Monday, January 19, 2015

How the New York Times covered the sentencing of Sayyid Qutb in Egypt in 1966

As you know the US and its media were supportive of all foes of Nasser back in the 1950s and 1960s and championed the cause of their Saudi allies, the Muslim Brotherhood and other fanatics of the time.  Look how the New York Times presented Sayyid Qutb at the time.  You would think he was Gandhi.