ДЖИХАД: День, когда я умер: История радикального воина, побежденного благодатью

As a small boy, Abdull was given an inside view into the strictest form of Islam in Iran. As the oldest grandson of a radical Ayatollah, he was expected to follow in his grandfather's footsteps and lead the people of Iran into a pure form of Shia Islam. From the day he was born, his family prepared him by sending him to a madrassa for religious instruction, sending him to the streets barefoot in the snow to carry water for the mourners of the Islamic prophets, and at the age of 13, Abdull began his training for jihad as a mercenary for the Islamic Iranian army. Abdull joined a secret elite Islamic unit that trained him to kill anyone, anywhere, at any time – jumping from airplanes, diving and swimming in combat waters, operating armored battle tanks, handling the most sophisticated small arms weapons, and lacing bridges and tunnels with explosives. The training of young, inexperienced men to fight in a holy jihad can be found anywhere throughout the Islamic world, but Abdull was different. Much different. When the Ayatollah of Iran declared a holy war, Abdull was hand selected to carry out several secret missions. On one of those missions, he died. He was venerated as a martyr of Islam, but then something amazing happened. Three days after Abdull's body was placed into a morgue, he came back to life. What happened next changed Abdull's view of Islam forever. His shocking transformation led him on a journey of grace, love, forgiveness and most importantly – truth. What he discovered sent the religious leaders of Iran into a fury, eventually landing him on death row in an Iranian prison. Now, the Muslims who he once fought and died for want him dead and they will stop at nothing to kill him.