ToMuslimeyes, the formerly exotic Mr Obama has metamorphosed in office into just another American president, doing the things American presidents do to defend America's interests.
But Qutb used it to condemn Muslim governments and societies which, in his eyes, had been corrupted by Western culture and secularism to the point where they had abandoned Islam.
And sometimes when the authorities do offer support, the Muslim organisation accepting it becomes unintentionally tainted in the eyes of the vulnerable people it is trying to work with.