My Friend the Fanatic : Travels with an Indonesian Islamist
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1921351403
ISBN 13
9781921351402
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Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Pages
320
Description
My Friend the Fanatic is a portrait of the world’s most populous Muslim country, Indonesia, a land once synonymous with tolerance that finds itself in the midst of a profound shift toward radical Islam. This portrait is painted through the travels of a pair of unlikely protagonists. Sadanand Dhume, the author, is a foreign correspondent, an Indian atheist with a fondness for literary fiction and an interest in economic development. His companion, Herry Nurdi, is a young Islamist who hero-worships Osama bin Laden
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