Pre-eminently among the pioneers of 20th-century islamism , sayyid qutb has come to be seen as the evil genius who inspired today 's global jihad .
作为20世纪伊斯兰教的杰出先驱之一,赛义德库特布被世人视为是激励了当今全球圣战的邪恶天才。
But none of this compared with the backlash building in afghanistan , where young intellectuals like ahmed shah massoud had been reading up on islamist classics such as the writings of sayyid qutb .