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Author Weber, Joseph (Professor of journalism), author.

Title Divided loyalties : young Somali Americans and the lure of extremism / Joseph Weber
Published East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (pages cm.)
Contents Introduction -- The Seeds of Jihad -- A Land of Chaos -- The First Wave -- Blind Devotion -- A Cautionary Tale -- Don't Let the Caravan Leave You -- Why ISIS? -- A Special Case -- Peer to Peer -- A Woman's Place? -- Brotherhood -- The Caravan Beckons Again -- The Glory of the Shahid -- Breaking Down -- A Very Real Threat -- Straight Out of Hollywood -- The Backlash -- The Judge -- A Closed World? -- Taking a Hard Look -- Moving
Summary "The book is about the 2016 trial in Minneapolis of several Somali immigrant and Somali American men for trying to join ISIS. It examines the process of radicalization and the reasons why one of the young men chose to cooperate with the FBI and testify against his friends and family members"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Trials (Terrorism) -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
Somali Americans -- Minnesota -- Social conditions
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
Trials (Terrorism)
Minnesota
Minnesota -- Minneapolis
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781609176464
1609176464