Pretty interesting book with obscure yet consequential assessment and history on a controversial topic today: Religious Extremism in the Lives of Contemporary Muslims
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ia902506.us.archive.org&#x2F;17&#x2F;items&#x2F;ReligiousExtremism&#x2F;Religious%20Extremism.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ia902506.us.archive.org&#x2F;17&#x2F;items&#x2F;ReligiousExtremism&#x2F;...</a> 
(<i></i>* written and translated well before September 11).<p>Another valuable read: What Is Islam? <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;d1.islamhouse.com&#x2F;data&#x2F;en&#x2F;ih_books&#x2F;single&#x2F;en_What_Islam.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;d1.islamhouse.com&#x2F;data&#x2F;en&#x2F;ih_books&#x2F;single&#x2F;en_What_Isl...</a>
Both made it less nebulous to me of what is otherwise a largely irreconcilably contradictory narrative (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;nypost.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;22&#x2F;missing-paris-attacker-loved-gay-bars-and-playstation&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;nypost.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;22&#x2F;missing-paris-attacker-loved-ga...</a>).<p>Bad Samaritans, Ha-Joon Chang : a neat illuminating read on economic development matters that are not typically articulated in discussions of relevance and dominance.