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Allen, Charles, 1940-2020

God's terrorists : the Wahhabi cult and hidden roots of modern Jihad / Charles Allen.

1st Da Capo Press ed.

Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Press, 2006.

xiv, 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : genealogical tables, maps ; 24 cm

"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."--Publisher's website.

Jihad.

Wahhābīyah.

Islamic fundamentalism.

Islam -- Doctrines.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: 'Am I not a Pakhtun?' -- Death of a commissioner -- The puritan of the desert -- The false dawn of the Imam-Mahdi -- The call of the Imam-Mahdi -- The early summer of 1857 -- The late summer of 1857 -- The Ambeyla disaster -- The Wahabees on trial -- The frontier ablaze -- The brotherhood -- The coming together -- The unholy alliance -- Leading Muslim personalities -- Appendix 1: The roots of the Al-Saud -- Al-Wahhab family alliance -- Appendix 2: The 'Wahhabi' family tree in India.

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