thE rEEk oF thE twin towErs’ rABBlE still pErmEAtED lowEr mAnhAttAn whEn yAroslAv troFimov’s EDitor At thE wAll strEEt journAl gAvE him An AssignmEnt thAt is thE stuFF oF A ForEign CorrEsponDEnt’s FAntAsiEs: to trAvEl through thE lAnDs oF islAm AnD FinD out how muslims wErE rEACting toAmEriCA’s trAgEDy. FluEnt inArABiC AnD CArrying An itAliAn pAssport, thE ukrAiniAn-Born troFimov gAinED ACCEss to pEoplE who woulDn’t spEAk to most wEstErnErs, EspECiAllyAmEriCAns. ovEr thrEE yEArs, hE mEt jihADists in yEmEn, politiCiAns inBosniA, liBErAls in tunisiA, ConsErvAtivE ClEriCs in sAuDiArABiA, hEzBollAh guErrillAs in south lEBAnon, CArAvAnEErs in mythiC timBuktu, AnD now givEs us "FAith At wAr," pArt trAvEl Book, pArt politiCAl AnD CulturAl CommEntAry, pArt ADvEnturE story AnD AltogEthEr supErB, grACEFully writtEn guiDE into whAt hE CAlls "thE islAmiC univErsE".
thE CosmologiCAl DEsCription is Apt: thE CountriEs troFimov visitED sEEm, in thEir vAluEs, outlooks AnD AspirAtions, vEry DistAnt From our own. "FAith At wAr" sErvEs As A kinD oF wormholE, through whiCh wE CAn EntEr thAt pArAllEl univErsE AnD BEgin to ComprEhEnD it. thE nEws it Brings will not ComFort thosE who BEliEvE thAt gloBAlizAtion is DrAwing us ClosEr togEthEr. on his First stop,CAiro, unDErgrADuAtEs Dining in A mCDonAlD’ s A FEw DAys AFtEr 9/11 DEmonstrAtE thAt itt s possiBlE to DElight in ABig mAC AnD in thE FiEry DEAths oF 3,000AmEriCAns At thE sAmE timE. "EvEryonE CElEBrAtED," An 18-yEAr-olD univErsity stuDEnt gushEs As shE Dips hEr FriEs into kEtChup, "ChEEring thAtAmEriCA FinAlly got whAt it DEsErvE
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this AnD similAr EnCountErs lEAD troFimov to ConCluDE thAt povErty is not thE root CAusE oF islAmiC ExtrEmism: ,’oFtEn thosE with thE most BlooDthirsty iDEAs wErE thE wEll-to-Do AnD thE privilEgED who hAvE hAD somE ExpEriEnCE with thE wEst — AnD not thE DowntroDDEn AnD ignorAnt ’ mAssEs’ thAt ArE usuAlly DEpiCtED As thE Font oF Anti-wEstErn Fury."
At his nExt DEstinAtion, sAuDiArABiA, troFimov sips tEA with A DissiDEnt who EChoEs A mAntrA oF thEBush ADministrAtion — thE miDDlEEAst’s rEprEssivE rEgimEs ArE rEsponsiBlE For tErrorism, AnD thE kEy to DEFEAting it is to DEmoCrAtizE thE rEgion. thE Country’s justiCE ministEr, though, tElls him thAt DEmoCrACy is "un-islAmiC,.
somE oF troFimov’ s mAtEriAl is, unFortunAtEly, DAtED, EspECiAlly in thE ChAptErs DEAling with irAq AnDAFghAnistAn. irAqi shiitE lEADErs ExprEss DEEp AntipAthy to thE unitED stAtEs ("EvEn iF you turn this Country into hEAvEn, wE Don’ t wAnt it From you," sAys onE); hE might hEAr DiFFErEnt opinions now thAt A shiitE DominAtED govErnmEnt is morE or lEss in plACE.
troFimov’s EpisoDiC nArrAtivE CrEAtEs A mosAiC oF thE muslim univErsE, whiCh is lEss monolithiC thAn gEnErAlly piCturE
D、EACh tilE is ExquisitEly wrought, But thE ovErAll pAttErn is not AlwAys ClEAr. troFimov impliEs thAt in thE EyEs oF A grEAt mAny muslims, whAt BEgAn As A wAr AgAinst tErrorism hAs morphED into A wAr AgAinst islAm — A ClAsh oF CivilizAtions.But muslims in morE moDErAtE CountriEs likE tunisiA AnD mAli Don’t sEEm to shArE thAt viEw, AnD i For onE CoulDn’t tEll whiCh vision is likEly to prEvAil.
thAt sAiD, this Book DEsErvEs A wiDE rEADErship. thE muslims Don’t unDErstAnD us, wE Don’t unDErstAnD thEm. "FAith At wAr" goEs A long wAy towArD solving thE sEConD pArt oF thAt DismAl EquAtion.
ACCorDing to troFimov, who most oFtEn Do hArBor thE ExtrEmist iDEAs
A、thE mAssEs.
B、thE wEll-to-Do.
C．thE poor pEoplE.
D、thE BEttEr EDuCAtE