Gartenstein-Ross, Daveed,  1976-, <br/><br/>
My year inside radical Islam :  a memoir / 
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross. 
 - 293 pages ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [294]) 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781585426119  Hadiah 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006-939148 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Gartenstein-Ross, Daveed, 1976- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islam and politics.<br/>Islamic fundamentalism.<br/>Islam--Biography.<br/>Islam--Customs and practices.<br/>Wahhabiyah.