The Road to Al-Qaeda: The Story of Bin Laden's Right-Hand Man (Critical Studies on Islam) »

Montasser al-Zayyat joined the Islamic movement in Egypt in 1974. He was arrested in the Jihad Case following the assassination of former President Anwar al-Sadat in 1982. After the trial, his activities as an Islamist shifted to defending Islamists in Egyptian courts. He adopted and promoted the peaceful approach to effecting change in Egypt, through reconciliation between Islamists and the Egyptian authorities.Ahmed Fekry (the original translator) is a journalist on the Middle East Times and a graduate student at the American University in Cairo (AUC).

Controversial biography of Al-Qaeda mastermind Ayman al-Zawahiri that details divisions within militant Islam.