God's Terrorists - 9780306815706

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.

Informazioni bibliografiche

• Titolo del Libro in lingua: God's Terrorists
• Sottotitolo: The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad
• Lingua: English
• Autore:  Charles Allen
• Editore: Da Capo Pr
• Collana: Da Capo Pr (Paperback)
• Data di Pubblicazione: 03 Settembre '07
• Genere: HISTORY
• Argomenti :  Wahhåabåiyah Jihad Islam Doctrines
• Pagine: 349
• Dimensioni mm: 222 x 146 x 31
• ISBN-10: 0306815702
• EAN-13: 9780306815706