Description
| Product ID: | 9780349118796 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | God's Terrorists |
| Subtitle: | The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad |
| Authors: | Author: Charles Allen |
| Page Count: | 384 |
| Subjects: | Asian history, Asian history, History, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Terrorism, armed struggle, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Islamic studies, Terrorism, armed struggle, India, c 1800 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. The brutal assasination of Commissioner Frederick Mackeson on British India''s North-West Frontier in 1853 was a bloody and public declaration of a conflict that was to stretch well into the next one hundred and fifty years. The Wahhabi tribe, extreme Islamist fundamentalists, set out to restore purity to their faith by declaring violent jihad on all who opposed them. Their history has long been forgotten and yet their vicious brand of political ideology lives on. The Wahhabi deeply influenced not only the formation of modern Saudi Arabia, but Osama bin Laden and the Taliban. Their teachings educate orphan boys in Afghanistan and press rifles into their hands, for the sake of jihad. |
| Imprint Name: | Abacus |
| Publisher Name: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2007-01-18 |
