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My Friend the Fanatic: Travels with a Radical Islamist Sadanand Dhume
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My Friend the Fanatic: Travels with a Radical Islamist
Sadanand Dhume
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.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 1, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9781602396432 |
| Publishers | Skyhorse Publishing |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 231 × 25 mm · 521 g |
| Language | English |
