Tea Party Twelver and The Muslim Brothers - Tapa blanda

John Sharp is an angry white Iraq War veteran, returning home to find to his dismay that a black man, Barack Hussein Obama, is elected president. Unable to find work, isolated, and watching his suburban white St. Louis neighborhood turning black, John turns to The Tea Party Twelvers for the solutions to America's problems. Idris and Jihad are two African-American Muslim brothers, family men, who supplement their livelihoods by committing robberies, justifying them as acts of jihad. Muhammad Khan is a Rohingya Muslim from Burma. Facing unending persecution in his home country, he escaped with his family to find asylum in America, starting over in a grimy urban St. Louis neighborhood. The paths of these men cross with tumultuous, life changing consequences.

Guided from the streets of St. Louis and a working-class Southern Baptist home to Islam as a teenager. Work has been mentioned in the New York Times, Washington Post and other publications. Featured on the Voice of America, Saudi Channel Two, and other media outlets. Recipient of a Brass Crescent Award for best blog series and former RFT Blog of the Week. Political correspondent for OnIslam.net. Writing has appeared in numerous publications including the Muslim Link, the Muslim Observer, the Islamic Post, MQ Magazine, Fightnews.com, Islamonline.net, and others. Sunni Muslim, father, stranger in this dunya, caller to the deen, product of grassroots urban Islam, student of Sheikh Abdul-Rahman al-Basir, Sheikh Ali Al-Timimi and Imam Anwar Al-Awlaki. He wrote this book while driving a cab in St. Louis.