Hatred's kingdom
Subtitle: how Saudi Arabia supports the new global terrorism
By: Dore Gold
Publisher: Regnery Pub.; Distributed to the trade by National Book Network
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington, DC; Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780895261359
Subjects: Israel-Arab conflicts; Wahhabiyah; Terrorisme; Wahhabiten; Arab-Israeli conflict; Radicalismo (aspectos religiosos); Terrorismo internacional; Internationaler Terrorismus; Conflitos internacionais; Wahhābīyah; Arabisch-Israëlisch conflict; Financiële hulpverlening
Description: The former Israeli ambassador to the U.N. takes a close-up look at international terrorism, the radical Wahab Islam sect and their promotion of Islamic extremism, and the role of Saudi Arabia in promoting and sustaining terrorist activity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the roots of terror; title: Chap. 1. Violent origins : reviving jihad and the war against the polytheists; title: Chap. 2. Countering the Wahhabi menace; title: Chap. 3. White terror : the Ikhwan and the rise of the modern Saudi Kingdom; title: Chap. 4. Building the modern Saudi state : oil, the Palestine question, and the Americans; title: Chap. 5. Reactivating Wahhbism; title: Chap. 6. The hothouse for militant Islamic radicalism; title: Chap. 7. Wahhabism reasserts itself; title: Chap. 8. Wahhabism's global reach; title: Chap. 9. Countdown to September 11 : the Gulf War and Wahhabism's new outburst in the 1990's; title: Chap. 10. The hatred continues; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix. Saudi support for terrorism : the evidence; title: Notes; title: Glossary; title: Acknowledgements; title: Index.