EncompassedRunner: Qutb was influenced by the Pakistani Maududi, and both of these books are classics on the relationship of religion to state when it comes to works that have influenced Islamist movements, though Qutb's book is more about how to get to his ideal, and the smaller Maududi book is more about what the Islamist ideal looks like.… (meer)

EncompassedRunner: Seeing as how Egyptian Al-Zawahiri described Qutb as "the first spark of the Islamic radical movement" and Qutb's "Milestones" as the "original constitution of Muslim radical groups," it's likely that a reader interested in Qutb might want to read the words of Al-Qaeda's #2 man Al-Zawahiri, particularly since Qutb is dead and Al-Zawahiri still lives.… (meer)