In terms of politics, his theoretical work on Islamic advocacy, social justice and education, has left a

significant mark on the Muslim Brotherhood (which is still actively involved in Egyptian politics
and has related organizations in many countries around the world)
In terms of lives lost and property destroyed, !ut"#s greatest impact has "een through Islamic
insurgent$terror groups in Egypt %&'( and elsewhere )is influence on *l !aeda was felt through his
"rother, Muhammad !ut", who moved to +audi *ra"ia following his release from prison in Egypt
and "ecame a professor of Islamic +tudies and edited, pu"lished and promoted his "rother +ayyid#s
work
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-ne of Muhammad !ut"#s students and an ardent follower was *yman .awahiri, who
went on to "e a mem"er of the Egyptian Islamic /ihad terror group
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and then the mentor of
-sama "in 1aden %&2( .awahiri paid homage to !ut" in his work Knights under the Prophet's
Banner.
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4riticism of !ut"#s ideas comes from several, sometimes opposite, directions
5ollowing the pu"lication of Milestones and the a"orted plot against the 6asser government,
mainstream Muslims took issue with !ut"#s contention that 7physical power7 and jihad had
to "e used to overthrow governments, and attack societies, 7institutions and traditions7 of
the Muslim ("ut according to !ut" jahili) world %'( 8he ulema of al9*zhar school took the
unusual step following his death of putting +ayyid !ut" on their inde: of heresy, declaring
him a 7deviant7 (munharif)
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4onservative$puritan Muslims went further, condemning !ut"#s Islamist$reformist ideas 99
such as social justice and redistri"utive economics, %2( %,( %0( "anning of slavery, %3(
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freedom of religion
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99 as 7western7 and bid'ah or innovative (innovations to Islam "eing
for"idden ipso facto) 8hey have accused !ut" of amateur scholarship, overuse of ijtihad,
and of lack of respect for Islamic traditions, for prophets and for early Muslims%<(
=eformist Muslims, on the other hand, >uestioned his understanding of sharia, ie that it is
not only perfect and complete, "ut completely accessi"le to mortals and thus the solution to
any of their pro"lems %?(
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*nd finally, following the @$&& attacks, Aesterners looking for who and what may have
inspired *l9!aeda discovered !ut" and found many of his ideas not too Aestern, "ut too
anti9Aestern %@( 4omplaints here include that contrary to what !ut" preaches, neither the
/ews nor the Aest are conspiring against IslamB that the Aest is neither 7evil and corrupt7
nor a 7ru""ish heapB7 that an offensive jihad to esta"lish Islamic rule (or 7the sovereignty of
Cod and )is 1ordship7) 7throughout the world,7 would not "e li"eration "ut aggression, and
finally that !ut"#s call for the destruction of jahili Muslim governments may have roused
terrorist jihadis to attack Aestern countries, thinking that Aestern aid and military stands in
the way of the destruction of those 7jahili7 governments