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Format:

Book

Author:

Johnson, Ian, 1962 July 27-

Title:

A mosque in Munich : Nazis, the CIA, and the Muslim Brotherhood in the West / Ian Johnson.

Publisher, Date:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.

Description:

xvi, 318 pages ; 24 cm

Summary:

Investigates the origins of Islam's presence in the western world, describing the defection of ex-Soviet Muslims to Germany during World War II and building a mosque in Munich with links to leaders and intelligence agencies.

Subjects:

Mende, Gerhard von, 1904-1963

Jamʻīyat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Egypt) -- History -- 20th century.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century.

Islam and politics -- Germany -- Munich -- History -- 20th century.

Mosques -- Germany -- Munich -- History -- 20th century.

Islamic fundamentalism -- Germany -- Munich -- History -- 20th century.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Muslim.

Ex-Nazis -- Germany -- Munich -- History -- 20th century.

Cold War.

Anti-communist movements -- Germany -- Munich -- History -- 20th century.

Other Title:

Nazis, the CIA, and the Muslim Brotherhood in the West

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-297) and index.

Contents:

On the edge of town -- Hot wars. The Eastern front ; The Turkologist ; The Nazi prototype -- Cold wars. Reviving the Ostministerium ; The key to the Third World ; Learning their lesson ; "A politically smart act" : the mosque is conceived ; Dr. Ramadan arrives ; Marriage of convenience ; The novelist's tale ; Winning the mosque ; Losing control -- Modern wars. The Brotherhood triumphant ; Beyond Munich ; Defining the debate ; 1950s redux -- Inside the mosque.

LCCN:

2009035285

ISBN:

9780151014187

0151014183

Other Number:

435967559

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Current Holds:

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Control Number:

265670

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Call Number:

297.30943 Johnson