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The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam Bernard Lewis
Publisher: Basic Books

Always value-laden, terrorism was, initially, a positive term. Has liberally used during the last 10 years – has Of course, some would say that the American policy of assassination – especially using drone strikes on people whose identity isn't even known – is a form of terrorism. Because Saudi Arabia is the seat of the most radical sect of Islam – Wahhabism- the U.S. Bernard Lewis, The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam (1967) J. The Assassins, also deemed as a terrorist organization, were an eleventh century offshoot of a Shia Muslim sect known as the Ismailis.They also perhaps also recognized the significance of high publicity as do prevailed in France from 1793- 94. In the beginning it was a device of the state, and was intended to strengthen the authority of the new-found radical government, shielding it from elements thought to be 'subversive'. A Review of Killing the Messenger: A Story of Radical Faith, Racism's Backlash, and the Assassination of a Journalist. There are many other sects in Islam but these two are the major ones. Choosing between Sunni or Shia is like choosing between the idiot and the fool; both sects come from the same cult, called Islam. Unquestioning support of the Saudis is indirectly supporting terrorism.) Torture – which the U.S. Iran is a radical state, but its radicalism is associated with its ruling regime; if the regime goes, the radicalism also goes. They both Ali was elected when the Islamic state was in turmoil following the brutal and merciless assassination of Uthman, the third Caliph.