Lifting the mask of international terrorism, Terence Ward reveals a sinister truth. Far from being "the West's ally in the War on Terror," Saudi Arabia is in reality the largest exporter of Wahhabism--the severe, ultra-conservative sect of Islam that is both Saudi Arabia's official religion and the core ideology for international terror groups such as ISIS, al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and Boko Haram. Over decades, the Saudi regime has engaged in a well-crafted mission to fund charities, mosques, and schools that promote their Wahhabi doctrine across the Middle East and beyond. Efforts to expand Saudi influence have now been focused on European cities as well. The front lines of the War of Terror aren't a world away; they are much closer than we can imagine.

On Parisian boulevards -- Clarity in chaos -- Arabia of the Wahhabis -- A pact in the desert -- Sieges of Mecca -- Unspoken connections -- Origins of Islam -- The Shia passion -- Hidden faces of Islam : Sufism and the poets -- The Sunni world : past and present -- Message for the young -- A letter from the Aegean Sea -- The road to Samarkand.