Men of Conviction
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Hussein was the third son of Abdul and Fatima Mansour who had come to England from Karachi, Pakistan some thirty years earlier. They were not typical penniless immigrants and with the capital that Abdul had brought with him they had soon established a sound business in textiles in the Strangeways district of Manchester. England had been kind to them but Abdul was not always kind to England. In his heart of hearts he despised the lifestyle of his English neighbours.
He regarded their sexual and social morality to be totally unacceptable.
“I had reason to drive down Deansgate the other night,” he would frequently announce at the family table.
“The way those young girls run around half-naked is a disgrace,” was his oft-repeated comment.
“They are just a bunch of prostitutes,” he would tell his wife.
He also had plenty to say about his neighbours religion and lack of observance.
“I know the Prophet always instructed us to respect the ‘peoples of the book’,” he intoned in what he considered to be his best and most cultured and educated accent. “But really, my dear,” he would say to his wife, “I would have more respect for them if they kept their own religion, but how many do?”
Finally he would make his political comments.
“They call themselves Christians-Crusaders would be nearer the mark.”
“They encourage the Jews to torture and enslave our brothers in Palestine and you can be sure that they never miss an opportunity to treat all Muslims as if we were their inferior.”
Finally, there was the rationalisation.
“However, my dear,” Abdul would comment, “thanks to the blessings of Allah and my hard work we have a good life here but it is certainly no thanks to the other inhabitants of this land.”All of their children were brought up on these comments.Hussein had done particularly well at school and at the age of eighteen had started an accountancy course at a local college. Abdul looked forward to his third and favourite son joining him in his thriving business.
He regarded their sexual and social morality to be totally unacceptable.
“I had reason to drive down Deansgate the other night,” he would frequently announce at the family table.
“The way those young girls run around half-naked is a disgrace,” was his oft-repeated comment.
“They are just a bunch of prostitutes,” he would tell his wife.
He also had plenty to say about his neighbours religion and lack of observance.
“I know the Prophet always instructed us to respect the ‘peoples of the book’,” he intoned in what he considered to be his best and most cultured and educated accent. “But really, my dear,” he would say to his wife, “I would have more respect for them if they kept their own religion, but how many do?”
Finally he would make his political comments.
“They call themselves Christians-Crusaders would be nearer the mark.”
“They encourage the Jews to torture and enslave our brothers in Palestine and you can be sure that they never miss an opportunity to treat all Muslims as if we were their inferior.”
Finally, there was the rationalisation.
“However, my dear,” Abdul would comment, “thanks to the blessings of Allah and my hard work we have a good life here but it is certainly no thanks to the other inhabitants of this land.”All of their children were brought up on these comments.Hussein had done particularly well at school and at the age of eighteen had started an accountancy course at a local college. Abdul looked forward to his third and favourite son joining him in his thriving business.
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BK-221
Author:
Lionel Ross
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ISBN:
9780956036933
Number of words (Approx):
78596
Short description
3 young men, a Muslim fanatic, a burglar and a Chassidic Jew 1 offence fraudster leave jail on same day. These are their stories over the next ten culminating when they meet again in a climatic ending
Synopsis
Lionel Ross, in his fourth novel ‘Men of Conviction’ tells the fascinating tale of three desperate and disparate young men, all in their mid-twenties, released from prison on the same day. They are Hussein, the Islamist preacher of Jihad, Wayne the burglar and Dovid the religious Jew and ‘one offence fraudster.’ Men of Conviction, is their story and that of their families, friends and associates over the ensuing ten years. Hussein, predictably, is determined to build a shadowy Jihadist organisation with the intention, through terrorism, of creating the Caliphate of Britannia under Shari’a law. He makes just one mistake and allows vengeance against a fellow Muslim to delay his plans. Wayne is determined to change his life and almost accidently finds himself the owner of a chain of Massage Parlours. There he becomes an unwilling drug dealer to supply some of the girls in his employ. By his previous standards, being the owner of these establishments on the very edge of the law transforms him, into a wealthy and respectable businessman! Dovid, on the other hand, reconciled with his wealthy Grandfather, accepts his generous aid, and with his partner (another Muslim) becomes a successful property developer. The action takes place in such contrasting locations as 21st century Manchester, Istanbul, Afghanistan, Belfast and a mysterious breakaway Islamic republic. The plot ensures the airing of the issue of co-operation between Islamist and Irish terrorists when Hussein group needs the help of an Irish group in the execution of one of their plans. All of the characters are easily recognised as typical members of today’s British multi-cultural society with its undercurrents of religious and political extremism. Having been together in jail, the three main characters only meet again as the cataclysmic ending approaches, although, unwittingly, their paths had almost crossed on a number of occasions during the thrilling tale. The story then ends in an amazing climax.
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