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[[File:Sayyid Qutb.jpg|thumb|200px|Qutb in 1965]]
'''Sayyid 'Ibrāhīm Ḥusayn Quṭb'''{{#tag:ref|also spelled ''Said, Syed, Seyyid, Sayid, Sayed; Koteb, Qutub, Kotb, Kutb''|group=Note}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|uː|t|ə|b}}<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/qutb "Qutb"]. ''[[Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary]]''.</ref> or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ʌ|t|ə|b}}; {{IPA-arz|ˈsæjjed ˈʔotˤb}}, <!--Literary Arabic as pronounced by Egyptians, any other pronunciation is irrelevant-->{{IPA-ar|ˈsæjjɪd ˈqʊtˤb|lang}}; {{lang-ar| سٌَيٍِّدُ قُّطْبٍُِ إِبْرَاهٌِيمٍَُ حًًُّسَيْٓنٍ}} ''Sayyid Quṭb''; 9 October 1906&nbsp;– 29 August 1966), known popularly as '''Sayyid Qutb''' ({{lang-ar|سًًٍََِّّـيِّْدُ قٍُطٌٍْبٍ}}), was an [[Egypt|Egyptian]] [[author]], [[educator]], [[Islam]]ic scholar, theorist, [[revolutionary]], poet, and a leading member of the Egyptian [[Muslim Brotherhood]] in the 1950s and 1960s. 

In 1966, he was found guilty of planning the [[assassination]] of Egyptian President [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] and was executed by [[hanging]] in [[Cairo]] at the age of 59. 

He is called "the Father of [[Salafi jihadism]]. Many have also called him the father of [[al-Qaeda]] and [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIL]] since these groups were founded and inspired by his ideas.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Manne|first=Robert|date=7 November 2016|title=Sayyid Qutb: Father of Salafi Jihadism, Forerunner of the Islamic State|work=ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/religion/sayyid-qutb-father-of-salafi-jihadism-forerunner-of-the-islamic-/10096380|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002133334/http://www.abc.net.au/religion/sayyid-qutb-father-of-salafi-jihadism-forerunner-of-the-islamic-/10096380|archive-date=2 October 2018}}</ref>

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