Terror in the cradle of liberty : how Boston became a center for Islamic extremism / Ilya I. Feoktistov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feoktistov, Ilya I., 1982- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--Massachusetts--Boston.

Muslims.

Islamic fundamentalism--Massachusetts--Boston.

Islamic fundamentalism.

Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar.

Tsarnaev, Tamerlan.

Islamic Society of Boston.

Mosques--Massachusetts--Boston.

Mosques.

Radicalization.

Terrorism--Religious aspects--Islam.

Terrorism.

Massachusetts--Boston.

Physical Description:

313 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Encounter Books, [2019]

Summary:

"In April of 2002, a mosque in Cambridge, MA run by the Islamic Society of Boston (ISB) posted an appeal on its website: 'Chechen refugee family needs temporary place to live until they complete their permanent refugee status in the US. Husband has good business knowledge, auto-mechanic experience and construction.' Contrary to the Islamic Society of Boston's claims, taken entirely at face value by most media, that the Tsarnaev brothers only briefly and occasionally attended its Cambridge mosque over the year or so before they bombed the Boston Marathon, the Tsarnaevs were already involved with the ISB in April of 2002 -- the month that they arrived in the United States. The family, which was not religious when it arrived in America, began regularly praying at the ISB mosque and turned increasingly fundamentalist. This fits an alarming pattern: Since 9/11, fourteen leaders and members of the ISB have either been imprisoned, killed by law enforcement, or declared fugitives for their involvement in Islamic terrorism. The stories of the Tsarnaev brothers have been told in countless places. The story of the mosque that they attended during their increasing radicalization -- and the organization that runs it -- has not been told in any meaningful way. System Failure documents the rise of Islamist networks within New England's historically-moderate and century-old Muslim community since the 1960s. It contains a detailed and personal account of the efforts by Massachusetts activists since 2002 to expose and counter the influence of Islamist networks in New England -- even as Jewish, political, and law enforcement leaders in the Bay State have decided to embrace these networks as interfaith and community allies"-- Provided by pub lisher.

Contents:

Many surprises

Organizing to challenge the mosque

The silence of the lambs

The ISB strikes back

The forty-one boxes

Lawfare and its perils

"They're here"

The investigation begins

The Muslim Brotherhood comes to Boston

Boston joins the global jihad

Foreign conflicts on Boston turf

The infiltration of Boston's African-American Muslim community

Overreach and under attack

Did top Mass. cop Maura Healey facilitate terrorist financing and money laundering?

Battle for the soul of a mosque

The triumph of the radicals

Make martyrdom what you seek

The Boston cult of Lady al Qaeda

The seventy-one rabbis

I'm on the train!

They plant a bomb in the heart

Bombs will be planted in the street

Fool me twice and three times

Dream come true

Violent and non-violent extremists

Trump derangement in Boston.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Feoktistov, Ilya I., 1982- Terror in the cradle of liberty

ISBN:

9781641770767

1641770767

OCLC:

1119741150