Radical Islamic Jihad of the Early 21st Century

Thousands of conflicting articles have been written about the Radical Islamic Jihad of the Early 21st Century. These have tended to fall into two camps: those written by Westerners with an incomplete understanding of Islam and those written by Moslems with an incomplete understanding of capitalism, especially as practiced in the former USA. For Westerners wishing to bridge this gap, the editors of the Holopedia strongly recommend that you try to locate Karen Armstrong’s excellent book, Islam: A Short History, which provides an historical understanding of Islam and its position vis à vis Western capitalism in the 19th-21st centuries.