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

Has liberally used during the last 10 years U.S. 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'. During 11th century, the Ismailis (a radical sect of Islam) used to live without law, as Lewis (1967, p. The event of the first civil war in Islam, 656-692 had brought about the beginning of the three most important religion sects in Islam. Client states, receiving military and other support to retain power. Rick Perry has made a name for himself in the last few weeks by palling around with some radical evangelical Christian figures who are openly hostile to Islam, and have even, in one notable case, called for a ban on Muslim immigration to the U.S. The sacred relationships between mother / son and brother / sister often get a new definition in Islam. Responding to their oppression at the hands of Sunni caliphs, the Assassins refocused their allegiance on their sect rather than their more encompassing Islamic faith. 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. The Assassins were a radical Muslim sect that destabilized the Middle East and weakened its political structures, allowing the European crusaders to conquer al-Quds (Jerusalem). The Hashshashin were an Islamic community in The Middle East around the time of The Crusades, who both named and codified the Assassin archetype, though only few know to what extent their image has been Flanderized since then. 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. Always value-laden, terrorism was, initially, a positive term. Unquestioning support of the Saudis is indirectly supporting terrorism.) Torture – which the U.S. 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. The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam, New York: Octogon Books, 1980. He is a friend of the Aga Khan, the multimillionaire head of the Ismailis, a Shi'ite sect of Islam that today proclaims its nonviolence but in ages past was the sect that gave rise to the Assassins. Because Saudi Arabia is the seat of the most radical sect of Islam – Wahhabism- the U.S. The Order of Assassins: The Struggle of the Early Nizari Ismailis against the Islamic World, 's-Gravenhage: Mouton & Co., 1955. Radical Islam · Suicide terrorism .