Finished Tu 12/8/15
One of my novels that I first read and finished St. Patrick's Day, Sa 3/17/07
Ahmed, son of Irish-American mother and an Egyptian father who abandoned the family when Ahmed was three, is converted to Islam. He's honestly drawn to the faith of Islam, but becomes caught up in an American inspired sting operation (not revealed until the very end, and the last part of the novel is probably the weakest).
Jacob (Jack) Levy is Ahmed's high school counselor and he suspects that Ahmed is going down the wrong path. He ends up having an affair with Ahmed's mother. Jack's wife is grossly obese and although Jack loves her, he's not sexually attracted. Jewish Guilt.
Tylenol Jones- Bully at Ahmed's school. Tylenol is friends with Joryleen Grant. She sings in the church choir and invites Ahmed to come and see her. He does. Tylenol becomes Joryleen's pimp.The Chehab's own a furniture store, Excellency Home Furnishings that hires Ahmed to deliver the furniture. Charlie, son of the owner, introduces Ahmed to the idea of killing for 'the movement'. He's a US informant.
Mr. Levy gets in the truck with Ahmed for the final run. He's to blow up a NYC tunnel at rush hour.
Shaikh Rashid- Ahmed's Iman.
"THESE DEVILS HAVE TAKEN AWAY MY GOD"
wikipedia page-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist_(novel)
Gives you an idea as to why and how the young are converted to radical Islam.
Very few would arrive at these conclusions by themselves, so the authorities should keep an eye on the Iman's. I'm sure that they do. These are the guys that are making converts, but of course, these days social media can 'convert/groom' the impressionable to do the evil deeds.
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