Sayyid Qutb, Theologian, 1964

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Date
1964
Name of Author
Sayyid Qutb
Muslim Brotherhood
Body

“Since the objective of the message of Islam is a decisive declaration of man’s freedom, not merely on the philosophical plane but also in the actual conditions of life, it must employ Jihaad.”David Aaron, In Their Own Words: Voices of Jihad (Santa Monica: RAND Corporation, 2008), 61.

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