God's Terrorists: The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad - Softcover

Allen, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306815702 ISBN 13: 9780306815706

Verlag: Da Capo Press, 2007

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Book by Allen Charles

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Reseña del editor:

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.

Biografía del autor:

Charles Allen is an acknowledged authority on British Indian and South Asian history. His most recent books include Soldier Sahibs and The Buddha and the Sahibs. He lives in London.

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• Verlag: Da Capo Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0306815702
• ISBN 13: 9780306815706
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 383