else - created the philosophical foundation upon which Al Qaeda and other Islamic extremist groups have been built. For anyone looking to gain a deeper understanding of what motivates relatively well-educated, affluent and presumably sane young men to fly passenger jets into skyscrapers ... Read More
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I bought this book after an interesting documentary on History Channel.It's worth to add an opinion on our recent difficult historical times..Reading it's never a waste of time..But I expected a different academic approach to the subject.
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If you want to understand the theology of radical, Sunni Islamic thought, then this book is a short read in such thinking. Qutb, an Egyptian educator who visited the United States and has influenced a number of radicals, has a very simple thesis. He believed that Islam is the one and true religion, and that all other societies (the democratic West, the formerly Marxist Russia) and religions (Christians or Jews included) are basically in the state if jahiliyyah, or pre-Islamic ignorance. Only a ... Read More
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By now most of you have heard about Sayyid Qutb's influence on Osama bin Laden, and it was that connection which I hoped to investigate by reading Milestones. In short, Qutb preaches - a term that accurately captures the style of the book as it is basically a collection of simple themes repeated often - that because a true (i.e. one that follows sharia) Islamic society no longer exists and cannot exist in the presence of "worldly influences", all those who practice Islam should assist in bringing ... Read More
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Perhaps the most well known book of modern political Islam in recent year new dimensions have been added to it due to the events of 9/11 and many linking the book to the Al-Qaeda leader Bin Laden. Sadly, much sensationalism has overshadowed any hope of examining the book itself and the man who wrote it.
Qutb in fact had little if any connection with the Wahhabi Saudi movement to which Bin Laden belongs, the books of Qutb are considered 'Bida' (an innovation) by Wahhabis and are by ... Read More
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