British Muslims And The Call To Global Jihad (2007) By Kylie Baxter
 
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 lightning rod for the debates surrounding Islamism in the West. Bakri's departure and subsequent exclusion by the UK Home Office is a 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.
 
Soft Cover
116 Pages
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