Terror in the Cradle of Liberty: How Boston Became a Center for Islamic Extremism

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In April of 2002, a mosque in Cambridge, MA run by the Islamic Society of Boston (ISB) posted an appeal on its website: “Chechen refugee family needs temporary place to live until they complete their permanent refugee status in the US. Husband has good business knowledge, auto-mechanic experience and construction.” Contrary to the Islamic Society of Boston’s claims, taken entirely at face value by most media, that the Tsarnaev brothers only briefly and occasionally attended its Cambridge mosque over the year or so before they bombed the Boston Marathon, the Tsarnaevs were already involved with the ISB in April of 2002 – the month that they arrived in the United States. The family, which was not religious when it arrived in America, began regularly praying at the ISB mosque and turned increasingly fundamentalist. This fits an alarming pattern: Since 9/11, fourteen leaders and members of the ISB have either been imprisoned, killed by law enforcement, or declared fugitives for their involvement in Islamic terrorism. The stories of the Tsarnaev brothers have been told in countless places. The story of the mosque that they attended during their increasing radicalization – and the organization that runs it – has not been told in any meaningful way yet. Terror in the Cradle of Liberty documents the rise of Islamist networks within New England’s historically-moderate and century-old Muslim community since the 1960s. It contains a detailed and personal account of the efforts by Massachusetts activists since 2002 to expose and counter the influence of Islamist networks in New England – even as Jewish, political, and law enforcement leaders in the Bay State have decided to embrace these networks as interfaith and community allies. Introduction PART ONE DISCOVERY CHAPTER 1 Many Surprises CHAPTER 2 Help Bill CHAPTER 3 The Silence of the Lambs CHAPTER 4 The ISB Strikes Back CHAPTER 5 The Forty-One Boxes CHAPTER 6 Lawfare and its Perils CHAPTER 7 “They’re Here” PART TWO CONNECTING THE DOTS CHAPTER 8 The Investigation Begins CHAPTER 9 The Muslim Brotherhood Comes to Boston CHAPTER 10 Boston Joins the Global Jihad CHAPTER 11 Foreign Conflicts on Boston Turf CHAPTER 12 The Infiltration of Boston’s African American Muslim Community CHAPTER 13 Overreach and Under Attack CHAPTER 14 Did Top Mass. Cop Maura Healey Facilitate Terrorist Financing and Money Laundering? CHAPTER 15 Battle for the Soul of a Mosque CHAPTER 16 The Triumph of the Radicals PART THREE THE DIRTY DOZEN CHAPTER 17 Make Martyrdom What You Seek CHAPTER 18 The Boston Cult of Lady al-Qaeda CHAPTER 19 The Seventy-Five Rabbis CHAPTER 20 I’m on the Train! CHAPTER 21 They Plant a Bomb in the Heart CHAPTER 22 Bombs Will Be Planted in the Street CHAPTER 23 Fool Me Twice and Three Times CHAPTER 24 Dream Come True CHAPTER 25 Violent and Non-Violent Extremists CHAPTER 26 Trump Derangement in Boston Coda Acknowledgments Index