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were broken, ami the Emir and hie household were held captive in France for fours veers before they were finally released.
The Kw*ir and hie family went first to Turkey, and then eventually settled in Damascus. It was here, perhaps. that el-Kader earned his enduring reputation.
Sparked by an incident involving unpaid taxes. Turkish officials spurred a virtual pogrom, against Christians and foreigners. BSl-Kader gave refog* to the Christians. When an angry crowd demanded he bend
the teachings of Islam. Some credit el-Kader with saving more than 10,000 people from the rampaging mobs.
The book is a good view from a Western perspective into the mind ut a Muslim leader and a more accurate meaning of Jihad.
“Commander* is thoroughly researched - Kiser took six. years to write it spending two to three months each year in many of the locations the story takes place — with a wellpaced narrative, giving the reader a real flavor of a culture we really haven't spent a lot of time trying to understand tt is also a reflection of the prejudice, bigotry and ignorance that often drives foreign policy even the foreign policy of this country in our own time.
Kiser says his books have, “a contrarian flavor* portraying subjects such as
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