I picked up this odd looking little book at an airport bookshop amongst all the airport rubbish, and it's a gem. It's what it says it is - the memoir of the son of a terrorist - and it makes for chilling but instructive reading.
The messages come out loud and clear:
1. Terrorists area fringe group - this particular one happens to be attached to a religion, but they can be anyone;
2.Young people can be influenced by purveyors of hate - although they needn't be;
3. It's a bastard being a son of a terrorist - but there's a choice.
This is the story of that choice - the writer becomes a pacifist warning others against taking the road his father went down. That poor boy ended up a good man.
Published on December 09, 2014 16:11