Gina Nahai on Fundamentalism in Iran and Appalachia

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Writer Gina Nahai grew up in Iran under the Shah and watched the growing strength of Islamic fundamentalism. Her latest novel, “Sunday Silence” is set in Tennessee, among a community of Appalachian Holy Rollers.  Nahai tells Jim Fleming what the two groups of fundamentalists have in common.