by Antonio Elorza · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788491817895
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In 'The Circle of Global Jihad', Antonio Elorza explores the phenomenon of Islamic jihadism from its roots to the formation of the Islamic State. It analyzes the phases of the jihadist tradition through representative texts, from the Koran to key figures of the 20th century such as Hasan al-Bannâ and Sayyid Qutb. The book examines how jihadism became the center of Islamist militancy, reinforced by Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia, personified in Osama bin Laden, and the trajectory from al-Qaeda to the Islamic State. A fundamental analysis to understand the gestation of violence from the Middle Ages, when Ibn Taymiyya established the foundations of the predominance of the 'umma' under the 'sharia'.
Spanish historian, columnist and university professor (born 1943)
