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

It is clear, therefore, that we must look not just to 'radical Islam' or 'hatred of the wars against Muslims' as proximate causes: the very dynamic of imperialism abroad and ostensibly anti-imperialist 'terrorist' violence at home must be considered as an integrated whole. The sacred relationships between mother / son and brother / sister often get a new definition in Islam. The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam. Under the initial leadership of Hasan Sabbah (d. Subtitled "A Radical Sect In Islam". To support Imam Mahdi's claim, Twelver Shi'as along with all other Muslim sects quote the following Hadith: "I and `Ali are the fathers of this nation; whoever knows us very well also knows Allah, and whoever denies us also denies Allah, the Unique, the Mighty. World enough and time: Memoirs of Sultan Mohammad Shah Aga Khan III by Aga Khan III. The Assassins: A Radical Sect of Islam by Bernad Lewis. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1967. For a young black man in the UK, stung by the injustices of imperialism and racism, the attractions of sects such as the SWP must be minimal. The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam, Bernard Lewis, pp. During 11th century, the Ismailis (a radical sect of Islam) used to live without law, as Lewis (1967, p. The main lesson of The Assassins is that even when assassinations are used as formal policy and backed by dogma, they still represent a road to failure for those who launch them. Assassins was a name originally applied by the Crusaders and other medieval Europeans, starting in the twelfth century, to the Nizari Isma'ilis of Syria. And from `Ali's descendants are my grandsons al-Hasan and al-Husayn, who are . That said, we must be skeptical . 1124), the Nizaris founded a state centered at the stronghold of Alamut, in northern Iran, with London: I.