Simon Cottee

Black Flags of the Caribbean (eBook, PDF)

How Trinidad Became an ISIS Hotspot

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Caribbean does not immediately come to mind when we think about ISIS - and yet, in 2017, Trinidad and Tobago ranked first place in the list of western countries with the highest rates of foreign-fighter radicalization, with over 240 nationals travelling to Syria and Iraq to join ISIS' caliphate.

Simon Cottee investigates how ISIS came to gain such an unlikely, yet significant foothold in Trinidad. Based on a three-year investigation in the country, featuring interviews the families and friends of those who left to join the jihad, Muslim activists and community leaders, imams, politicians, and intelligence agents, this book presents the social forces and communities in Trinidad that have been affected by ISIS.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780755616954
• Artikelnr.: 60802545

Autorenporträt

Dr Simon Cottee is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Kent, UK, and a contributing writer for The Atlantic. He is the author of The Apostates: When Muslims Leave Islam (2015), and ISIS and the Pornography of Violence (2019).

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: Holy War in Trinidad 1 My Son the Jihadist 2 The Jihad Goes
Local: Yasin Abu Bakr and the 1990 Coup 3 The Jihad Goes Global: ISIS and
the Trini Mujahideen 4 The Imam 5. Homeland Insecurity 6. The Lost
Generation Conclusion Index