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My Year Inside Radical Islam: A Memoir
by Gartenstein-Ross, Daveed
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9781585425518
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Tarcher, 2007-02-01. hardcover. Acceptable. 5x1x8.
Synopsis
My Year Inside Radical Islam is a memoir of first a spiritual and then a political seduction. Raised in liberal Ashland, Oregon, by parents who were Jewish by birth but dismissive of strict dogma, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross converted to Islam in college-a process that began with a desire to connect with both a religious community and a spiritual practice, and eventually led him to sympathize with the most extreme interpretations of the faith with the most radical political implications. In the year following graduation, Gartenstein-Ross went to work for the Al Haramain Islamic Foundation, a charity dedicated to fostering Wahhabism, Saudi Arabia's austere form of Islam-a theological inspiration for many terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda. Shortly after he left Al Haramain-when his own fanaticism had waned-the foundation was charged by the U. S. government for a money-laundering scheme that was seemingly designed to finance terrorist organizations. Gartenstein-Ross, by this time a lawyer at a prominent firm, volunteered for questioning by the FBI. They already knew who he was. The story of how a good faith can be distorted and a decent soul can be seduced away from his principles, My Year Inside Radical Islam provides a rare glimpse into the personal interface between religion and politics.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1585425516-4-29357599
- Title
- My Year Inside Radical Islam: A Memoir
- Author
- Gartenstein-Ross, Daveed
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1585425516
- ISBN 13
- 9781585425518
- Publisher
- Tarcher
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles, California, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2007-02-01
- Size
- 5x1x8
- X weight
- 0 oz
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