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Milestones Paperback – 31 July 2006
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- Print length160 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherIslamic Book Service
- Publication date31 July 2006
- Dimensions14 x 1 x 23 cm
- ISBN-10817231244X
- ISBN-13978-8172312442
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- Publisher : Islamic Book Service (31 July 2006)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 160 pages
- ISBN-10 : 817231244X
- ISBN-13 : 978-8172312442
- Dimensions : 14 x 1 x 23 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 1,292,419 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 1,812 in World Religions & Interreligious Dialogue
- 631,538 in Foreign Language Books
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Born in 1906 and executed by the regime of Gamal Abd al-Nasser in 1966, Sayyid Qutb remains one of the most influential articulators of both revolutionary Islamist political doctrine and the modern Salafi Reformist theology that underpins it. His work represents some of the most elaborate and sophisticated expressions of core Salafist Reformist themes. These include Islamic renewal and authenticity, the purification from religion of various accretions (extreme Sufism, excessive legal formalism, cultural practices), a direct encounter with the texts of the revelatory period, the rationalization of Islamic legal and political thought for application in the modern context, and the relevance of Islam for action and material life. His articulation of modern Islamist political doctrine has been profoundly influential across the entire spectrum of Islamic revivalist thought among both pragmatists and revolutionaries alike.
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Its a guide to fighting the west using the Quran as a guide, reason and excuse.It makes no sense and is hard to read, sometimes tripping over itself.
Its a must read if you want to know how these "sick" minds think.
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This is an awesome book which opens the door of heart of Islam. Till now I have read the 1st chapter, 'The unique Quranic Generation'. It makes me clear that the author's works worth his sacrificed life. I'm just amazed to read how much deep knowledge of Islam he had, and how much Hikmat he used to explain every situation. It will help you to understand how Islam can be established in every ground of our life....MashaAllah.
May Allah grant him Jannatul Firdous.
The motto of the Muslim Brotherhood is:
"God is our purpose, the Prophet our leader, the Qur'an our constitution, Jihad our way and dying for God's cause our supreme objective."
Documents of the Muslim Brotherhood which were captured by our FBI include this: The Muslim Brotherhood "must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and 'sabotaging' its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and Allah's religion is made victorious over all other religions." -- Mohamed Akram, "An Explanatory Memorandum on the General Strategic Goal for the Group in North America," May 22, 1991, Government Exhibit 003-0085, U.S. vs. HLF, et al. P. 7 (21).
In "Milestones", Qutb describes the four stages of jihad in Islam:
1) When Muhammad was just starting our in Mecca, he was weak, with few followers. Therefore, Muslims were prohibited from engaging in violence, even in self-defense. It is from this period that we get the benign live-and-let-live verses from the Koran.
2) After moving to Medina, Muhammad acquired some political power. At this stage, Muslims were permitted, but not required, to defend themselves with violence, and the new verses from the Koran confirm this.
3) Muhammad continued to solidify and increase his power in Medina, but his power was not yet absolute. At this stage, violent jihad in self-defense was required, not only permitted.
4) Finally, after Muhammad acquired absolute power, the new verses in the Koran, which abrogated the older, more peaceful verses, required what is called the "offensive jihad", that is, offensive war against non-Muslims in order to spread Islam to the world. Here we get verses in the Koran like this:
-- Make war on them until idolatry shall cease and God's religion shall reign supreme. (8:40)
-- Fight against them until idolatry is no more and God's religion reigns supreme. (2:193)
In order to understand the violent, imperialist nature of the ideology of Islam, Qutb's "Milestones" is essential reading.
