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Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism (10th Edition) by John Calvert Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-10: 0-231-70104-7 / 0231701047 ISBN-13: 978-0-231-70104-4 / 9780231701044 Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) was an influential Egyptian ideologue who established the theoretical basis for radical Islamism in the postcolonial Sunni Muslim world. Lacking a pure understanding of the leader's life and work, the popular media has conflated Qutb's moral purpose with the aims of Osama bin |