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2026-08-19 at 12:22 in reply to: Turk General Dynamics Failed to Build Artillery Shells for the Army — ProP #37722026-08-19 at 12:22 in reply to: Mississippi town’s first Muslim judge faces torrents of abuse, as local la #37712026-08-19 at 12:21 in reply to: It’s Spelled ‘Turkey,’ Not ‘Türkiye.’ Here’s Why That’s Important. #37702026-08-19 at 10:02 in reply to: The Way of the Strangers . Encounters with the Islamic State – Graeme Wood #37342026-08-19 at 10:00 in reply to: The Way of the Strangers . Encounters with the Islamic State – Graeme Wood #3733::
What does ISIS really want? This is the definitive account of the strategy, psychology, and fundamentalism driving the Islamic State.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY FOREIGN AFFAIRS – “Worthy of Joseph Conrad . . . gripping, sobering and revelatory.”–Tom Holland, New Statesman
The Islamic State inspired a wave of true believers to travel to Syria from Europe, America, and the Middle East, in numbers not seen since the Crusades. What compelled tens of thousands of men and women to leave comfortable, privileged lives to join a death cult in the desert? Steven Pinker called Graeme Wood’s analysis of this phenomenon in The Atlantic “fascinating, terrifying, occasionally blackly humorous.” In The Way of the Strangers, Wood uses character study, analysis, and original reporting to take us further into the Islamic State’s apocalyptic vision.
Though the Islamic State has lost territory, it threatens to rise again, and its followers are plotting on every continent. From the streets of Cairo to the mosques of London, Wood meets with supporters, recruiters, and scholars and asks them why they believe that killing and dying for this cause is the only path to Paradise. With a new afterword, The Way of the Strangers uncovers the theology and emotional appeal of this resilient group and explores its idiosyncratic, coherent approach to Islam. Just as Lawrence Wright’s The Looming Tower explained the rise of Al Qaida, this book will shape our understanding of a new and deadlier generation of terrorists.
::Three months later, bullet holes were discovered in a window at the mosque, though no one saw the culprit and no one was hurt. Muslim communities in other parts of the country faced more threats in the days, weeks, and years that followed. It became routine for women in hijabs to be harassed and for mosques to be vandalized. In Ohio, a man plowed his Ford Mustang into the front door of a mosque. In Texas, a man threw a Molotov cocktail toward a mosque; children fled as it shattered. In Seattle, a man attempted to set fire to cars in a mosque parking lot and then fired a gun at worshippers.
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2026-08-19 at 09:13 in reply to: ‘Outstanding’ Minnesota refugee from Somalia once honored by the state faces charges in $4.5M Medicaid, sex-trafficking #3723::these people are DUMBB
‘Outstanding Refugee Award’ winner charged over alleged fraud scheme
Salman Ahmed Elmi, 30, was charged with aiding and abetting theft alongside three other associates who are accused of running four fake agencies.
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