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In September 2001, Abd Samad Moussaoui's life was turned over. His younger brother, Zacarias, arrested in the United States in August for a visa violation, was then accused by the US government of involvement in the events of 9/11. The charges against Moussaoui were announced by US Attorney General John Ashcroft, who described the indictment as 'a chronicle of evil'. Moussaoui was charged with 'undergoing the same training, receiving the same funding, and pledging the same commitment to kill Americans as the hijackers'. In this unique book, Abd Samad Moussaoui describes his brother's upbringing in France in a racist society that only just tolerated him. He tries to understand how, in a five year period, Zacarias went from the Mosques of London to flying schools in Minnesota. For Abd Samad Moussaoui, it has become essential to explain how Wahhabi fundamentalism tries to impose its extreme interpretation of Islam on an unsuspecting congregation; how it corrupts and converts a generation of youth that included his brother into cannon fodder for the jihad. Reviews: 'This couldn't be anything other than a remarkable book, simply because of the identity of its author. Not only a fascinating life story, but a laudable account of the way a young man can turn away from the world and collapse to a politics of hate.' - Observer ReviewProduct Identifiers
PublisherProfile Books
ISBN-139781852428310
eBay Product ID (ePID)87657598
Product Key Features
Number of Pages160 Pages
Publication NameZacarias Moussaoui: the Making of a Terrorist
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGovernment
Publication Year2003
TypeTextbook
AuthorAbd Samad Moussaoui
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories
Dimensions
Item Height215 mm
Item Weight180 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAbd Samad Moussaoui
TopicIslam, Religious History