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A review by tanyarobinson
American Radical: Inside the World of an Undercover Muslim FBI Agent by Tamer Elnoury
4.0
It was so eye-opening to read the account of a religious Muslim who is on OUR side of the battle against terrorism. I am aware of many American Muslims who seem fairly neutral, but Tamer Elnoury is spending his life actively infiltrating terrorist rings on Western soil and foiling their attempts to kill, destroy, and psychologically ravage.
This book follows his work on one intense case, in which he stops a terrorist who was planning an attack on a Canadian railway and on the Times Square New Year's celebration. While the plot itself was interesting enough, what I really took away from this book was a new perspective on the range and variety of Muslims.
The writing wasn't particularly impressive, and I was bothered by Tamer's often nasty language. A lot of the conversations must have come straight off surveillance recordings, because they would unexpectedly wander and just felt different from constructed dialogue. This is not literature, but overall I give American Radical 3.5 stars rounded up to a 4.
This book follows his work on one intense case, in which he stops a terrorist who was planning an attack on a Canadian railway and on the Times Square New Year's celebration. While the plot itself was interesting enough, what I really took away from this book was a new perspective on the range and variety of Muslims.
The writing wasn't particularly impressive, and I was bothered by Tamer's often nasty language. A lot of the conversations must have come straight off surveillance recordings, because they would unexpectedly wander and just felt different from constructed dialogue. This is not literature, but overall I give American Radical 3.5 stars rounded up to a 4.