In this book, the author, Suhaib Ahmed Shaheen, offers a very complex yet interesting examination of the internal conflicts within the Muslim world between Islamic militants and the more conservative members of Islam. The author is an experienced journalist, writer, columnist, and academic. This research work is comprehensive in its scope and in terms of the exposure of significant events in Islamic history juxtaposed against the rationale used by Islamic militants to shore up their beliefs and resultant actions. The author has managed to do and offer unbiased research into this multifaceted subject the work is a thought-provoking exposure for the people who have an interest in world terrorism and extremism and world affairs in general. As the author himself says, "The important feature of this book is that it discloses those perspectives of Islamic jihadism which are still hidden from the eyes of the world."