John Updike, Terrorist

Laurence Mazzeno (Alvernia College)

Ed. by Sofia Ahlberg, Uppsala University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

First circulation or publication 2006

Places

United States (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novel

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Terrorist

is a 2006 novel that explores the gradual radicalization of Ahmad Ashmawy Mulloy, an Arab-American teen living in the fictional town of New Prospect, New Jersey, near the state’s border with New York City. The novel explores Ahmad’s commitment to a brand of Islam preached by his imam, Shaikh Rashid, who coaches him to follow strictly the precepts of the Qur’an and to despise the materialism and godlessness of contemporary American society. Gradually indoctrinated in the merits of violent jihad, Ahmad agrees to carry out a terrorist attack on New York’s Lincoln Tunnel, only to be diverted at the last moment by his realization that Islam is a religion that also respects and celebrates life.

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Citation: Mazzeno, Laurence. "Terrorist". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 15 April 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=25906, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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