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The question facing Saudi Arabia, and those dependent on its oil exports, is whether the kingdom will find a path to democratic reform or succumb to a rising tide of Islamic extremism. Despite stringent restrictions on Western media, Wide Angle has obtained unusual access to the kingdom and its ruling elite at a time when the kingdom's rulers have themselves come under attack by extremists.

Looks at how the Taliban recruits and trains its followers in Pakistan and what type of person becomes a "Taliban" and why.

In the second episode of the series "Islam vs Islamists", the story gets more intimate as those who are most vulnerable and imperiled - women, disenfranchised youths and the moderate family members of Jihadists - speak out about the calamitous and sometimes deadly effects of extremist Islam in their Western communities and in their homes.

ISIS have become a dynamic presence online. By looking at one of their campaign videos designed to disseminate their radical manifesto, this report offers a chilling insight into a markedly 21st century insurgency.

In the Islamic Republic of Iran, battle lines are drawn between conservative clerics claiming a God-given right to rule and reformers challenging their authority. This provocative program seeks to understand what happens when a modern state is re-created based on fundamentalist Islamic principles, and whether its society should be open and democratic or oppressed and authoritarian. From Iran's chaotic capital Tehran to its holy city of Qom, Iranians...

"This book explores the challenge posed by the immersion of 15 million Muslims in Western democracies and the terrorists present within the larger body of believers. The fact that immersion is insufficient to stem the tide of extremism is discussed, along with the factors that contribute to the growth of radical Islam"--Provided by publisher.

"Nicola, Christianne, and Marie are mothers who discovered too late that their sons had been radicalized online and had flown from the West to join the tens of thousands of foreign ISIS fighters in Syria. Too often extremists are portrayed as having sprung from the earth as irredeemable killing machines, but these women underscore the deeper truth that no one is born a terrorist, and they have themselves become activists in preventing violent radicalism....

For women living in Afghanistan under repressive Taliban rule, beatings, rape, and enslavement were commonplace occurrences. This gripping program, filmed during the Taliban's regime, describes the massive human rights abuses that escalated after the withdrawal of Soviet forces, as seen through the eyes of women who survived years of rampant gender and religious intolerance. Resistance activities carried out by women's groups inside the country are...

A Muslim journalist in France can't leave his home without two bodyguards supplied by the government after exposing Islamic terrorist plots in Paris. A devout Muslim doctor in Arizona is vilified in the local Muslim press for insisting that the American Muslim community must speak out against terrorism in the post 9/11 world. Two years before 9/11, a Sufi imam in Michigan warns the State Department about Osama bin Laden and probable Al Qaeda attacks...