Sayyid Qutb in America
1948–1950 · Event
The Egyptian writer studies in Colorado and is repelled by American materialism and sexuality, shaping the jihadist ideas that inspire al-Qaeda.
On these timelines: Islam, Master, USA, Major Religions
More from Islam
- Hijra (622)
- Muhammad's first revelation (610)
- Death of Muhammad (632)
- Mongol sack of Baghdad (1258)
- Abbasid Caliphate founded (750)
- Uthman standardises the Quran (650)
- Sunni-Shia split (656)
- Rashidun Caliphate begins (632)
Around 1948
- Berlin Airlift (1948)
- Apartheid (1948)
- World War II (1939)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)