Radical Islam Rising
Subtitle: Muslim Extremism in the West
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.; Rowman & Littlefield
Published: August 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780742536401
Subjects: Islamic studies; Religious groups; Social Science; Middle East - General; Islam; Religion - World Religions; Social History; Sociology; Middle East; Muslims; History & Theory - Radical Thought; Islam - Rituals & Practice; Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism; Religion / Islam / Rituals & Practice; Anthropology - Cultural; Great Britain; Islamic fundamentalism
Description: "This book represents one of the first systematic attempts to explain why thousands of Westerners heed international calls to "jihad" and join radical Islamic groups. Drawing on his unprecedented access to a radical Islamic group, Quintan Wiktorowicz details the subtle process that can turn seemingly unreligious people into supporters of religious violence. The author's fieldwork forms the basis of a detailed case study of al-Muhajiroun, a transnational movement based in London that supports bin Laden and other Islamic terrorists. Through its empirical detail, the case study explains the larger question of why ordinary people join extremist movements."--Cover.