Date of source: Wednesday, June 29, 2005
The onset of the new wave of Islamist terror was brought about by Sayyid Qutb, who had that rare opportunity during his time in the prison hospital for several years to review his book Fī Zilāl al-Qur’ān [In the shades of the Qur’ān].
Date of source: Saturday, November 10, 2001 to Friday, November 16, 2001
Dr. Rifa’at Al-Said, the general secretary of the Tagammu opposition party, believes that Islamizing politics is the essence of terrorism and that the Muslim Brotherhood were the first to use terrorism. He stresses that that Islam is not a fertile ground for radical thoughts as some people claim.