The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror

摘要: The great scholar of Islam directly confronts the events September 11th and reasons behind Islamic terrorism in modern world - a Sunday Times bestseller. President Bush has made it clear that we are engaged war against terrorism. But for Osama bin Laden his followers this is religious war, infidels, especially United States, greatest power infidels. In book Bernard Lewis shows us where anger frustration have come from, extent to which almost entire Muslim affected by poverty tyranny. He looks at influence extreme Wahhabist doctrines Saudi kingdom, custodianship Islam's holy places revenues oil given worldwide impact what would otherwise been an extremist fringe marginal country. American double standards, long caused anger, tells real meaning 'Islamic fundamentalism', 'jihad' 'fatwa', why peoples Middle East conscious history way most Americans find difficult understand.