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Two faces of Islam : Saudi fundamentalism and its role in terrorism / Stephen Schwartz.

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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?

Abstract: Since its formation in 1932, Saudi Arabia has been ruled by two interdependent families. The Al Sa'uds control politics and the descendants of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab impose Wahhabism'a violent, fanatical perversion of the pluralistic Islam practiced by most Muslims. Stephen Schwartz argues that Wahhabism, vigorously exported with the help of Saudi oil money, is what incites Palestinian suicide bombers, Osama bin Laden, and other Islamic terrorists throughout the world. Schwartz reveals the hypocrisy of the Saudi regime, whose moderate facade conceals state-sponsored repression and terrorism. He also raises troubling questions about Wahhabi infiltration of America's Islamic community and about U.S. oil companies sanitizing Saudi Arabia's image for the West. This sharp analysis and eye-opening expose illuminates the background to the September 11th terrorist attacks and offers new approaches for U.S. policy toward its closest ally in the Middle East. From the Trade Paperback edition.

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BP60.Sc9

Publisher

New York : Anchor Books., 2003

Physical Description

xxi, 346 pages ; 21 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

1400030455

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Subject(s)

Islam
Islamic countries
Islam and state
Islamic fundamentalism
Islamic Renewal
Saudi Arabia
Islam -- History -- 20th century

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