By coincidence, Qutb arrived in the United States in 1948, the year of the creation of the state of Israel. He witnessed an America blind to the thousands of Palestinians being made permanent refugees by the Zionist project. For Qutb, it wasn’t politics; it was an assault on his core identity: Clearly Americans believed that Arab lives were worth far less than those of European Jews. When Qutb returned to Egypt he joined the Muslim Brotherhood, leading to his next life-changing event:
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Source:- IIPM Editorial, 2006
