The True Face of Jehadis
AMIR MIR
A look into the shadowy world of Islamic terrorism in Pakistan after 9/11 by the country's leading investigative journalist, also highlighting the quandary of the Pakistani state as it attempts to rein in its former foot soldiers.
Hardback | 140 x 216mm (5.5 x 8.5") | 310 pp
ISBN 8174364307
Rs.395.00
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In this disturbing and insightful book, Amir Mir has pieced together a fascinating mosaic of information about jehadi personalities in Pakistan. In the process, he exposes the continuing connection between the Pakistani military establishment, particularly the ISI, and the different militant groups operating from that country. The True Face of Jehadis makes it clear that the root of the problem is the Pakistani leadership’s ambivalence vis-à-vis the jehadis and its failure to stop using extremism and jehadi violence as instruments of state policy.
About the author
Amir Mir, former editor of the Weekly Independent, is among Pakistan’s foremost investigative journalists. His writings on militant Islamic groups, and their links with the country’s military and intelligence establishment have repeatedly drawn the ire of the Musharraf government in Pakistan. Amir Mir did his Masters in political science from the University of Punjab, Lahore. He began his career in 1988 with the Frontier Post, and has since written for many newspapers and magazines in Pakistan as well as abroad, including The News, The Nation, The Friday Times, Monthly Herald, Newsline, Gulf News, Arab News, Outlook, Tehelka and the Asia Intelligence Service. He is currently affiliated with Newsline and the Spanish News Agency, EFE, and is also the bureau chief of Gulf News in Lahore.
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