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One of Publishers Weekly's Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 A New York Times Book Review Editors'' Choice

The riveting true story of America's first homegrown Muslim terror attack, the 1977 Hanafi siege of Washington, DC.

On March 9, 1977, Washington, DC, came under attack. Seven men stormed the headquarters of B'nai B'rith International, quickly taking control of the venerable Jewish organization's building and holding more than a hundred employees hostage inside. A little over an hour later, three more men entered the Islamic Center of Washington, the country's biggest and most important mosque, and took hostages there. Two others subsequently penetrated the municipal government's District Building, a few hundred yards from the White House. When the gunmen there opened fire, a reporter was killed, and city councilor Marion Barry, later to become the mayor of Washington, DC, was shot in the chest. The deadly standoff brought downtown Washingt

American Caliph

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      Publisher St Martin's Press
      Published 21 November 2023
      ISBN-13 9781250872630
      978-1250872630
      ISBN-10 1250872634
      Also in:
      Terrorism, armed struggle Islam

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      One of Publishers Weekly's Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 A New York Times Book Review Editors'' Choice

      The riveting true story of America's first homegrown Muslim terror attack, the 1977 Hanafi siege of Washington, DC.

      On March 9, 1977, Washington, DC, came under attack. Seven men stormed the headquarters of B'nai B'rith International, quickly taking control of the venerable Jewish organization's building and holding more than a hundred employees hostage inside. A little over an hour later, three more men entered the Islamic Center of Washington, the country's biggest and most important mosque, and took hostages there. Two others subsequently penetrated the municipal government's District Building, a few hundred yards from the White House. When the gunmen there opened fire, a reporter was killed, and city councilor Marion Barry, later to become the mayor of Washington, DC, was shot in the chest. The deadly standoff brought downtown Washingt

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