The Green Glass Ceiling: Gender Inequality and Wahhabi Political Influence explores the relationship between gender development and Wahhabi Islamic political thought, with special attention paid to those countries most influenced by Wahhabism Saudi Arabia and the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, and Sudan. Combined with financial support via Saudi petrodollars and the proselytizing fervor of fundamentalist religion, Wahhabi social thought potentially impacts the entire Sunni world. While development paradigm literature suggests that gender inequality decreases primarily as a result of economic prosperity, this study examines the international pattern of gender development in terms of income and compares it to the pattern of gender development among Islamic countries in particular. The results of this study suggest that countries which are deeply affected by Wahhabi social and political thought lag behind their economic peers in terms of gender-related development due to the underlying social, methodological, and theological assumptions endorsed by Wahhabi Islam.