![]() ![]() His ground-breaking introduction to salafi-jihadism recalibrates our understanding of the ideas underpinning one of the most destructive political philosophies of our time. Shiraz Maher charts the intellectual underpinnings of salafi-jihadism from its origins in the mountains of the Hindu Kush to the jihadist insurgencies of the 1990s and the 9/11 wars. ![]() While much has been said about the way jihadists behave, their ideology remains poorly understood. ![]() No topic has gripped the public imagination so dramatically as the spectre of global jihadism. 'Readers looking for a rigorous but lucid account of Islamic State's ideas will be well-served by Maher's book. a masterclass in how to do intellectual history, and one that nobody with an interest in radical Islam should miss' Tom Holland, New Statesman ![]()
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