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Yusuf Sarwar

Yusuf Sarwar and Mohammed Ahmed ordered "The Koran For Dummies" from Amazon before leaving the UK to fight in the war in Syria.

No, buying ‘The Koran for Dummies’ doesn’t mean you’ll get Islam right

Global Politics

Yusuf Sarwar and Mohammed Ahmed, two young Britons who traveled to Syria last year to fight with Islamist groups, made sure to grab some books before they left. One was “The Koran for Dummies,” and its author says the purchase reveals a lot about the disconnect between Islam and violence.