Quoting Arlo Bensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> In 1949, in a now-heralded "quaint" American past, Sayyed Qutb looked > out upon the sock-hops and malt shops and quintessential American > "happy days"... "To most people watching this dance, it would have > been an innocent picture of youthful happiness. But Qutb saw > something else: the dancers in front of him were tragic lost souls. > They believed that they were free. But in reality, they were trapped > by their own selfish and greedy desires. American society was not > going forwards; it was taking people backwards. They were becoming > isolated beings, driven by primitive animal forces. Such creatures, > Qutb believed, could corrode the very bonds that held society > together. And he became determined that night to prevent this culture > of selfish individualism taking over his own country." (The Power of > Nightmares, BBC) Is this the same Sayyid Qutb described on NPR's website as: "Qutb's writings would later become the theoretical basis for many radical Islamic groups of today -- including al Qaeda. Qutb increasingly saw the redemption of Egypt in the application of Islamic law." ? ? ? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1253796 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1253796 ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
