Welcome

Welcome to my website and I hope you take a look at my latest book, The Hollow Kingdom: ISIS and the Cult of Jihad. The first reviews are in:

National Herald “The author brilliantly narrates the rise, the fall, the survival and psychology of the jihadists…The book scores over major available literatures on ISIS as it stresses the personal accounts of jihadists. The psychological readings of the people who became the agents of this ‘Hollow Kingdom’ tell a chilling story of how the minds of these people have been lost to ideological blindness.”

Millennium Post: “Astute, insightful, meaningful…anybody seeking an understanding of how the terror group works can be enlightened by this well-researched piece of excellence. The book is an easy read with mammoth details.”

Business Standard: “A timely warning against complacency. Edna Fernandes points out that increasing Islamophobia, with its attendant “politics of rage”, facilitates the allure of extremism…As she thoughtfully asserts: ‘Trump and ISIS are two sides of the same political coin’.”

But the threat from religious extremism is not a modern day phenomenon, nor is it something that afflicts Islam alone. My first book Holy Warriors explores the issue within Hinduism, Sikhism, Christianity and Islam. Finally, The Last Jews of Kerala explores how tensions within a single religious diaspora community can lead to self-destruction. What is it like to be the last of your kind after two thousand years of history?

I’d like to hear from you so get in touch.
Edna