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Crisis of Islam, The : Holy War and Unholy Terror by: Lewis, BernardHardcover. New York, Modern Library, 4th Printing, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 184 pages, dust jacket price clipped, otherwise, very bright and tight copy. Examines the historical roots of the resentments that dominate the Islamic world today and that are increasingly being expressed in acts of terrorism. He looks at the theological origins of political Islam and takes us through the rise of militant Islam in Iran, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, examining the impact of radical Wahhabi proselytizing, and Saudi oil money, on the rest of the Islamic world. Record # 457449
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