God's Terrorists - Couverture souple

Allen, Charles

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0306815702 ISBN 13 : 9780306815706

Editeur : Da Capo Press, 2007

Synopsis

God's Terrorists A compelling-and timely-history of the Wahhabi, a fundamentalist Islamic sect whose teachings today influence Osama bin Laden and the Taliban Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Da Capo Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0306815702
• ISBN 13: 9780306815706
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 383