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Product Details

  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Free Press; Reprint edition (Feb. 4 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0743234359
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743234351
  • Product Dimensions: 14 x 1.8 x 21.4 cm
  • Shipping Weight: 272 g
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
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Some have said that the events of September 11 took every American by surprise. That's not true. There were Cassandras among us warning about the dangers of Islamic terrorism--and one of their leaders was American Jihad author Steven Emerson, who must be ranked among the most fearless reporters in the world. As a self-made expert on Islamic terrorism, he has invited the hatred of violent murderers. (At least one group has marked him for assassination; he was offered enrolment in the federal witness protection program, but refused). For more than 10 years, Emerson has soldiered on, studying groups that operate in the United States for the express purpose of funding and managing deadly organisations.

American Jihad summarises what he has learned, and it isn't comforting. Emerson shows how the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has grown an extensive network in the United States, how the group Islamic Jihad set up shop at the University of South Florida, and how an Islamic centre in Tucson helped recruit two of Osama bin Laden's top deputies. He also provides circumstantial evidence that bin Laden himself once applied for an American visa--"even the possibility is tantalizing, and chilling", he concludes. He urges Americans to fight back, but worries that time is short: "We are still vulnerable". This is an important book, and a sobering one. --John Miller, Amazon.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Ethan Bronner The New York Times Book Review Emerson is an investigator who has performed a genuine service...His information should be taken seriously.

Jeff Jacoby The Boston Globe The indispensable guide to American Muslim extremists and their ties to international terrorism.

Richmond Times-Dispatch The book is thorough and audacious -- and sobering. American Jihad belongs on the required reading list.

Oliver Revell Former FBI Assistant Director in Charge of Counterterrorism It may be that Mr. Emerson is actually better informed in some areas than the responsible agencies of government.

Melissa Radler The Jerusalem Post It is hard to think of anyone who has done more extensive research in the area. The things that worry Emerson should worry America at large.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful By A Customer on May 17 2004
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It saddens me that some of the 1 star reviews posted here seem to be from people who likely haven't read this book. I write this because Steven Emerson is in no way attacking the Muslim community. In fact, he champions them in one chapter and shows how true followers of Islam (those who celebrate peace, love, and tolerance of other religions) are being hurt by the extremists hiding behind the guise of Islam. This is an investigative report that every American should read. The extremists have infiltrated our cities and are operating under the appearance of goodwill and charity. This is not a book against Muslims--- it's a book that shows (very specifically!!) who the terrorists are. These extreme fundamentalists are dangerous to Muslim Americans and non-extremist Muslim leaders as well. Their hatred doesn't discriminate-- they love to attack even the moderate Muslims. Steven Emerson should be applauded for his bravery and committment to a cause that could save American lives.
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This book is an enlightening look into the world of Extreme Islam as it exists right here in America. Reviewer Ford needs to read the book! In it, when asked by a television reporter, Mr. Emerson clearly makes a distinction that Islamist Militant Extremists "might" be responsible for the Oklahoma bombing. This was the thought of many people at the time especially since the bombing on February 26,1993 in which Islamist Militants tried to destroy the World Trade Center. The point being Mr. Emerson has never made the assertion they were 100% responsible for the Oklahoma bombing and I would challenge the reveiwer to provide proof otherwise.
This book gives the reader enough knowledge to know that the threat is far more serious that once thought. This book is riddled with facts that can't be denied. It does not in anyway represent an attack on the "good people" of Islam. I believe the reveiwer from San Jose never read the book! The book only addresses and exposes those Islamist Militant Extremists and those who support them.
Gary L.
Its4gary@Pacbell.net
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In his function as a staff reporter for CNN, Steven Emerson stumbled upon frightening voices emanating from the midst of the Religion of Peace: conferences celebrating terror and promoting books on "How to Kill the Infidel", sale of videos showing the torture by Palestinians of suspected 'collaborators' and terrorists boasting of their kills. And all this is taking place here, in the United States. The fruits of his investigation gradually grew into a clearinghouse of terror data, and culminated in an acclaimed PBS documentary titled "Jihad in America" that won the George Polk award.

This book is a continuation of the theme. Naturally, such blatant practice of freedom of expression could not be allowed to go unpunished, and it was not long before violence and death threats forced the author into hiding.

Some of the most grotesque institutions of terror have established themselves and operate out of America, publically proclaiming peace but perpetrating hate, destruction, and jihad in private. The groups that operate under such saccharine banners as 'literacy groups' or 'youth associations' engage in organized crime, money laundering, sham marriages, and immigration fraud. Many pro-Islamic institutions in the U.S. are actually funded directly by Saudi Arabia.

The book recalls the exasperation of federal agencies who were not permitted to investigate these groups, their hands so tied that they couldn't attend terror conferences or even examine publically available data. Individual agents were actually prosecuted for attempting to investigate them.
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American Jihad is two stories. The first, as the title indicates, is an expose of an Islamist fifth column that has infiltrated America's Muslim community and poses a clear and present danger to the nation as a whole. The second story is author Steven Emerson's personal ordeal. After the author documented terrorist penetration of the United States, a death squad prompted Emerson to alter his appearance and to move to another location.
Unlike many investigative journalists who have become targets, though, Emerson keeps his role in perspective. The author's humility strengthens his critical analysis of a religious community often too craven to counter extremists as well as a timid federal government that even now refuses to confront this threat squarely. In fact, Emerson's de facto internal exile is Exhibit A in why American Jihad is an important and maddening book. The confluence of America's cherished civil liberties with mindless political correctness has caused people like the author sometimes to be thrown overboard while potential mass murderers are coddled.
This book clearly is much larger than death threats against one journalist. It excoriates universities, mosques, charitable organizations, federal agencies, Islamic centers, the media, the foreign policy establishment, and other institutions that have been guilty of, at a minimum, sins of omission. Many groups, some in the heartland, have outright aided and abetted those who want to destroy the United States. Emerson convincingly makes the case that not only did Hamas and Alkhifa flourish in the U.S., in some aspects these and like groups originated in America.
From Tucson to Tampa, American Jihad exposes those who both enable terror and those who commit actual crimes.
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