Terrified: How Anti-Muslim Fringe Organizations Became Mainstream

by Christopher Bail

Book Overview

In July 2010, Terry Jones, the pastor of a small fundamentalist church in Florida, announced plans to burn two hundred Qur'ans on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Though he ended up canceling the stunt in the face of widespread public backlash, his threat sparked violent protests across the Muslim world that left at least twenty people dead. In Terrified, Christopher Bail demonstrates how the beliefs of fanatics like Jones are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069117363X
• ISBN13: 9780691173634
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"