Date of source: Wednesday, May 26, 2004
During a televised interviews aired by Al-Jazeera satellite channel, Abdel-Khaleq, the former member of the formation committee and the guidance office of the Brotherhood discussed the stand of Al-Hudaiby toward “Ma’alem Fel-Tareeq” [Milestones], written by Sayyed Qutb and also Al-Hudaiby’s stand...
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 2004
Between 1957 and 1962, the Muslim Brotherhood members started debating the question of whether Gamal Abdel Nasser is considered a Muslim or not. Some members of the group who have escaped the arrest campaigns by Nasser in 1954, were plotting to take revenge from the blow that was dealt to them by...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 26, 2004
There are two mysteries in the history of Sayyed Qutb that can hardly be explained. I am mentioning these two mysteries without offering explanations:
The first mystery is the scholarship Qutb got in America. The selection of Sayyed Qutb for this scholarship is the subject of many questions. Qutb...
Date of source: Friday, May 28, 2004
In 1963, Sayyed Qutb appeared in close relationship with the organization that later was associated with his name. At the same time, the field leaders of the organization were looking for a new Islamic face to take the position of their leader.
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
Three runaway suspects turned themselves in to the Egyptian authorities, increasing the number of arrested Muslim Brotherhood members to fifty-eight. One Muslim Brotherhood member, Muhammad Ibrahim, has yet to be arrested.
The prosecution for Higher State Security sentenced the three suspects to...
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
Saudi Arabia has an old relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood. Many Brotherhood members worked in Saudi Arabia as teachers in schools and universities. Many Brotherhood members also started businesses in Saudi Arabia, but by the 1990s, the relationship between the Brotherhood and Saudi Arabia...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 15, 2004
This study aims at examining the historical events that marked the relationship of Hassan Al-Hudaiby, the second supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, to the “Tanzim Al-Ekhwan” [the organization of the Brothers] that was led by the late Sayyed Qutb. The organization was uncovered in 1965. One...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 9, 2004
We come to the second mystery in the life of Sayyed Qutb. During his time in prison, Qutb received special treatment not enjoyed by other prisoners. At the time, Qutb was the only person who was allowed to keep paper, pens, and books while receiving medical treatment in the prison’s hospital from...
Date of source: Friday, July 30, 2004
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...
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
John Mitchell made a study about Sayyed Qutb (1906-1966) that was published by Oxford University Press. In his study Mitchell calls him “the engineer of radical Islam.” Mitchell tries to discover the relation between Sayyed Qutb and his ideological project, on the one hand, and the social and...