Egypt's militants now under spotlight

Fearless, deeply pious and embittered by years of incarceration and torture, Sayed Qutb was hanged in 1966 for plotting to overthrow the state.

Egypt's militants now under spotlight

Fearless, deeply pious and embittered by years of incarceration and torture, Sayed Qutb was hanged in 1966 for plotting to overthrow the state.

Egypt killed the man, but his ideas lived on to inspire generations of Muslim militants around the world.

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