Qutbism
Sunni Islamist ideology of Sayyid Qutb / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Qutbism (Arabic: ٱلْقُطْبِيَّةِ, romanized: al-Quṭbīyah) is an exonym that refers to the beliefs and ideology of Sayyid Qutb,[1] a leading Islamist revolutionary of the Muslim Brotherhood who was executed by the Egyptian government in 1966.[2] Influenced by the doctrines of earlier Islamists like Hasan al-Banna and Maududi, Qutbism advocates armed Jihad to establish Islamic government, in addition to promoting offensive Jihad.
Sayyid Qutb's treatises deeply influenced numerous Jihadist movements across the world.[1][3][4] Qutbism has gained prominence due to its influence on notable Jihadist figures of contemporary era such as Abdullah Azzam, Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and Saif al-Adel.[3][4][5][6] Its ideas have also been adopted by the Salafi-jihadist Islamic State organization.[7] It inspired Ruhollah Khomeini to create a variety of Qutbism, Khomeinism.[8]
Qutbist literature has been a major source of influence on numerous Jihadist organisations that have emerged since the 1970s. These include the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Jama'ah al-Islamiyya, al-Takfir wal Hijra, Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA), LIFG, Al-Qaeda, Al-Nusra Front, Islamic State, and others that have sought to implement their strategy of waging armed Jihad.[9][10][11]