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

Informationen zum Autor Charles Allen is the author of a number of bestselling books about Indian and the colonial experience elsewhere. A traveller, historian and master storyteller he is one of the great chroniclers of India. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Allen, Allen Charles
• Publisher: Abacus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.01.2007
• EAN: 9780349118796
• ISBN: 978-0-349-11879-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Abacus Paperbacks
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, India, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Islamic Studies, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Terrorism, armed struggle, Asian History, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Islamic, HISTORY / Asia / South / India