Rock the Casbah :

By: Wright, Robin BMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edDescription: 307 pISBN: 9781439103166; 9781439103173 (pbk.); 9781439123065 (ebk.)Subject(s): Islam and politics | Social movements | Muslims | Radicalism | Public opinionDDC classification: 322.4091767 Summary: This book will look at what's happened to the Islamic world in the intervening decade-and where it's headed over the next decade. Wright takes a look at the most important trend since the birth of extremism - the new anti-jihadis who are trying to rescue the faith from extremists, whether the deviant ideologues loyal to Bin Laden or the rigid theocrats in Iran's Islamic republic. She spent a year wandering the region capturing the stories of people willing to defy extremism to create alternatives. They are a critical component in combating the number one national security challenge for the United States as well as their own countries
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This book will look at what's happened to the Islamic world in the intervening decade-and where it's headed over the next decade. Wright takes a look at the most important trend since the birth of extremism - the new anti-jihadis who are trying to rescue the faith from extremists, whether the deviant ideologues loyal to Bin Laden or the rigid theocrats in Iran's Islamic republic. She spent a year wandering the region capturing the stories of people willing to defy extremism to create alternatives. They are a critical component in combating the number one national security challenge for the United States as well as their own countries

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