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BookBrowse Reviews Allah's Torch: A portrait of a religion under change, which can be as thoughtful and as insightful as it is sometimes irreverent.

Allah's Torch
A Report from Behind the Scenes in Asia's War on Terror
by Tracy Dahlby
Paperback, Dec 2005,
327 pages.
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From the book jacket: Long before September 11, 2001, terrorism's global elite was already zeroing in on Indonesia -- the world's most populous Islamic nation, where dense jungles and intricate, unpatrolled coastlines conceal almost endless hiding places. Tracy Dahlby takes us into this dangerous terrain, both before and after 9/11, interweaving the divergent perspectives of Koran-thumping preachers, hardened holy warriors, military commandos, and embattled Muslim moderates, in a first-rate reporting adventure that sheds new light on the epidemic chaos now threatening our international community.

By turns harrowing, thought-provoking, and humorous, Allah's Torch charts a ...
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Tracy Dahlby is a former managing editor of Newsweek International and an expert in the affairs of Asia, where he lived for thirteen years, serving as Tokyo bureau chief for the Washington Post and Newsweek. He is also a regular contributor to National Geographic magazine.  

According to Dahlby: In 2000, 75% of Indonesians surveyed in a major poll expressed positive feelings toward the US. Three years later, the figure stood at 15%.  The causes for this extraordinary swing are believed to be: perceived...
This review was originally published in February 2005, and has been updated for the December 2005 paperback release. Click here to go to this issue.
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