The Islamist The Islamist

The Islamist

Why I Became an Islamic Fundamentalist, What I Saw Inside, and Why I Left

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Publisher Description

The true story of one man's journey to Islamic fundamentalism and back

Raised in a devout but quiet Muslim community in London, at sixteen Ed Husain was presented with an intriguing political interpretation of Islam known as fundamentalism. Lured by these ideas, he committed his life to them. Five years later, he rejected extremism and tried to return to a normal life. But soon he realized that Islamic fundamentalists pose a threat that most people-Muslim and non- Muslim alike-simply don't understand.

Based on first-hand experiences and written with pervasive clarity, The Islamist delivers a rare inside glimpse of the devious methods used to recruit new members, and offers profound insight into the appeal fundamentalism has for young Muslims in the Western world.

GENRE
Nonfiction
RELEASED
2009
April 28
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
SIZE
748.2
KB

Customer Reviews

Berliner ,

Enlightened and enlightening, a well-written spiritual autobiography with broad implications

Takes you inside the world of London religious extremism and makes you understand how it can appeal to sensitive, intelligent people like the author. The environment he describes is alarming (not just in London but in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere), but the author also manages to provide hope that the spiritual form of Islam he now champions can become the most potent antidote to political Islam.

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