Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against The West - Walid Phares

Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against The West - Walid Phares: Oh not London again! This book explains why it is happening? (237 words)
by paul36 - written on 29.06.07 (Useful, 55 readings)
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As the anniversary of July London bombing approaches I in my little world tried to understand why it happened. Two weeks ago I bought a book called Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies against the West (£9.49 from Amazon). It is written by Walid Phares (more information at http://www.walidphares.com/) . This man is one of few learned people in the world who can read the minds of the terrorists. This is why I recommend this book because it explains why terrorists attack in the way they do and the future strategies adopted to combat against the west in the name of Islam. In the book Mr Phares writes on how to win over the so called Jihadis, ...

Educational, if not sensational (422 words)
by dididave - written on 07.02.07 (Very useful, 129 readings)
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Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies Against America is fundamentally a reference book on the history and progression of Jihad from its foundations in Islamic religion to the political movement it has become today. The author, Walid Phares, uses his twenty five years of research to explain the reasons behind Jihad and why Western states such as the United States are its inevitable targets. Undoubtedly in-depth, this is not a book for someone with only a passing interest in politics. There is some heavy reference material in here and Future Jihad reads more like a textbook than anything else. Phares assumes that readers are largely ignorant on the subject of ...