The Road to Al-Qaeda is a controversial book. Written by an Egyptian human rights lawyer, it is the first English-language account of the development of tensions between violent and non-violent factions in radical Islamist movements, from the perspective of an insider. It is also a biography of one of the world's most-wanted terrorists: Egyptian-born Dr Ayman al-Zawahiri. Widely recognized as the man who will take over the leadership of Al-Qaeda after Osama bin Laden, he is also the reputed...
Controversial biography of Al-Qaeda mastermind Ayman al-Zawahiri that details divisions within militant Islam.
Series PrefaceNotes on the English Language EditionPrefaceIntroduciton11The Aristocrat as Fundamentalist152The Aftermath of Sadat's Assassination293Afghanistan: Land of Jihad484Changes in Zawahiri's Ideology: The Near and Far Enemies605The Ceasefire Initiative of the Gama'a al-Islamiyya736Islamists Pay for Zawahiri's Mistakes937Executing a Boy and Killing a Prominent Group Leader1038The Struggle Continues111Notes124Index132