Unveiled Threat

A Personal Experience of Fundamentalist Islam and the Roots of Terrorism

By: Janet M. Tavakoli

Narrated by: Diane Piron-Gelman

Clash of Civilizations

In 1978, Janet Tavakoli, a Christian of European heritage, born and raised in the United States, moved to Iran with her husband. Iran had a large class divide. The insecure Shah had grand ambitions. He headed a brutal dictatorship.

Islamic religious leaders fomented discontent.

Some Iranians were still outraged about the role of the United States in the overthrow of democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in the 1950's.

Smoldering embers were about to inflame an Islamic revolution.

The following year Tavakoli fled Iran and began her career as a globally renowned financial derivatives expert. In 1993, she was in the World Trade Center complex when terrorists detonated a bomb in the parking garage of the North Tower.

In September 2014, His Excellency Iyad bin Amin Madani, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), addressed the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Tavakoli asked why criminals from different countries and cultures band together in the name of Islam. Why do the highest levels of Islamic clergy authorize murder?

He dodged the question.

Unveiled Threat is her answer based on her personal experiences and study of the roots of terrorism.

©2014 Janet M. Tavakoli (P)2015 Janet M. Tavakoli

Clear, Concise & Fearlessly Informative

A narrative warning of the personal experiences of the author and her collection of similar victimization by adherants to an ideology of evil, torture, terror and enslavement, which stands ready and willing to attack all unwitting or uninformed among us, worldwide. A sad testament of global inaction, insensitivity to suffering, and a growing moral depravity.
I thank her for her courage, and effectively righteous clarity.

An interesting read about Islam

This book is a very interesiting read if you want to know more about Islam and how a large part of the muslim population thinks.

You will learn quite a bit about the Iranian revolution and a bit of other hot topics in the Middle-East.

And the book is short; so there is no excuse for anyone in need of an introduction to the muslim world and way of life

Not as advertised

Would you try another book from Janet M. Tavakoli and/or Diane Piron-Gelman?

No. The description of the book says, "heart-rending memoir". I was expecting personal experiences and instead got a recent history lesson.

Would you ever listen to anything by Janet M. Tavakoli again?

No. I found the depth of material to be superficial.

Would you be willing to try another one of Diane Piron-Gelman’s performances?

Maybe

Any additional comments?

I bought this book to fill time between credits and thought it would be interesting but I was disappointed.