From the Book - First Pegasus Books edition.
Part one: Looking back to the Islamic golden age
Muhammad and the birth of Islam
The Constitution of Medina: the prototype of an Islamic state
The Rashidun: the right guided caliphs
The Umayyad caliphate: God's sword
the Abbasid caliphate: the light of the world
Part two: Saudi Arabia and Wahhabism
Al-Wahhab and revolutionary Islam
The first Wahhabi emirate: jihad against polytheism (1744-1818)
The second Wahhabi emirate: regrouping and consolidation (1823-1891)
The third Wahhabi emirate: maturity and orthodoxy (1902-1953)
The Ikhwan: the original Wahhabi ultra-radicals
Wahhabism becomes Salafism
Interaction with the Muslim Brotherhood
Oil: Saudi Arabia becomes rich
The domestic challenges of contemporary Saudi Arabia
The Muslim Brotherhood and the development of Islamist Salafism
The emergence of Jihadi-Salafism in Saudi Arabia
Part three: Modern jihadism
The logic of Salafist terrorism
The goals of the Salafist movement: Sharia
"We love death and you love life"
The particular challenge of Salafism
Part four: An Islamic challenge
The Amman message and the London Declaration
An Islamic rejection of Salafist arguments. The right to rebel ; The laws of war
Part five: Exporting hate
Hate preaching in Britain
The stages of radicalization. Stage 1: The bottom of the pyramid: "We are oppressed" ; Stage 2: "They are attacking our people" ; Stage 3: "The band of brothers" ; Stage 4: Violent jihad
Part six: A case-study: Salafism in the Balkans
The Muslim population and the Balkan wars
Postwar Salafism involvement and narratives. Bosnia ; Kosovo
Similarities and differences
The Salafist interpretation
Part seven: Iraq and Syria
Salafist groups not aligned to Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda's official faction: Al-Nusra
Al-Qaeda's offspring: ISIS
Global responses - Summary
The role of religious leaders
Recommendations. For Western policy makers ; For teachers ; For journalists ; For policy makes ; For all of us
