My year inside radical Islam : a memoir /
Gartenstein-Ross, Daveed, 1976-,
My year inside radical Islam : a memoir / Daveed Gartenstein-Ross. - 293 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [294])
This memoir of first a spiritual and then a political seduction shows how a good faith can be distorted and a decent soul can be seduced away from its principles. Raised in liberal Ashland, Oregon, by parents who were Jewish by birth but dismissive of dogma, Gartenstein-Ross yearned for a religion that would suit all his ideals. At college in the late nineties he met a charismatic Muslim student who grounded his political activism with thoughtful religious conviction. Gartenstein-Ross reflects on his experience of converting to Islam--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. Gartenstein-Ross is now an attorney and a full-time counterterrorism consultant.--From publisher description.
9781585426119 Hadiah
2006-939148
Gartenstein-Ross, Daveed, 1976-
Islam and politics.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Islam--Biography.
Islam--Customs and practices.
Wahhabiyah.
My year inside radical Islam : a memoir / Daveed Gartenstein-Ross. - 293 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [294])
This memoir of first a spiritual and then a political seduction shows how a good faith can be distorted and a decent soul can be seduced away from its principles. Raised in liberal Ashland, Oregon, by parents who were Jewish by birth but dismissive of dogma, Gartenstein-Ross yearned for a religion that would suit all his ideals. At college in the late nineties he met a charismatic Muslim student who grounded his political activism with thoughtful religious conviction. Gartenstein-Ross reflects on his experience of converting to Islam--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. Gartenstein-Ross is now an attorney and a full-time counterterrorism consultant.--From publisher description.
9781585426119 Hadiah
2006-939148
Gartenstein-Ross, Daveed, 1976-
Islam and politics.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Islam--Biography.
Islam--Customs and practices.
Wahhabiyah.