American Caliph

di Shahan Mufti (Autore)

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022

American Caliph: The Riveting True Story of America's First Homegrown Muslim Terror Attack American Caliph is the gripping account of the 1977 Hanafi siege of Washington, DC—the largest hostage-taking on American soil. On March 9, 1977, seven men stormed the headquarters of B'nai B'rith International, taking over a hundred employees hostage. Simultaneously, three more men entered the Islamic Center of Washington, seizing control of the country's most important mosque. Two others infiltrated the District Building, where a reporter was killed and future mayor Marion Barry was shot. The attackers belonged to the Hanafi movement, led by former jazz drummer Hamaas Abdul Khaalis. Khaalis demanded the surrender of those responsible for the 1973 murder of seven of his family members and followers, as well as the cancellation of the American premiere of Mohammad: Messenger of God. Meticulously researched and drawing from hundreds of declassified FBI files, American Caliph chronicles the battle for control of American Islam, the international politics of religion and oil, and the hour-by-hour drama of a city under siege. Shahan Mufti's riveting true-crime narrative sheds new light on the turbulent 1970s and its enduring consequences. They also demanded that the American premiere of Mohammad: Messenger of God—a Hollywood epic about the life of the prophet Muhammad financed and supported by the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddhafi—be canceled and the film destroyed. Shahan Mufti’s American Caliph gives the first full account of the largest-ever hostage taking on American soil and of the tormented man who masterminded it. Informed by extensive archival research and hundreds of declassified FBI files, American Caliph tracks the battle for control of American Islam, the international politics of religion and oil, and the hour-to-hour drama of a city facing a homegrown terror assault. The result is a riveting true-crime story that sheds new light on the disarray of the 1970s and its ongoing reverberations.

• Autore: Shahan Mufti
• Anno edizione: 2022
• Editore: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Formato: EPUB3 con Adobe DRM
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9780374716080