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Book 2017

Radical origins

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Language
English
Published
2017
  • Jihad
  • Islamic fundamentalism
  • Wahhābīyah
  • Terrorism
  • Political aspects
  • Islam
  • Radicalism
  • Terrorism, religious aspects

An international expert traces the rise of the extreme ideology of Wahhabism, which has been the ideological bedrock of the state of Saudi Arabia since its original rise in the eighteenth century, and argues that it is this ideology that is fueling ISIS and terror cells worldwide.