The reasons why Sayed Qutb has influenced the contemporary Islamic movements

In the recent decades, Islamic world and the changes in it have made most of the headlines among the other parts of the world. In this situation, some of the figures play more critical role and Sayed Qutb is one of those influential figures. The reason why he has had such big impact is not due to his outstanding characteristics or his high level of knowledge, it’s rather because of some other factors. Ineffectiveness of Muslim Brotherhood’s discourse, absence of an effective ideology in his time, allowing to revolt against the ruling system in the context of Sunni world, contemporary historical situation of Egyptian society, presenting new ideas regarding governing and Islamic society, and his execution are among some of those factors. I addition, presence of a figure called Jamal Abdulnaser and issues related to him, all together created an atmosphere to lead the excited Egyptian audience to see the solutions of their problems in establishing the ideal society demonstrated by Sayed Qutb. In conclusion, the wide spread impact of Sayed Qutb is due to the special contemporary situation and the demand of society, rather than his outstanding thoughts. Hence, the historical book of “Maalem Fitariq” which has been written enthusiastically, has become the creed for Islamic movements in the Egypt, and later has influenced other Islamic movements in other parts of the world. The present writing tries to analyze the reasons of his works’ impact on contemporary Islamist political movements.