Terrorists in Love: True Life Stories of Islamic Radicals
Imagine a world where a boy’s dreams dictate the behavior of warriors in battle ; where a young couple’s only release from forbidden love is death; where a suicide bomber survives only to become fiercely pro-American. This is the world of Terrorists in Love.
Imagine a world where a boy’s dreams dictate the behavior of warriors in battle ; where a young couple’s only release from forbidden love is death; where a suicide bomber survives only to become fiercely pro-American. This is the world of Terrorists in Love.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781451672589 (1451672586)
Publish date: June 5th 2012
Publisher: Free Press
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
This is one I wish I'd read rather than listened to, because the narration contributed to my dissatisfaction. In particular, the one story told in the first person, by the least sympathetic person, was rendered in a thick accent, but the others weren't. The implicit racism of this troubles me. Thoug...
"Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it." - Ivan Turgenev. All six of the terrorists interviewed by Ballen were raised in repressive authoritarian regimes. This is not a coincidence. This book caused me to wonder why Pakistan receives money fr...
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