tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post8064800672900195458..comments2024-03-19T09:06:21.507-04:00Comments on Irtiqa: Sayyid Qutb liked "Gone with the Wind"?Salman Hameedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04327330113822656571noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-1369315911782204172010-09-04T11:39:52.675-04:002010-09-04T11:39:52.675-04:00First of all, we must adopt the scientific methods...First of all, we must adopt the scientific methods for analyzing the matters, so as to reach to the peak of reality, which the writer of the essay failed to get, unluckily. You must uproot the hatred originated in the deepest your heart, before criticizing the Qutbian character. Then, do not depend on the western perspective, do not suck there false informative balloons, do not represent the western character. To the greatest extent, the western character has never been objective in his study of Islam. Never have been. Never will been. Be civilized one, not stuck to the others to the core. BE BRAVE IN UTILIZING YOUR REASON.Adonisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-70007978527844919502010-07-25T15:30:08.985-04:002010-07-25T15:30:08.985-04:00I think you have nailed it in the head: By ignorin...I think you have nailed it in the head: By ignoring Qutb's life and his motivations, we end up propping up a caricature that fits with the 21st century terrorism problem. Convenient, but a wee bit inaccurate. <br /><br />By the way, the book will be available in the US in mid-August, but it is on sale on <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sayyid-Qutb-Origins-Radical-Islamism/dp/1849040060" rel="nofollow">Amazon-UK</a>.Salman Hameedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04327330113822656571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-4528122400673114362010-07-23T22:00:42.311-04:002010-07-23T22:00:42.311-04:00I am actually very interested in reading the book ...I am actually very interested in reading the book - from the quoted article and your own words it seems a nice, new focus we all needed. To be honest, for a person as influential and as interesting as Qutb, it is a shame that there aren't any biographies that are worth reading... General public knows so little of him and those who has heard the name think of him as a carbon-copy ancestor of Bin Laden... the truth is, you have a man who was more of a thinker and activist, than a terrorist. The truth is, while he was influenced by certain similar sources, his ideology is a lot different than of simplistic Wahhabism of the likes of al-Qaeda. He is far more of a modernist, for instance, even though he criticises modernism fiercely. You see him bashing Marxism but his answer to oppression is a revolutionary reaction influenced greatly by revolutionary socialism. The whole concept of "jahaliyyah" as he puts forward is actually very subtle contrary to what most people who talk about him and this idea of him makes one believe... and finally his interpretation of Qur'an (Fi Zilalil Qur'an) is an insightful work on how tradition of Qur'anic inspiration has evolved and how modernist Qur'anic interpretations manage to go beyond literalism and bring the context of the Qur'an to contemporary times (even though one may not agree with all of his not-so-traditional interpretations)...<br /><br />Though Ali Shariati is probably my favourite Islamist theorist and I find Qutb rather more superficial and way too much of dichotomy-lover, Qutb is a very interesting and significant figure that deserves not ignorant love or hate, but thorough research and study.Kubrahttp://www.kalemzen.orgnoreply@blogger.com