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200 10$aLife is more beautiful than paradise $ea jihadist's own story /$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
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