The first book to probe the conversion phenomenon 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 him leaning on his cab outside a storefront mosque on New York's Lower East Side, he was struck by the very sight: Charles was a handsome, blue-eyed Californian from the L.A. suburbs, dressed in an all-white tunic, with a big smile and charming manner... preaching a particularly ...
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The first book to probe the conversion phenomenon 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 him leaning on his cab outside a storefront mosque on New York's Lower East Side, he was struck by the very sight: Charles was a handsome, blue-eyed Californian from the L.A. suburbs, 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--simply malcontents? 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; deepening unrest in the suburbs of London and Paris. Interviewing other converts - a middle-aged Jewish professor, a trendy twenty-something in Tribeca - as well as charismatic imams, security experts, and more, Bernhard's WHITE MUSLIM probes this unexpected subculture in a penetrating investigation that asks: Is this something to fear?
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