God's Terrorists · The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad
Allen, Charles
What are the roots of today's militant fundamentalism in the Muslim world? In this insightful and wide-ranging history, Charles Allen finds an answer in an eighteenth-century reform movement of Muhammed ibn Abd al-Wahhab and his followers-the Wahhabi-who sought the restoration of Islamic purity and declared violent jihad on all who opposed them. The Wahhabi teaching spread rapidly-first throughout the Arabian Peninsula, then to the Indian subcontinent, where a more militant expression of Wahhabism flourished. The ranks of today's Taliban and al-Qaeda are filled with young men trained in Wahhabi theology. God's Terrorists sheds much-needed light on the origins of modern terrorism and shows how this dangerous ideology lives on today.
Wörter : 110854
eboox : (retail)
Wörter : 110854
eboox : (retail)
साल:
2006
प्रकाशन:
Da Capo Press
भाषा:
english
ISBN 10:
0306815702
ISBN 13:
9780306815706
फ़ाइल:
EPUB, 6.65 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2006