La riscoperta del ǧihād: la lettura rivoluzionaria di Sayyid Quṭb

Manduchi, P.

2019-01-01

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Abstract

This essay focuses on the theoretical elaboration around the concept of ǧihād by the Egyptian Sayyid Quṭb (Sayyid Quṭb Ibrāhīm Ḥusayn al-Shādhilī, 1906-1966), a prominent figure of the Muslim Brotherhood , imprisoned in Nasserist prisons since 1954 and executed on August 29, 1966. His works are still very famous today throughout the Muslim world, from Morocco to Indonesia (passing through the Muslim communities present in Europe), also and above all for his peculiar reading of the concept of militancy for the Islamic ǧihād, absolutely central in his thought and that will be resumed many years after his death by other jihadist militants, not coincidentally defined "Qutbists". His peculiar elaboration of the concept of ǧihād will lead to the mostly aberrant interpretations, arising in recent years.