“The Left admires Muslims for taking the actions like this that they want to take themselves, but are afraid to.”
EXACTLY.
Analysis of “Milestones” - Sayyid Qutb (VERY fascinating book if you have the time)
Qutb’s ideological consequence has been compared to that of Hitler and he has been deemed “as significant [to Islamism] as Lenin was to Communism.” The sweeping influence of Qutb’s work has earned him the designation of “[the radical Islamic] Karl Marx” and, unequivocally, “the Arab world’s first important theoretician of the Islamist cause.”
https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/bitstream/handle/10339/38576/SuarezMurias_wfu_0248M_10443.pdf