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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.
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'A story of intransigence, hatred of modernity, millennial dreams, bloody massacres and invariably disappointed hopes' -- INDEPENDENT
'Allen is an engaging writer with a commanding knowledge . . . Compelling' -- THE TIMES
'Allen marshals his formidable knowledge of British India to considerable effect. His book offers a valuable guide' -- SCOTSMAN
'Charles Allen is a fine narrative historian whose work is always stimulating and readable . . . A fascinating new book' -- SPECTATOR
'The book draws some interesting parallels between this religious network and the post 9/11 political world' -- GLASGOW HERALD
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A fascinating history of the religious fanatics that would come to be known as the founding fathers of Islamic terrorism and who set down the intellectual roots of Al Queda.
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- PublisherDa Capo Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0306815702
- ISBN 13 9780306815706
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages383
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