| British Muslims and the Call to Global Jihad Contributor(s): Baxter, Kylie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1876924551 ISBN-13: 9781876924553 Publisher: Monash Asia Institute
Binding Type: Paperback Published: November 2007 Annotation: Since the events of September 11, 2001 in the United States, Western Muslim communities have been placed under a social and political microscope. Omar Bakri Muhammad and his organization al-Muhajiroun, based in London from the mid-1990s until 2004, endorsed militant jihad and generated a very public profile as the voice of 'Islamism' in the United Kingdom. Al-Muhajiroun's tenure in the United Kingdom spanned a crucial decade in international relations and the organization acted as a lightening rod for the debates surrounding Islamism in the West. Drawing on interviews with Bakri, British Muslims and the Call to Global Jihad explores the ways in which al-Muhajiroun attempted, and ultimately failed, to 'walk the line' between Islamism and life in a Western state. Click for more in this series: Islam and Muslim Affairs |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Terrorism |
| Dewey: 320.557 |
| LCCN: 2008396037 |
| Series: Islam and Muslim Affairs |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.7" W x 8" L (0.35 lbs) 130 pages |
| Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Table of Contents |
| Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2008 pg. 25 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Between the mid-1990s and 2004, Omar Bakri Muhammad and his organisation al-Muhajiroun courted the British tabloids and generated a very public profile as the voice of 'Islamism' in the United Kingdom. The collision of confrontational Islamist rhetoric and the media ensured a public presence disproportionate to this marginal organisation's place within the British Muslim community. British Muslims and the Call to Global Jihad explores the lifespan of al-Muhajiroun and charts the organisation's perspectives on the 'war on terror', Muslims in the West and the role of the United States. Al-Muhajiroun's tenure in the United Kingdom spanned a crucial decade in international relations and the organisation acted as a lightening rod for the debates surrounding Islamism in the West. Bakri's departure and subsequent exclusion by the UK Home Office is testament to the changes in the British approach. Drawing on interviews with Bakri, British Muslims and the Call to Global Jihad explores the ways in which al-Muhajiroun attempted, and ultimately, failed to 'walk the line' between Islamism and life in a Western state. |
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