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While in prison, he wrote a book titled Milestones which pictured the West as evil and immoral and called for the revival of jihad to achieve eventual Islamic world domination. He also called in the book for the overthrow of un-Islamic regimes in the Middle East.  The book was smuggled out of the prison by friends and family of Qutb and published in 1964. Milestones was almost immediately banned by the Egyptian government but that did not stop the spread of the already printed copy's of the book. Meanwhile from prison, Qutb began to organize an overthrow of the government. He was released from prison in late 1964 but less then six months later was put on trial for plotting to form a coup against dictator [[Gamal Abdul Nasser]]. After a three month trial, he was sentenced to death. He was hanged on Augest 29, 1966.

While in prison, he wrote a book titled Milestones which pictured the West as evil and immoral and called for the revival of jihad to achieve eventual Islamic world domination. He also called in the book for the overthrow of un-Islamic regimes in the Middle East.  The book was smuggled out of the prison by friends and family of Qutb and published in 1964. Milestones was almost immediately banned by the Egyptian government but that did not stop the spread of the already printed copy's of the book. Meanwhile from prison, Qutb began to organize an overthrow of the government. He was released from prison in late 1964 but less then six months later was put on trial for plotting to form a coup against dictator [[Gamal Abdul Nasser]]. After a three month trial, he was sentenced to death. He was hanged on Augest 29, 1966.