By turns disturbing and funny, My Friend the Fanatic fulfills a deep hunger for knowledge about a fascinating land in a time of profound change. fluid, funny, and required reading for anyone interested in the future of Islam. - Suketu Mehta, author of Maximum City: Mumbai Lost and Found Guides the reader deftly through the whirlpool these [radical Islamist] currents have created Islam's future as a religion of peace and tolerance, or of hatred, violence and supremacy may well hinge upon Indonesia's destiny.