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by Ed Husain (Author) "It is a mark of self-confidence: the English have not spent a great deal of time defining themselves because they haven't needed to ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin (3 May 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141030437
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141030432
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (71 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,179 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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a"The Islamist" is a wake-up call for Britain.a
--"The Guardian"
aAll who glibly generalise about the no-manas-land between terrorism and multi-culturalism should read this articulate and impassioned book.a
--"The Times"
a"The Islamist" should be prescribed like medicine. Whatever your prejudices, it will eat into them like acid.a
--"Daily Telegraph"
a"The Islamist" could not be more timely.a
--"Observer"
a"The Islamist" is first and foremost a riveting personal narrative, but it also carries a powerfula]message.a
--"Literary Review"
aEd Husain deserves enormous credita]It is an extraordinarily well written memoir.a
--"Mail on Sunday"
aUniquea] A call to ordinary Muslims to reclaim their faitha
--"Asian Leader"
aCourageous memoira
--"Evening Standard"
aEd Husain is the man we were all looking for after the 7/7 bombingsa]Not to help police with their investigationsa]but to help a stunned nation understand.a
--"Weekend Australian"
aHusain has written a persuasive and stimulating booka
--Martin Amis


Simon Jenkins, Sunday Times

All who glibly generalise about the no-man's-land between terrorism and multiculturalism should read this articulate and impassioned book.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Pandora's box, 23 Jan 2008
By A. Cook (York, UK) - See all my reviews
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I couldn't stop thinking about this book when I had read it. I thank Ed Husain for being brave enough to write it. A difficult and compelling read, it scared the heck out of me, but I think everyone should read it - it will open your eyes.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Story, 5 Jan 2008
By J. Williamson (Australia) - See all my reviews
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My sister from London sent this book to me and I have to say the title of the book " The Islamist" put me off reading it for a while. When I did start reading the story of Ed, I was intrigued as to how his the story would end.
I consider myself a tolerant person and become alarmed at how the name of "Islam" was creating such a bunch of angry young people in Britain. What did concern me is that this story could be set in Australia as well. This book however did open my mind, crushing the Myth that all Muslims are extreme in their views. The book at times became a little long winded, but I perservered and was well rewarded to see that I can now look at Mulsims in a new spritual light, not as extreme as portayed in todays media.
I will be passing this book onto all my friends.
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74 of 84 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Damning Indictment From a True Believer, 26 Jun 2007
By M. Barrett (UK) - See all my reviews
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The author is probably the most religiously sincere man I have ever come across, and his current faith is revealed by the end of the book in a way which managed to impress even me, a life-long atheist with a very cynical view of all religion.

It is Husain's journey to this point that provides the narrative, and in his calm and transparent prose the author has managed to pen the most terrifying story I have ever read.

Here was an ordinary British Muslim with a loving and supportive family who started life a poster-boy for integration as a colour and faith-blind student at a multi-ethnic primary school. Without personal tragedy or disaster, without any poor experiences at the hands of the "Establishment", this happy schoolboy found himself recruiting "soldiers of Islam" to destroy his country, and toppled on the brink of taking that route himself.

So complete was his indoctrination that even years after his epiphany he found himself experiencing a uniquely Islamic doublethink when it came to the traditions and institutions of his country.

What terrifies about this book is the sheer ordinariness of Hussain's experience. Through no great genius or inspiration on the part of those who recruited him to the Islamist cause he found himself turning his back on family and nation, burning with a hatred for everyone outside his own small clique.

Husain was bright enough to see the cracks in Islamism - the lack of genuine Koranic scholarship, the transmutation of religion into politics, the racism at the heart of Saudi Arabia, and the exploitation of ignorance and disillusionment among young men. It is clear from his experience that most are not so well equipped.

This book provides an explanation not only for recent events in the UK but also across the wider world. A must-read for anyone with an interest in the future.
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