British Muslims and the Call to Global Jihad (Islam & Muslim Affairs)

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"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 lightening rod for the debates surrounding Islamism in the West. Bakri's departure and subsequent exclusion by the UK Home Office is to statement 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."--BOOK JACKET.