The Hollow Kingdom
ISIS and the Cult of Jihad
Edna Fernandes
Speaking Tiger
254 pages; Rs 499
As the Islamic State lies in ruins and scholars and policy-makers are speculating on what lies next for trans-national jihad, this book is a timely warning against complacency. Edna Fernandes points out that increasing Islamophobia, with its attendant “politics of rage”, facilitates the allure of extremism. As she thoughtfully asserts: “Trump and ISIS are two sides of the same political coin.”
She gets several things right. She recognises that the “sense of political and economic impotence” among young people at the bottom of society
