The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (525 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1555976271 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Cory McLitus said Interesting & informative, but a few structural issues. The Convert is the "tale" of Margaret Marcus, a young Jewish woman from New York, who converts to Islam, becomes Maryam Jameelah, and moves to Pakistan. She goes on to become one of Islam's most dynamic critics of the West and Western culture. In this book, . "Whom God wants to punish he makes crazy" according to F. Brauer. Judging by her website Maryam Jameelah was one of the chief ideologists of Jamaati Islami (Pakistani Party of Islam). Her books on the superiority of Islam over the West and articles in defense of Islamist values gained prominence among the Muslim conservati. "How To Make A Good Story Go Bad" according to Lisbeth. While I was totally mesmerized by this story, the author continually sucked the excitement and momentum from it with her plodding and tedious tangents! This story has everything for a superb read BUT compelling details and attention to loose ends. I agree wi
She divides her time between Goa and Brooklyn. . Deborah Baker is the author of In Extremis: The Life of Laura Riding, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, as well as A Blue Hand: The Beats in India
*A 2011 National Book Award Finalist*A spellbinding story of renunciation, conversion, and radicalism from Pulitzer Prize-finalist biographer Deborah BakerWhat drives a woman raised in a postwar New York City suburb to convert to Islam, abandon her country and Jewish faith, and embrace a life of permanent exile in Pakistan? The Convert, a finalist for the National Book Award and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2011, tells the gripping story of how Margaret Marcus of Larchmont became Maryam Jameelah of Lahore.
All rights reserved. Pulitzer finalist Baker (A Blue Hand) unravels the often contradictory life of an American woman who became one of the pre-eminent voices of Islamic revivalism, in this stellar biography that doubles as a mediation on the fraught relationship between America and the Muslim world. From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. Jameelah's criticism of the West is unwavering: she denounces American foreign policy, particularly its support of Israel, and secularism in general, insisting that law be derived from the Qur'an. Margaret Marcus was a secular Jew in Mamaroneck, N.Y., before she became fascinated with Islam and moved to Pakistan in 1962 and took the name Maryam Jameelah. Baker, who discovered the archive of Marcus's papers in the New York Public Library, carefully reconstructs her movements after her arrival in Lahore, Pakistan, using letters Marcus sen