Fundamentalist Islamic speaks out on Churches in America

In his book, The Crisis of Islam : Holy War and Unholy Terror Bernard Lewis (Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton) spoke of Sayyid Qutb, one of the first "fundamentalist" leaders. Qutb spent several years in the US studying and later wrote several books. Lewis says of him that he observed:

Churches in America, [Sayyid Qutb] said, operate like businesses, competing for clients and for publicity, and using the same methods as stores and theaters to attract customers and audiences. For the minister of a church, as for the manager of a business or a theater, success is what matters, and success is measured by size-bigness, numbers. To attract clientele, churches advertise shamelessly and offer what Americans most seek-"a good time" or "fun."

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