White Muslim

"It seemed the height of perversity: In response to the horrific September 11th attacks, one young American decided to convert to Islam." "And when, by chance, reporter Brendan Bernhard came upon this young man leaning on his cab outside a storefront mosque on New York's Lower East Side, he was struck by the very sight of him: Charles was a handsome, blue-eyed Californian dressed in an all-white tunic, with a big smile and charming manner ... preaching a particularly severe form of Islam." "Intrigued, Bernhard plunged into the story. Were people like Charles, or like John Walker Lindh - the young Californian captured fighting with the Taliban - aberrations, or was something going on?" "What Bernhard uncovered was more complex, surprising, and worldwide: a huge mosque on New York's Upper East Side, packed with thousands of people and more waiting to get in; an Australian would-be jihadist shocked to find himself having dinner with "that bloke on the telly," Osama bin Laden; rising numbers of Hispanic converts in the US, and deepening unrest in the suburbs of London and Paris." "Interviewing charismatic imams, security experts, converts and more, Bernhard probes this surprising subculture in a penetrating investigation that asks: Is this something we have to fear?"--Jacket.

Year

2006

Language

English

Publisher

Melville House Publishing

Editions

1

Pages

187

ISBN

9780976658351

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