Terror in the Name of God

By Jessica Stern,

Book cover of Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill

Book description

For four years, Jessica Stern interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world: Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Traveling extensively-to refugee camps in Lebanon, to religious schools in Pakistan, to prisons in Amman, Asqelon, and Pensacola-she discovered that the Islamic jihadi in the mountains of Pakistan and the Christian fundamentalist…

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1 author picked Terror in the Name of God as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Jessica Stern is a fearless scholar and expert on terrorism. She gets in the den with lions.

Her interviews with extremist members from three world religions aren’t an easy read, but it gives incredible insight into the mindset of violence perpetrated in the name of God. You will feel her fear, and she does it with an exquisite empathy, but never sympathy. 

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