tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post2196739073860897784..comments2024-03-28T09:26:25.931+11:00Comments on Thinking Out Aloud: A pathology parading as a polityLorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-27503841317320403422014-03-24T08:49:30.684+11:002014-03-24T08:49:30.684+11:00Haven't read it, but it does sound like it wou...Haven't read it, but it does sound like it would be an informative read.Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-73121870069931704102014-03-23T23:36:58.792+11:002014-03-23T23:36:58.792+11:00Lorenzo, I don't know if you've read "...Lorenzo, I don't know if you've read "God's Terrorists: The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad" by Charles Allen, but if you haven't you will probably be very interested.<br />It goes through how the Deobandi sect came into being, and explains how it is essentially the sub-continental branch of wahhabism. And over the last 40 years it has pretty much become the State version of islam in Pakistan, with the number or Deobandi madrassas increasing by an order of magnitude in that time courtesy of Saudi funding.Larrynoreply@blogger.com