{"product_id":"lost-to-the-world-a-memoir-of-faith-family-and-five-years-in-terrorist-captivity-paperback","title":"Lost to the World: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Five Years in Terrorist Captivity - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShahbaz Taseer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShahbaz Taseer's memoir of his five-year-long captivity at the hands of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn late August 2011, Shahbaz Taseer was dragged from his car at gunpoint and kidnapped by members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), a Talibanaffiliated Uzbek terrorist group. Taseer's father, the governor of Punjab, Pakistan, had recently been assassinated for speaking in support of a Christian woman who had been accused of blasphemy and sentenced to death. Though Taseer himself wasn't involved in politics, he was still a public figure who represented a more tolerant, internationally connected Pakistan that the IMU condemned. What followed his kidnapping was nearly five years of torture and constant peril as Taseer was held captive by the IMU in the ungoverned reaches of Pakistan and Afghanistan, his fate subject to the unpredictable whims and machinations of terrorists. \u003ci\u003eLost to the World\u003c\/i\u003e is his memoir of that time--a story of extraordinary sorrow but also of empathy and faith. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile deeply harrowing, this tale is also about resilience. Taseer countered his\u003cbr\u003ecaptors' narrative of a holy war by immersing himself in the Quran in search of hope\u003cbr\u003eand a means to see his own humanity under even the most inhumane conditions, and\u003cbr\u003eultimately to find a way back to his family.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShahbaz Taseer\u003c\/b\u003e is a Pakistani businessman and the son of the late governor of Punjab, Pakistan. Taseer was held in captivity for almost five years and was recovered from Kuchlak, Balochistan, on March 8, 2016. His kidnapping was referred to by\u003ci\u003e The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the highest-profile kidnappings in Pakistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.25 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52748068225357,"sku":"9781250872234","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/38AXfN2VKf9781250872234.webp?v=1762894523","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/lost-to-the-world-a-memoir-of-faith-family-and-five-years-in-terrorist-captivity-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}