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Guest house for young widows : among the women of ISIS / by Moaveni, Azadeh,1976-author.;
"In early 2014, the Islamic State clinched its control of Raqqa in Syria. Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, urged Muslims around the world to come join the caliphate. Witnessing the brutal oppression of the Assad regime in Syria, and moved to fight for justice, thousands of men and women heeded his call. At the heart of this story is a cast of unforgettable young women who responded. Emma, from Germany; Sharmeena from Bethnal Green, London; Nour from Tunis: these were women--some still in high school--from urban families, some with university degrees and bookshelves filled with novels by Jane Austen and Dan Brown; many with cosmopolitan dreams of travel and adventure. But instead of finding a land of justice and piety, they found themselves trapped within the most brutal terrorist regime of the twenty-first century, a world of chaos and upheaval and violence. What is the line between victim and collaborator? How do we judge these women who both suffered and inflicted intense pain? What role is there for Muslim women in the West? In what is bound to be a modern classic of narrative nonfiction, Moaveni takes us into the school hallways of London, kitchen tables in Germany, the coffee shops in Tunis, the caliphate's OB/GYN and its "Guest House for Young Widows"--where wives of the fallen waited to be remarried--to demonstrate that the problem called terrorism is a far more complex, political, and deeply relatable one than we generally admit"--
Subjects: Islamic fundamentalism; Widows;
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My Isl@m : how fundamentalism stole my mind--and doubt freed my soul / by Nasr, Amir Ahmad.;
The arranged marriage. The chessboard -- Bullied into belief -- Warning signals -- Blogs, bastards, and heretics -- The fall from grace. Conversations with little satan -- Infidelity -- The painful heartbreak. How she really lost her virtue -- Infatuated with atheism -- Discovering the dark side -- The messy divorce. No more mercy -- Loneliness -- The reconciliation. My 3-eyed beauty -- Tradition, modernity, and my beloved -- (R)evolution.
Subjects: Nasr, Amir Ahmad.; Islamic fundamentalism.; Muslims;
© c2013., St. Martin's Press,
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The colour of God / by Chaudhry, Ayesha S.,author.;
At the age of 23, Ayesha Chaudhry removed her face veil to begin her studies in New York City. Braiding together Western, South Asian and Quranic storytelling styles, Chaudhry weaves her personal experiences with incisive social commentary to uncover the meaning of faith and belonging, love and betrayal, family and womanhood. In so doing, she offers us a vision of freedom that isnt measured in fabric.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Chaudhry, Ayesha S.; Chaudhry, Ayesha S.; Islamic fundamentalism.;
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The battle for God / by Armstrong, Karen,1944-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-424) and index.
Subjects: Orthodox Judaism; Islamic fundamentalism; Fundamentalism; Judaism; Islam; Church history;
© 2000., Alfred A. Knopf,
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The kill list [sound recording] / by Forsyth, Frederick,1938-; Guidall, George.;
Read by George Guidall.
Subjects: Spy stories.; Suspense fiction.; Audiobooks.; Islamic fundamentalism; Terrorism; Undercover operations;
© p2013., Penguin Audio,
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Jihad : the rise of militant Islam in Central Asia / by Rashid, Ahmed.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-262) and index.LSC
Subjects: Islam and politics; Islamic fundamentalism; Jihad.;
© 2003., Penguin Group,
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Beneath the tamarind tree : a story of courage, family, and the lost schoolgirls of Boko Haram / by Sesay, Isha,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.'Beneath the Tamarind Tree' is the first definitive account of Boko Harams abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls, their years in captivity, and why this story still matters. Isha Sesay is an award-winning journalist who hosted CNN Newsroom 'Live from L.A.' and was the face of the network's Africa reporting for more than a decade. She led the CNN team that won a Peabody Award for reporting the Chibok girls' story.
Subjects: Boko Haram.; Abduction; Schoolgirls; Kidnapping victims; Terrorism; Islamic fundamentalism;
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The cover wife / by Fesperman, Dan,1955-author.;
"From the author of Safe Houses--An electrifying new novel about a CIA agent and a young Moroccan ex-pat who becomes ensnared in the world of radical Islam. When CIA agent Claire Saylor is told that she'll be going undercover to pose as the dowdy wife of a stuffy academic who has posited a controversial new interpretation of the Quran's promise to martyrs she assumes the job is a punishment for past unorthodox behavior. But when she discovers her team leader is Paul Bridger, another maverick within the agency, she realizes that the mission may be more interesting than meets the eye--and not just for professional reasons. At the same time, in Hamburg, Mahmoud, a recent Moroccan émigré, begins to fall under the sway of a group of radicals at his local Mosque. As his commitment to his new friends deepens, he finds himself torn between his obligations to them and the feelings he's developing towards a beautiful westernized Muslim woman. Their lives will intertwine, as Claire learns the truth about the mission in Hamburg, and Mahmoud's relationship with the radicals pulls him into dangerous waters. And they will both realize--but will it be too late?--that the consequences of their actions could well determine the very future of the United States"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Undercover operations; Islamic fundamentalism; Terrorism;
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Black flags : the rise of ISIS / by Warrick, Joby.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."When he succeeded his father in 1999, King Abdullah of Jordan released a batch of political prisoners in the hopes of smoothing his transition to power. Little did he know that among those released was Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a man who would go on to become a terrorist mastermind too dangerous even for al-Qaeda and give rise to an Islamist movement bent on dominating the Middle East. Zarqawi began by directing hotel bombings and assassinations in Jordan from a base in northern Iraq, but it was the American invasion of that country in 2003 that catapulted him to the head of a vast insurgency. By identifying him as the link between Saddam and bin Laden, the CIA inadvertently created a monster. Like-minded radicals saw him as a hero resisting the infidel occupiers and rallied to his cause. Their wave of brutal beheadings and suicide bombings continued for years until Jordanian intelligence provided the Americans with the crucial intelligence needed to eliminate Zarqawi in a 2006 airstrike. But his movement endured, first called al-Qaeda in Iraq, then renamed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, seeking refuge in unstable, ungoverned pockets on the Iraq-Syria border. And as the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, ISIS seized its chance to pursue Zarqawi's dream of a sweeping, ultra-conservative Islamic caliphate. Drawing on unique access to CIA and Jordanian sources, Joby Warrick weaves together heart-pounding, moment-by-moment operational details with overarching historical perspectives to reveal the long trajectory of today's most dangerous Islamic extremist threat"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: IS (Organization); Islamic fundamentalism.; Terrorism; Terrorism; Terrorism;
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My journey into the heart of terror : ten days in the Islamic State / by Todenhöfer, Jürgen,1940-; May, A. O.,translator.; Todenhöfer, Jürgen,1940-Inside IS.English.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: IS (Organization); Islamic fundamentalism; Terrorism; Terrorism;
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