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My Year Inside Radical Islam: A Memoir
by Gartenstein-Ross, Daveed
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- 1585425516
- ISBN 13
- 9781585425518
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About This Item
U.S.A: J P Tarcher/Penguin Grp, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Hard Back First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket AS NEW. Pristine red and gray binding, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Text body also as new. An extraordinary journey of the child of Jewish hippies to apathetic undergrad to Sufi Muslim activist to Islamic extremist to FBI informer and counter-terrorist expert. Provides a unique understanding of Islamic extremists from one who lived and worked among them. 294 pages including acknowledgments and glossary. 8.6 x 6 inches. J P Tarcher, New York, 2007.
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 #
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- Title
- My Year Inside Radical Islam: A Memoir
- Author
- Gartenstein-Ross, Daveed
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1585425516
- ISBN 13
- 9781585425518
- Publisher
- J P Tarcher/Penguin Grp
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 2007
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- ISLAM; FAITH; JEWS; FBI; COUNTERTERRORISM;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Middle East;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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