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To: massatoosits

Yes, but he is a rather important dead man. It is Qutb's fusion of the existentialist notion of absolute commitment, and existentialist despair, with the (already corrupt) notion of martyrdom held by the Muslims (which permits death in battle, even in an agressive war to count as martyrdom, as well as deaths analogous to the Christian notion), that gave the intellectual basis for suicide bombings. At least in classical Islam, the jihadi had to get killed by an 'infidel' to count as a martyr. In Qutb's system (90% Mohammed, 10% Sartre) the absolute commitment of killing oneself to further jihad trumps the Koranic prohibition on suicide. Alas for Muslims and non-Muslims alike, his ideas gained acceptance.

Notice the Arab News sees fit to reprint his drivel.


19 posted on 12/16/2005 6:49:11 PM PST by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: The_Reader_David

You're the only poster who noticed Qutb is the author


22 posted on 12/16/2005 10:49:47 PM PST by dennisw (You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you - Bob Dylan)
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To: The_Reader_David

I was just checking to see if anyone really pays attention. You have confirmed, for this particular thread, that someone else does. Thank you.


23 posted on 12/17/2005 3:49:17 AM PST by massatoosits (just ask the Brits...)
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