{"product_id":"the-two-faces-of-islam-saudi-fundamentalism-and-its-role-in-terrorism-9781400030453","title":"The Two Faces of Islam: Saudi Fundamentalism and Its Role in Terrorism","description":"Since its formation in 1932, Saudi Arabia has been ruled by two interdependent families. The Al Sa'uds control politics and the descendants of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab impose Wahhabism--a violent, fanatical perversion of the pluralistic Islam practiced by most Muslims. Stephen Schwartz argues that Wahhabism, vigorously exported with the help of Saudi oil money, is what incites Palestinian suicide bombers, Osama bin Laden, and other Islamic terrorists throughout the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSchwartz reveals the hypocrisy of the Saudi regime, whose moderate facade conceals state-sponsored repression and terrorism. He also raises troubling questions about Wahhabi infiltration of America's Islamic community and about U.S. oil companies sanitizing Saudi Arabia's image for the West. This sharp analysis and eye-opening expose illuminates the background to the September 11th terrorist attacks and offers new approaches for U.S. policy toward its closest ally in the Middle East.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400030453\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.30w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2003 pg. 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/03\/2003 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e69206 \/ Two Faces of Islam: The House of Sa'ud from Tradition to Terror\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.6 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 26\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stephen Schwartz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45130954506421,"sku":"9781400030453","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f84232ff-34ed-4d17-8fbb-b41e26878758.jpg?v=1740460053","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-two-faces-of-islam-saudi-fundamentalism-and-its-role-in-terrorism-9781400030453","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}