| Historical Documents from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest, ed | |
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| But the majority of his theory could be found in his extensive Qur'anic commentary tafseer : Fi zilal il-Qur'an In the shade of the Qur'an ; the noteworthy multi-volume work for its innovative method of interpretation; which contributed significantly to modern perceptions of Islamic concepts |
Resigning from the civil service, he joined the Muslim Brotherhood in the early 1950s and became editor-in-chief of the Brothers' weekly al-'Ikhwan ul-Muslimun, and later head of the propaganda section, as well as an appointed member of the Working Committee and of the Guidance Council, the highest branch.
20| He is best known for his work on redefining the role of Islam in social and political change, particularly in his book Ma'alimu fi-l-Tareeq Milestones | His experience in the United States is believed to have formed in part the impetus for his rejection of Western values and his move towards Islam upon returning to Egypt |
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| From 1948 to 1950, he went to the United States on a scholarship to study the educational system, studying at Colorado State College of Education Now the University of Northern Colorado | GEO STRATEGIC NETWORK FOR STUDIES |
| In 1939, he became a functionary in Egypt's Ministry of Education Wizarat ul-Ma'arif | Qutb was extremely critical of many things in the United States: its materialism, brutal individualism, merciless economic system, unreasonable restrictions on divorce, sick enthusiasm for sports, "animal-like" mixing of the sexes which went on even in churches , and lack of support for the Palestinian struggle |
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| Though Islam gave him much peace and contentment, he suffered from respiratory and other health problems throughout his life, thus he never married | During his early career, Qutb devoted himself to literature as an author and critic |