The Islamist by Ed Husain
When I was sixteen I became an Islamic fundamentalist. Five years later, after much emotional turmoil, I rejected fundamentalist teachings and returned to normal life and my family. This book tells the story of British Islamic fundamentalism, told by a former radical.
Ed Husain was an Islamist radical for five years in his late teens and early twenties. Having rejected extremism he travelled widely in the Middle East and worked for the British Council in Syria and Saudi Arabia. Husain received wide and various acclaim for The Islamist, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for political writing and the PEN/Ackerley Prize for literary autobiography, amongst others. He is a co-founder of the Quillium Foundation, Britain's first Muslim counter extremism think tank. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141030432 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141030437 |
| Title | The Islamist |
| Author | Ed Husain |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2007-05-03 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Orwell Prize 2008 (UK) |
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