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100	1		_aLewis, Bernard
245	1	4	_aThe crisis of Islam :holy war and unholy terror
260			_aNew York _bModern Library _c2003
300			_axxxii, 184p. _bmaps.
520			_aThe great scholar of Islam directly confronts the events of September 11th and the reasons behind Islamic terrorism in the modern world - a Sunday Times bestseller. President Bush has made it clear that we are engaged in a war against terrorism. But for Osama bin Laden and his followers this is religious war, a war for Islam against infidels, especially the United States, the greatest power in the world of the infidels. In this book Bernard Lewis shows us where the anger and frustration have come from, and the extent to which almost the entire Muslim world is affected by poverty and tyranny. He looks at the influence of extreme Wahhabist doctrines in the Saudi kingdom, where custodianship of Islam's holy places and the revenues of oil have given worldwide impact to what would otherwise have been an extremist fringe in a marginal country. He looks at American double standards, which have long caused Muslim anger, and tells us the real meaning of `Islamic fundamentalism', `jihad' and `fatwa', and why the peoples of the Middle East are conscious of history in a way most Americans find difficult to understand.
650		0	_aJihad.
650		0	_aTerrorism
650		0	_aWar--Religious aspects--Islam
650		0	_aIslamic fundamentalism
650		0	_aIslam and politics
650		0	_aIslamic countries
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