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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Charles, 1940-2020.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jihad.

Wahhābīyah.

Islamic fundamentalism.

Islam--Doctrines.

Islam.

Physical Description:

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

Edition:

First Da Capo Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Press, 2006.

Summary:

In this insightful and wide-ranging history, Allen describes the 18th-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, Moslems and pagans alike.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [320]-331) and index.

ISBN:

0306815222

OCLC:

71297048

Publisher Number:

9780306815225