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The two faces of Islam : the house of Saʻud from tradition to terror

2002

Format:	Book
Author:	Schwartz, Stephen, 1948- author.
Title:	The two faces of Islam : the house of Saʻud from tradition to terror / Stephen Schwartz.
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Doubleday, 2002.
Description:	xxii, 312 pages : map ; 25 cm
Summary:	In this exploration of Muslim beliefs and of the sectarian conflicts within the community, a Jewish historian paints a sympathetic portrait of mainstream Islam and exposes the centuries-old roots of Islamic extremism.
Subjects:	Islam -- History -- 20th century. Islamic renewal -- History -- 20th century. Islamic fundamentalism -- History -- 20th century. Wahhābīyah -- Saudi Arabia. Islam and state -- Saudi Arabia. Islam and state -- Islamic countries -- 20th century.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-302) and index.
Contents:	Snow in the desert : Muhammad and the message of Islam -- Fortresses and mountain paths : 1,000 years of Islamic expansion -- Haters of song : the early Wahhabi movements -- Global gamblers : the Wahhabi-Saudi conquest of Arabia -- The coming of the imam : Khomeini's Islamic Revolution -- Permanent jihad : the shadow of Afghanistan -- Sword of dishonor: The Wahhabi International -- Religious colonialism : Wahhabism and American Islam -- Whither Saudi Arabia?
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LCCN:	2002073631
ISBN:	9780385506922 1400030455 9781400030453 0385506929
Other Number:	50035151
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Control Number:	117537
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Call Number:	297 Schwartz

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