The New Frontiers of Jihand: Radical Islam in Europe

Following The Terrorist Attacks On London And Madrid, Radical Islam Is Presumed To Be An Increasingly Potent Force In Europe. Yet Beneath The Media Hysteria, Very Little Is Actually Known About It. What Radical Movements Are There? How Do They Operate? What Is Driving Them? Who Are Their Recruits? What Is Their Relationship, If Any, To Al Qaeda? Alison Pargeter Has Spent Three Years Interviewing Radical Islamists Throughout Europe To Find Answers To These Questions. She Examines How Radical Ideology Travels From East To West, And How The Two Contexts Shape Each Other. She Finds That Contrary To What Some Analysts Have Claimed, The European Muslim Community Has Not Become Radicalised En Masse. What Has Happened Is That In A Globalised World, Middle Eastern Power Struggles Are Now Being Played Out In The Mosques Of Birmingham, Paris And Milan. This Is A Must-read Book For Anyone Who Wants To Know The Real Story Of The Jihad Which Has Apparently Arrived In Our Back Yard.--publisher's Description. The First Wave Of Radicals -- Europe As Islamic Melting Pot -- Recruitment For Jihad -- Islamist Opposition Groups And European Support Networks -- Europe As Battleground -- Algerian Radicalism Targets France -- The 9/11 Effect And 'globalized' Islam -- The Madrid Bombings -- The London Bombings -- Radical Converts -- The Danish Cartoon Row And The Dilemma Of The Moderates. Alison Pargeter. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 210-238) And Index. "Following the terrorist attacks on London and Madrid, radical Islam is presumed to be an increasingly potent force in Europe. Yet beneath the media hysteria, very little is actually known about it. What radical movements are there? How do they operate? What is driving them? Who are their recruits? What is their relationship, if any, to Al Qaeda? Alison Pargeter has spent three years interviewing radical Islamists throughout Europe to find answers to these questions. She examines how radical ideology travels from East to West, and how the two contexts shape each other. She finds that contrary to what some analysts have claimed, the European Muslim community has not become radicalised en masse. What has happened is that in a globalised world, Middle Eastern power struggles are now being played out in the mosques of Birmingham, Paris and Milan. This is a must-read book for anyone who wants to know the real story of the jihad which has apparently arrived in our back yard."--Bloomsbury Publishing. Following the terrorist attacks on London and Madrid, radical Islam is presumed to be an increasingly potent force in Europe. Based on the interviews with radical Islamists throughout Europe, this book examines how radical ideology travels from east to west. It is intended for those who want to know the real story of the jihad. Efter terror-angrebene i London og Madrid synes radikal islamisme at være en voksende magt i Europa. Hvilke radikale bevægelser findes der? Hvordan opererer de? Hvad driver dem? Hvem rekrutterer de? Har de nogen forbindelse til Al Qaeda? Alison Pargeter har interviewet radikale islamister over hele Europa