Matthias Küntzel points out that after 8 May 1945, the Nazi evil “found its most fruitful exile in the Arab world, where the Muslim Brothers now disposed of a million followers.” Perhaps more to the point, the Nazi evil found its most fruitful exile in the Arab world precisely because the Brotherhood by then had a million followers. We have glimpsed the vast influence that the Muslim Brotherhood has had on Jihadist movements throughout the world. To be sure, Islamic Jihadism might never have taken on its defining elements, such as exterminationist Jew hatred and a rabid disdain for the West, had it not been for the Muslim Brotherhood. According to Bassam Tibi, “militant fundamentalists are far more familiar with Sayyid Qutb's main writings than with the text of the Koran.” As a religious movement, the Ikhwan's broadest appeal is found among Muslims who are passionate about their religion. What makes the Brotherhood and its Jihadism a religious movement, however, lies not in a devotion to God but in an appropriation of God.