Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims - E-book - ePub

Since September 11th, 2001, the Western world has been preoccupied with Islam and its role in terrorism. Yet public debate about the faith is polarized-one camp praises "the religion of peace" while the other claims all Muslims are terrorists. Canadian human rights activist Yasmine Mohammed believes both sides are dangerously wrong. In Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims, Yasmine speaks her truth as a woman born in the Western world yet raised in a fundamentalist Islamic home.
Despite being a first-generation Canadian, she never felt at home in the West. And even though she attended Islamic schools and was forced into a marriage with an Al Qaeda terrorist at nineteen, Yasmine never fit in with her Muslim family either. With one foot in each world, Yasmine is far enough removed from both to see them objectively, yet close enough to see them honestly. Part Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel, part The Handmaid's Tale, Yasmine's memoir takes readers into a world few Westerners are privy to.
As a college educator for over fifteen years, Yasmine's goal is to unveil the truth. When you use term "Islomophobia", who are you really protecting? Is the hijab forced or a choice? Are groups like ISIS and Hamas a representation of "true" Islam or a radical corruption? And why is there so much conflicting information? Like most insular communities, the Islamic world has both an "outside voice" and an "inside voice." It's all but impossible for bystanders to get a straight answer.
Through sharing her own life experiences and insights, Yasmine navigates the rhetoric and guides truth-seekers through media narratives, political correctness, and outright lies while encouraging readers to come to their own conclusions.