{"product_id":"why-do-they-hate-us-making-peace-with-the-muslim-world-9780998683867","title":"Why Do They Hate Us?: Making Peace with the Muslim World","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Steve Slocum\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Top Reads Publishing, LLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Top Reads Publishing, LLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ecumenism \u0026amp; Interfaith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIPBA BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AWARDS SILVER MEDALIST \u003cbr\u003e A BOOKLIST AND KIRKUS BEST BOOK OF 2019\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Well-researched, cogently argued... avoids clichés and deeply examines the complex relationship between Islam and the West.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Booklist, \u003c\/i\u003e starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e White supremacist racism has many faces. A foreign policy that focuses on \"American interests\" and exploits foreign resources is one of those faces. Nowhere has this become more evident than in the Middle East. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Decades of covert intervention by the CIA in the Middle East came home to roost when Al Qaeda operatives hijacked American airliners and flew them into the World Trade Center towers on 9\/11, horrifically killing 3000. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With Americans still in shock, George W. Bush asked, \"Why do they hate us?\" His bizarre answer, \"They hate our freedoms,\" squandered an opportunity for national introspection. Instead, he unleashed the power of a $330 billion \"defense\" budget on the villages of Afghanistan and subsequently on Baghdad. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the years after 9\/11, Islamophobia became a mainstay in American society and in American political rhetoric. It was the unfettered hate speech toward Muslims that opened the door for closeted racists to come out into the open with hate speech toward all nonwhite groups. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eWhy Do They Hate Us?\u003c\/i\u003e, author Steve Slocum brings to light Islam's origins as a social justice movement and paints a beautiful portrait of Islam's peaceful mainstream. \u003ci\u003eWhy Do They Hate Us?\u003c\/i\u003e is sprinkled with stories from the lives of everyday Muslims and anecdotes from Slocum's five years living in Kazakhstan, allowing the reader to catch a glimpse of the true soul of Islam. You'll never look at Muslims in the same way again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In an era of rampant Islamophobia, Slocum's book is essential reading.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e --Todd H. Green, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fear of Islam: An Introduction to Islamophobia in the West\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Effectively countering pernicious, misinformed narratives, this is an essential contribution to interfaith studies.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Top Reads Publishing, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45088411910295,"sku":"9780998683867","price":858.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780998683867.webp?v=1767641685","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/why-do-they-hate-us-making-peace-with-the-muslim-world-9780998683867","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}