Terrorists in Love by Ken Ballen

June 5, 2014 by Christina

Nonficiton — print. Free Press, 2011. 305 pgs. Gift. Subtitled “The Real Lives of Islamic Radicals”, Ballen draws on a series of interviews with local government officials, clerics, and more than a hundred Islamic radicals to explain what drives young men — and young women — to a violent, extremist version of jihad. The six men from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Saudi Arabia explain how love and loneliness drove them to religious extremism. Economic stagnation and few opportunities mean men cannot […]

Categories: 2014 Reads, Middle East, Nonfiction, Religion • Tags: Ken Ballen