Qutbism

English

Alternative forms

• Quṭbism (stricter transliteration)

Etymology

From Qutb +‎ -ism.

Noun

Qutbism (uncountable)

1. (Islam, politics) An Islamist ideology developed by Sayyid Qutb, the figurehead of the Muslim Brotherhood, involving the use of military force to propagate sharia law.
   • 2007, Bilveer Singh, The Talibanization of Southeast Asia: Losing the War on Terror to Islamist Extremists:

     The ideology of Qutbism was pursued by Muhammad Abdul al-Salam Faraj, who emerged after Qutb as Egypt's most important Islamist revolutionaries.

Related terms

• Qutbist

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: قُطْبِيَّة f (quṭbiyya)
• Persian: قطب‌گرایی (qotb-garâyi)
• Tajik: қутбгароӣ (qutbgaroi)
• Turkish: Kutupçuluk