The Spiders Of Allah : Travels Of An Unbeliever On The Frontline Of Holy War
Author: James Hider
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: $34.95 AUD
: 9780385615549
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: 06 June 2022
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The bloodshed perpetrated in the name of religion in the world today is nowhere more obvious than in the Middle East. Whether we are talking about hardcore Zionist settlers still fighting ancient Biblical battles in the hills of the West Bank or Shiite death squads roaming the lawless streets of Iraq in the aftermath of Saddam; whether it's the misappropriation and martyrdom of Mickey Mouse by Gaza's Islamists, or a US president acting on God's orders, James Hider sees the hallucinatory effect of what he calls the 'crack cocaine of fanatical fundamentalism' all around him.He's not the kind of journalist to shy away from danger, so as he travels around the Middle East, from Israel to Gaza, to Iraq
