Friday, March 28, 2008

The Islamist by Ed Husain

I finished reading the Islamist by Ed Husain over the Easter holidays. Ed Husain was born in Britain to a Muslim Bangladeshi family. At the age of sixteen, much to the horror of his parents, he became an Islamic fundamentalist. Five years later, having witnessed the horrors and hypocrisies of political Islam at first hand, he rejected fundamentalist Islam.

His book, the Islamist, is a captivating explanation of why young British Muslims become extremists and how the British politicians and college administrators are party to this disturbing trend.

If it was down to me, I would make his book as part of the school curriculum text books.

8 comments:

Harry Barnes said...

This includes my own review of Ed Husain's important book -
http://threescoreyearsandten.blogspot.com/2007/08/political-islamism-v-spiritual-islam.html

Winston said...

Islam stands for Intimidation, Suppression, Lameness, Anger and Mental Illness

Barmakid said...

Ed Husain can lick my taint.

Why do insist on preoccupying yourself with such parochial literature?

cheers,
barmakid

Sohrab said...

LOL Lameness!

Bahramerad said...

Barmakid
We will ignore your kind — you Islam / araablovers can kill each other till your king mehdi appears.
See 9 year Lebanese internal war-Arab killing Arab - see Araq - even to day — now arabs killing arabs — look around you - I hope that they come after you too!

Winston said...

Sohrab, Islam is really Lame. Isn't it?

Sohrab said...

Winston, of course it is! If I was Muslim, I would have to abdicate most of favorite past times--a sacrifice I am not willing to impose on myself!

Sohrab said...

Winston, of course it is! If I was Muslim, I would have to abdicate most of favorite past times--a sacrifice I am not willing to impose on myself!