LEADER 02647nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910458834903321 005 20211005020548.0 010 $a1-61797-051-4 010 $a1-936190-20-6 035 $a(CKB)2560000000052308 035 $a(EBL)1649019 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000485575 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11325624 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000485575 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10603781 035 $a(PQKB)10131893 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3114717 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6242574 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3114717 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10409528 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL580529 035 $a(OCoLC)948378392 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC728667 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL728667 035 $a(OCoLC)932111294 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000052308 100 $a20100311d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLife is more beautiful than paradise$b[electronic resource] $ea jihadist's own story /$fKhaled al-Berry ; translated by Humphrey Davies 210 $aCairo ;$aNew York $cAmerican University in Cairo Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (202 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-906598-46-0 311 $a977-416-294-3 327 $aCopyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1- Paradise; 2- God is mine alone; 3- The message revealed; 4- Temptation; 5- Life; Glossary 330 $aIn 1986, when this autobiography opens, the author is a typical fourteen-year-old boy in Asyut in Upper Egypt. Attracted at first by the image of a radical Islamist group as "strong Muslims," his involvement develops until he finds himself deeply committed to its beliefs and implicated in its activities. This ends when, as he leaves the university following a demonstration, he is arrested. Prison, a return to life on the outside, and attending Cairo University all lead to Khaled al-Berry's eventual alienation from radical Islam. This book opens a window onto the mind of an extremist who turns 606 $aIslamic fundamentalism 606 $aMuslims$zEgypt$vBiography 606 $aTerrorism$xReligious aspects$xIslam 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIslamic fundamentalism. 615 0$aMuslims 615 0$aTerrorism$xReligious aspects$xIslam. 676 $a297.0922 700 $aBirri?$b Kha?lid$01045559 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458834903321 996 $aLife is more beautiful than paradise$92471955 997 $aUNINA