Terrorist Glossary

by John Updike

Terrorist Glossary

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minbar

the pulpit in a mosque

imam

the person who leads prayers in a mosque

verily

certainly, known-to-be, truly

zanj

refers to the inhabitants of a portion of the Swahili coast - from this term came the word Zanzibar - but Ahmad uses it on p. 51 to observe the congregation as something other than who he is

for-horsake

forsake, as stylized in a song

jackknifes

a verb used to depict the motion of someone jumping out of bed

chicken-coop society

a term used by Charlie to refer to the entrapment of Westerners stuck in a world of materialism and distraction

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