Written for defense, intelligence and law enforcement professionals, True Believers: A Symbolic Anthropological Study of Islamist Culture provides a comprehensive overview of the symbols, rituals, beliefs, customs, and unfamiliar practices of Islamist culture. Ritualistic crime expert Dawn Perlmutter reveals a heretofore unidentified Islamist Symbolic Code--a shame-based tribal honor code that incites and justifies murder, mutilation, and acts of terrorism. The Islamist Symbolic Code is a syncretic tradition that is a combination of tribal honor code, Sharia Law, and Islamic...