Radical Islam Rising: Muslim Extremism in the West

Wiktorowicz, Quintan

ISBN 10: 0742536416 / ISBN 13: 9780742536418

Published by Rowman & Littlefield, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Radical Islam Rising: Muslim Extremism in the West
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742536416
• ISBN 13: 9780742536418
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

This unique 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 extraordinary fieldwork forms the basis of a detailed case study of alMuhajiroun, a transnational movement based in London that supports Bin Laden and other Islamic terrorists. Through its rich empirical detail, the case study explains the larger question of why ordinary people join extremist movements.

About the Author

Quintan Wiktorowicz, a well-known expert on Islamic movements, has taught at Dartmouth College, Rhodes College, and Shippensburg University. He has conducted research on both moderate and radical Islamic movements in Jordan, Egypt, Algeria, and Europe. He is the author of The Management of Islamic Activism: Salafis, the Muslim Brotherhood, and State Power in Jordan, Global Jihad: Understanding September 11 and the editor of Islamic Activism: A Social Movement Theory Approach.