Star of David

By ALI SAGAR

It was 1996 in Punjab, India, a time when terrorism had not yet been fully quelled. The narrator, a young man, recounts the violence and upheaval he witnessed growing up, including the assassination of innocent people on the streets and the disruption of daily life. Despite the turmoil, he managed to pursue his studies, eventually becoming a dentist. However, his life took an unexpected turn when he accepted a job at a dental school in Nepal.

In Nepal, the narrator befriended a man named Siddiqui sahib, who introduced him to a Mujahideen warrior at a kebab shop. Due to his name, Ali, the narrator was mistakenly assumed to be a fellow Muslim, a misunderstanding he did not correct. This incident set the stage for the narrator's involvement in a complex web of intrigue and terrorism.

The narrator's journey continued as he moved to America, first to Laredo, Texas, and then to San Antonio, where he struggled to pass his dental boards and find employment. Eventually, he was accepted to dental school in Detroit, Michigan, where he encountered a familiar face - Malik, the Mujahideen warrior he had met in Nepal. Suspicious of Malik's presence, the narrator began to investigate, attending a local mosque and befriending a chemistry student named Mo, Malik's cousin.

Through his investigations, the narrator uncovered a disturbing plot. Malik, a terrorist from Kashmir, had become radicalized and was working with Mo, who was studying chemistry at Wayne State University, and their cousin, Alamgir, a seemingly peaceful nut shop owner in Beirut, Lebanon. The three conspirators were planning a devastating attack, using their expertise in chemistry and explosives to target innocent civilians.

The narrator's journey took him to Paris, where he continued to track the movements of Malik and Mo. With the help of a Mossad agent named Levi, the narrator deduced that the two men were communicating through coded messages left at tourist sites around the city. Meanwhile, Mo's accomplices, Ahmed, Farrah, and Yousef, gathered the necessary materials for their bomb-making operation in Toulouse.

Despite the efforts of the authorities, the conspirators managed to evade capture. Malik disappeared from his hotel in Paris and made his way to a junkyard in Toulouse, where he assembled a deadly bomb using the materials left by his co-conspirators. Tragically, Malik then detonated the bomb in the Capital District, killing eight people, six of whom were of Jewish faith.

The attack was a devastating blow, evoking memories of the Israeli Davidka weapon from World War II. In the aftermath, the Louvre opened a dedicated Islamic Centre, a bittersweet response to the tragedy. The narrator's journey, which began with witnessing the violence in Punjab, had led him to the heart of a global conflict, where the consequences of religious extremism and political turmoil had unfolded in the most tragic of ways.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FRYSGPQT
• ISBN13: 9798265976062
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"