The Two Faces of Islam: Saudi Fundamentalism and Its Role in Terrorism

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 368 pages
• Published by: Anchor September 9, 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1400030455
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1400030453
• Book Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 9.6 ounces

Product Review
?Schwartz provides much valuable information and insight. [His] case against Saudi Arabia and its foreign policy is irrefutable.? ?The Wall Street Journal

?A major and welcome contribution on a topic that will only become more relevant. It is must reading for anybody who wants to know what exactly we are facing in the war on terror.? ?National Review

?A powerful indictment of Saudi-Wahhabi duplicity. . . . A valuable study of a religious culture that could well end up in open conflict with the West (if it?s not already).? ?The Washington Post

?The urgency for Americans is to place the news in context, and toward that end there is no better guide than Stephen Schwartz. . . . No writer has done more to expose Wahhabism than Mr. Schwartz has.? ?Dallas Morning News
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Product Review
“Schwartz provides much valuable information and insight. [His] case against Saudi Arabia and its foreign policy is irrefutable.” –The Wall Street Journal

“A major and welcome contribution on a topic that will only become more relevant. It is must reading for anybody who wants to know what exactly we are facing in the war on terror.” —National Review

“A powerful indictment of Saudi-Wahhabi duplicity. . . . A valuable study of a religious culture that could well end up in open conflict with the West (if it’s not already).” —The Washington Post

“The urgency for Americans is to place the news in context, and toward that end there is no better guide than Stephen Schwartz. . . . No writer has done more to expose Wahhabism than Mr. Schwartz has.” —Dallas Morning News


Reader Reviews
Schwartz did not go out to write an academic treatise on Islam or write an "objective" piece about how terrible they are (much to the chagrin of many). He wrote on his own research and his own experiences, and he says so very directly at the beginning of his book. His sources and experiences are solid. Several reviewers of the book show great disdain that Schwartz either doesn't go into great, gory detail of how awful Islam is compared to their religions or how he seems to take "their" side. Schwartz makes very good points in the book, and anyone who really wants to learn something new will get it. Schwartz doesn't paint a rosy picture of what Islam has become in many quarters, but he puts a lot of things into understandable context. Someone in another review wrote that Schwartz doesn't ever site the Qu'ran... Obviously, they didn't read the book. Schwartz quotes the Qu'ran no less than six times by the end of Chapter One. * * * * * * * No. It's not an emotionless, totally objective work. Yes. It is partly a history book and partly an explanation of the "sociology of Islam". Order it if you want to broaden your horizons on the subject. If you want more reasons to hate or dismiss Islam, find another, because Schwartz' book does such a good job all you'll do is get upset.