Revealing ‘The Architecture of Jihad’

“I do not write in hypotheticals,” writes Aynaz Anni Cyrus. “My standards are documentary and forensic: names, filings, public statements, organizational ties, court records, financial flows, and observable outcomes.” And it’s true. In her important new book, “The Architecture of Jihad: Inside the Ideology, Law, and Global Strategy Driving Islam’s Multi-Front Expansion,” Cyrus sets out in clear and precise terms, along with abundant documentation, the many methods modern-day Islamic jihadis are...