Commander of the Faithful: The Life and Times of Emir Abd el-Kader

"A dramatic story . . . any number of episodes could inspire novels . . . impossible to read without thinking of more current events."—The New York Times

"A valuable and timely reminder . . . of that rare figure: a bridge between East and West."—Times Literary Supplement

This well-researched and compelling biography of the Muslim warrior-saint who led the Algerian resistance to French colonization in the mid-nineteenth century sheds light on current US involvement with a global Islam. The mos...