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Dhume is a writer and journalist based in Washington DC who has documented his travels through Indonesia with Herry Nurdi, a young Javanese activist who supports bin Laden and the Taliban, to reveal how radical Islamists really view America and the West. Written for general readers, this volume shows how a relatively small but well-organized and highly motivated radical Islamist movement is changing the face of the world's most populous Muslim country. The author also interviews numerous fundamentalists to find out their opinions on such subjects as 9/11, Israel, Internet access, and Western pop culture. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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My Friend the Fanatic is a portrait of the world's most populous Muslim country, Indonesia, and the fourth most populous nation in the World. A nation once synonymous with tolerance that now finds itself in the midst of a profound shift toward radical Islam. The portrait is painted through the travels of a pair of unlikely protagonists. Sadanand Dhume, the author, is a foreign correspondent—a Princeton-educated 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. Their travels span mosques and discotheques, prison cells and dormitories, sacred volcanoes and temple ruins.
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