A fascinating and revelatory exploration of the intricacies of Islam and the inner psyche of the Muslim world from the bestselling author of The Islamist.
Ed Husain is the author of The Islamist, a memoir of his time inside radical Islamism. Having rejected extremism, he now advises governments and political leaders on Islam. He is a senior fellow at Civitas, Institute for the Study of Civil Society in London and a global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre in Washington DC. He was a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in New York for five years and co-founded Quilliam, the world’s first counter-extremism think-tank in Britain. He has written for the New York Times, the Telegraph, the Financial Times and appeared on CNN, BBC, and others. He lives in London. @Ed_Husain
Not just timely but important too. In The House of Islam, Ed Husain
does not just set out the fundamentals of Islam as a religion but
explains how and why understanding it properly matter. This should
be compulsory reading
*Peter Frankopan, author of 'The Silk Roads'*
The House of Islam is a long awaited and desperately needed book
from one of our foremost thinkers at the nexus of civil society and
theology ... Incisive and thought-provoking
*Bruce Hoffman, author of 'Inside Terrorism'*
A powerful and impassioned polemic ... This is strong stuff. And it
is a compelling thesis from a British Muslim writer whose
relationship with Islam has evolved dramatically over time
*Sunday Times*
A nuanced study ... An account of the compassion, reason and
wonderment that Islam has exhibited for much of its history, this
book is a powerful corrective to the widespread perception,
fostered by jihadis and Islamophobes alike, that it’s a belief
system for misanthropes ... Husain has written a valuable book
*Guardian*
The House of Islam is a plea for the renewal of classical,
traditional Islam against its extreme and politicised versions …
For anyone interested in the future of Islam, both in Britain and
the Islamic world, this is an important book
*The Times*
All who glibly generalise about the no-man's-land between terrorism
and multiculturalism should read this articulate and impassioned
book
*Sunday Times*
Wonderful … Husain has been on quite a journey. A British Muslim of
Bengali heritage, he was radicalised as a student and spent five
years with militants. He eventually grew away from extremism by
rediscovering the Sufi ways of his fathers, and the book is a
beautiful homage to that tradition
*Sunday Telegraph*
Husain has a knack for explaining complicated matters in
straightforward layman’s language
*Financial Times*
Husain's account is not sensationalist, tending more to
understatement than to hyperbole ... A complete eye-opener
*The Times*
Captivating, and terrifyingly honest ... a wake-up call to
monocultural Britain, it takes you into the mind of young
fundamentalists, exposing places in which the old notion of being
British is defunct
*Observer*
Persuasive and stimulating
*Praise for 'The Islamist', Martin Amis*
Given that this is a battle that concerns us all, let us hope that
it will be won by Husain and those who share his views
*Standpoint*
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