{"product_id":"the-call-krithika-varagur-9781733623766","title":"The Call: Inside the Global Saudi Religious Project","description":"\u003cb\u003eDrawing upon dozens of interviews, government records, and historical research, \u003ci\u003eThe Call\u003c\/i\u003e lays out what we really talk about when we talk about Saudi money.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Call\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the House of Saud's vast project to transform the Muslim world by spreading Wahhabism, its brand of ultraconservative Islam. Using billions of dollars, thousands of personnel, and institutions both governmental and unofficial, the Saudi proselytization network is both more complex and more influential than is commonly believed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJournalist Krithika Varagur travels to three continents to tell the story of the Saudi religious campaign from Indonesia, Nigeria, and Kosovo. She finds Saudi money in all kinds of places, from universities to political parties to extremist and jihadist groups. She meets people who were swept up in the campaign's Cold-War-era peak and those who are still holding up its tarnished international brand today, as well as the victims of the intolerance and fundamentalism that were spread through the Saudi \u003ci\u003edawa\u003c\/i\u003e, or \"call,\" to Islam. \u003ci\u003eThe Call\u003c\/i\u003e lays out the consequences, intended and unintended, of a Saudi initiative that has taken on a life of its own, and illuminates the global sweep of the Kingdom's ambitions over the last\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Krithika Varagur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1733623760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781733623766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia Global Reports\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"Krithika Varagur","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994382172415,"sku":"9781733623766","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dfadba39-21cb-48f1-afcc-4c3f72e97910.jpg?v=1683329814","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-call-krithika-varagur-9781733623766","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}