[MD] Quality decline

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>:


> In 1949, in a now-heralded "quaint" American past, Sayyed Qutb looked 
> out upon the sock-hops and malt shops and quintessential American 
> "happy days"... "To most people watching this dance, it would have 
> been an innocent picture of youthful happiness. But Qutb saw 
> something else: the dancers in front of him were tragic lost souls. 
> They believed that they were free. But in reality, they were trapped 
> by their own selfish and greedy desires. American society was not 
> going forwards; it was taking people backwards. They were becoming 
> isolated beings, driven by primitive animal forces. Such creatures, 
> Qutb believed, could corrode the very bonds that held society 
> together. And he became determined that night to prevent this culture 
> of selfish individualism taking over his own country." (The Power of 
> Nightmares, BBC)

Is this the same Sayyid Qutb described on NPR's website as: "Qutb's writings would
later become the theoretical basis for many radical Islamic groups of today --
including al Qaeda. Qutb increasingly saw the redemption of Egypt in the application
of Islamic law."

? ? ?

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1253796







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