Rock and Roll Jihad: A Muslim Rock Star's Revolution for Peace by Ahmad, Salman - 2010-04-15

HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON IN THE UK,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2010* Publisher: Free Press.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, metallic red title to spine. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to upper & lower edges. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing Salman with his guitar, black and white titles to spine and face. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of $24.99. Absolutely minimal, shelf wear to head & tail of spine. Now in clear protective wrapper. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, minimal age to top & fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: One block of 8pp. b/w photos.* Pages: 226 pp. text. v pp., discography, acknowledgements, author?s notes & blank pages at rear.* Description: Rock & Roll Jihad: A Muslim Rock Star's Revolution tells the remarkable tale of Salman Ahmad, a Pakistani doctor who became the first Muslim rock star, facing down angry mullahs and the ghosts of September 11th in his quest to unite the Western world and Islam through the universal language of music. Salman's tale provides insight into the political and religious history of Pakistan, which has recently dominated the news as political instability threatens to tear apart an Islamic nation armed with nuclear weapons and teeming with Al-Qaeda sympathizers. But, more importantly, it provides a glimpse into the life of a unique man who personally serves as a bridge of civilizations at a time when many fear that Islam and the West are doomed to clash eternally. And it serves to show how music and art can be a powerful force to end cultural conflicts and bring humanity together.* A FINE text copy of the 1st/1st fnl. with some minimal age and wear in a FINE protected dust jacket.*