From Radical Islamist to Leftist Academic

april 24, 2003  02:42 pm
From Radical Islamist to Leftist Academic
Mohammad al-Madani was born into wealth in Saudi Arabia, where he became immersed at an early age in the extreme Islamist teachings of the Wahhabi sect. But al-Madani didn't end up a jihadi, or even a Muslim. Instead he became a popular college professor, teaching a radical leftist critique of American imperialism at a small community college in Seattle. Sandeep Kaushik traces al-Madani's odyssey and the lessons it holds.