By the 1980s nationalism and political philosophies had failed the former Islamic world of the Middle East. Into this vacuum stepped Islamic extremist ideologies pushed in different manners by the rulers of the Shia and Sunni branches of Islam.
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Before Islamic extremism took hold in the Middle East there was actually a decline in Islam’s influence there as nationalism and political philosophies took root. Behind the scenes however, radical thinkers began looking for another route to greatness by...
This is part 1 of the three part podcast series that look at the history of Islamic Extremism.
JB Shreve looks at the early history of Islam to separate fact from fiction, or in this case revisionist history. The extremist...
