Londonistan - Softcover

Phillips, Melanie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906142300 ISBN 13: 9781906142308

Publisher: Gibson Square Books Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

The suicide bombings carried out in London in 2005 by British Muslims revealed an enormous fifth column of Islamist terrorists and their sympathizers. Under the noses of British intelligence, London has become the European hub for the promotion, recruitment and financing of Islamic terror and extremism - so much so that it has been mockingly dubbed Londonistan. In this ground-breaking book Melanie Phillips pieces together the story of how Londonistan developed as a result of the collapse of traditional English identity and accommodation of a particularly virulent form of multiculturalism. Londonistan has become a country within the country and not only threatens Britain but its special relationship with the U.S. as well.

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From the Publisher:

In this groundbreaking study, Melanie Phillips shows how Britain’s imperial policy of "benign neglect" towards radical Islamist groups in the 1980s and 1990s came close to malign complicity in the activities of some of the most determined terrorist organizations ever to emerge in Europe.

—Amir Taheri, author of Holy Terror and other books

"In contrast to the overwhelming majority of her British compatriots, who prefer to avert their eyes from the radical Islamic horror growing in their midst, Melanie Phillips has compiled a unique record that fearlessly, brilliantly and wittily exposes this problem. Londonistan builds on and goes beyond her prior work by showing the role of what she calls the British ‘spiral of decadence’ in permitting Islamist ideas and demands to ride roughshod over the UK’s traditional ways. Phillips rightly warns Americans of the acute dangers for them, too, from Britain’s being a source of Richard Reid–like terrorists to the ending of the two countries’ special relationship."

—Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum and author of Militant Islam Reaches America

"Londonistan is one of the most compelling books you will ever read on the ascendancy of Islamic fundamentalism, violence and intimidation in the West. Melanie Phillips exposes the scandalous appeasement of militant Islam by British officials, the media, even the Church of England, capturing in extraordinary detail how British society and institutions have either ignored or actively fostered the growth of extremist groups on British soil. This book will both enlighten and enrage. Although its story is focused on the United Kingdom, it could be applied to any European capital or to the United States."

—Steven Emerson, executive director of the Investigative Project on Terrorism and author of American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us

About the Author:

Melanie Phillips was awarded the George Orwell Prize for journalism for her controversial column which has appeared in the Observer and Sunday Times; now appearing in the Daily Mail, since December 2001. Her previous books include The Ascent of Woman. She is a panel member on Radio Four's The Moral Maze.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gibson Square Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1906142300
• ISBN 13: 9781906142308
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352