God's Terrorists: The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad

A compelling—and timely—history of the Wahhabi, a fundamentalist Islamic sect whose teachings today influence al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

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 ...