The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism

In case of any misunderstanding, it should be pointed out from the start that this is not a book about religion; it is a book about politics. I must admit that this comes as something of a relief. Politics, even the politics of irrational terrorism makes a certain amount of sense to me, whereas religion does not. Most especially I have come to dislike the Judeao‐Christian‐Moslem religion, in all its peculiar manifestations. Its intolerance seems to me to be the cause of much of the trouble in the modern world. This book focuses on one extremely important aspect of it...