"Here is a window inside the Jihad... presented here in its bare face without a distorting commentary."—Jeremy Glover, Headpress
"(C)ontains essays and fascinating images that will render you serious, humbled and even a bit sympathetic... Extreme Islam's deranged carnival succeeds in shocking most when the 'extremists' themselves are lucid, poignant and poetic."—R.U. Sirius, LA Weekly
|Documentation from the self-proclaimed enemies of the West.
March 15, 2002
A book about Muslim fundamentalists and anti-American terrorism could hardly be timelier. This lively, somewhat scattershot collection of let-'em-speak-for-themselves selections from disparate sources contains a wide spectrum of perspectives on Islam. Outstanding (which is not to say " good") entries include a manifesto from TempleMountFaithfull.org, and an excerpt from the 1963 book " Occidentosis" (i.e., "A plague from the West"). Of the former, let it be indicative that it emanates from "the website for all Zionists and Zionist Christians who wish to demolish [the] Dome of the Rock," thereby hastening Armageddon. The latter considers the "effete" and "effeminate" qualities of the "occidentotic" person, consumed by fear and vain concerns. Poems, polemics, and impassioned pleas are all here, and the swatch of color illustrations decorates nicely. The book throughout shows signs--bad grammar, typos, blind references--of being hurried into print in the wake of 9-11. Despite serious shortcomings, the collection's showcase of excessive, occasionally disturbing points of view should find a significant readership.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2002, American Library Association.)