Is al Qaeda the Product of Saudi Arabia’s Politics and Wahhabi Religious Ideology?

Bernard Haykel is an Associate Professor of Islamic Law and Politics at the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. He has published extensively on the Salafi movement in both its pre-modern and modern manifestations. In particular, his book entitled Revival and Reform in Islam fully explores this strand of Islamic legal and political thought. Professor Haykel has advised the British and U.S. governments on Islamic affairs and has been involved in a number of key court cases relating to terrorism since 9/11. He is a recipient of a Carnegie Corporation fellowship