In the neighborhood where he was born, grew up, and learned, a person called 'Abu Qatada' blew himself up amidst innocent civilians from his own community, considering them infidels who deserved death. The novel 'The Misled' takes you inside his mind: how he transformed by the hands of the extremist preacher Abdul Rahman from a kind and well-mannered young man into a hideous criminal terrorist. It is also a journey with his soul after death. He detonated himself 'in the path of jihad for Allah, seeking paradise and its houris': What happened to him after death? What occurred during the 'awakening of the graves'? And what transpired after he met the angel Gabriel at the 'gate of heaven'? Was it opened to him as his mentor Sheikh Abdul Rahman promised him? 'The Misled' is a metaphorical novel that dives into the abyss of the extremist mindset with all its distortions, ethical perversions, dark intellectual mazes, and absurd religious mysteries, where the 'fantasy' of paradise is written with the blood of its heroes and victims, and the tears of both their loved ones and themselves. 'You killed me twice, once when you killed yourself, and again when you did not kill me!' his devastated and humiliated mother cried amidst her neighbors, the residents of the small neighborhood where he blew himself up.

Publishing house: Dar Al Farabi Publishing and Distribution

Number of Pages: 304

Year of publication: 2015