The story of a young man's rise in an extremist Muslim group, his imprisonment in Egypt, and his rebirth as an advocate for peace and understanding

Preface to the US Edition --

Foreword /

Kate Allen --

Prologue --

Part 1.

B-Boy --

1.

Memories of the Ghost Train --

2.

This Game's Not for Pakis --

3.

Doctor Who Said "Fuck tha Police" --

4.

Stranger Stabbed for Me --

5.

Green Backpack with No Bomb --

6.

When Babri Mosque Fell in India --

7.

A Land Where Fetuses Are Cut from Wombs --

Part 2.

Islamist --

8.

An Islamist Takeover --

9.

12,000 Muslims Screaming "Khilafah" --

10.

Servant of the Compeller --

11.

Womb That Bore Me --

12.

A Show of Hands to Harden the Heart --

13.

Romanticism of Struggle --

14.

Dreams of a Nuclear Caliphate --

15.

Caliphs in Copenhagen --

16.

Polemic --

17.

Welcome to Egypt: We Do As We Please --

18.

Ghimamah Has No Rules --

19.

Number Forty-Two --

20.

Assalaamu Alaykum, You've Just Come out of Hell --

21.

Luxury of an Audience --

22.

Penguin Is Hit by Slippers --

23.

"Monocracy" --

Part 3.

Radical --

24.

Where the Heart Leads, the Mind Can Follow --

25.

No Right to Silence --

26.

How Many Years Did You Fail? --

27.

Civil-Democratic Intimidation --

28.

Decade-Late Apology --

29.

Monkeys in a Zoo --

30.

Visiting No. 10 --

31.

Khudi Pakistan --

32.

I Will See Your Day When It Comes -- Postscript -- Epilogue: Ideas Are Bulletproof (2013) --

Glossary of Arabic Terms --

Resources --

Acknowledgments