The Two Faces of Islam: Saudi Fundamentalism and Its Role in Terrorism by Stephen Schwartz

The Two Faces of Islam: Saudi Fundamentalism and Its Role in Terrorism

Stephen Schwartz

368 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative reflective slow-paced
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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...

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