A mosque in Munich
Subtitle: Nazis, the CIA, and the Muslim brotherhood in the West
By: Ian Johnson.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780151014187
Subjects: Mende, Gerhard von, -- 1904-; 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
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: On the edge of town; title: Hot wars; title: The Eastern front; title: The Turkologist; title: The Nazi prototype; title: Cold wars; title: Reviving the Ostministerium; title: The key to the Third World; title: Learning their lesson; title: The mosque is conceived; title: Dr. Ramadan arrives; title: Marriage of convenience; title: The novelist's tale; title: Winning the mosque; title: Losing control; title: Modern wars; title: The brotherhood triumphant; title: Beyond Munich; title: Defining the debate; title: 1950s redux; title: Epilogue: Inside the mosque.