“Qutb was an influential figure among Iranian revolutionaries,” with his ideas playing “an instrumental role in shaping the discourse of Islamism in pre-revolutionary Iran.”
he alliance the Egyptian Brotherhood formed with the secular Wafd party won 58 seats in the 1984 parliamentary elections, up until then the best-ever result for the Egyptian opposition. It helped that the 1984 and 1987 elections were the most competitive Egypt had seen up until then (although far from free and fair
Glasp is a social web highlighter that people can highlight and organize quotes and thoughts from the web, and access other like-minded people’s learning.