Londonistan: How Britain is Creating a Terror State Within
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Londonistan: How Britain is Creating a Terror State Within
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| Author(s) | Melanie Phillips |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Islamic terrorism Politics |
| Publisher | Encounter books |
| Publication date | 2006 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 212 |
| ISBN | ISBN 1-59403-144-4 |
| OCLC Number | 64595883 |
| Dewey Decimal | 363.3250941 22 |
| LC Classification | HV6433.G7 P55 2006 |
Londonistan: How Britain is Creating a Terror State Within is a 2006 best-selling[1] book by British journalist Melanie Phillips about the spread of Islamism in the United Kingdom over the past twenty years. The book is published in London by Encounter books.
Describing the book in The American Conservative magazine, writer Theodore Dalrymple wrote "the British journalist Melanie Phillips documents not only the establishment and growth of Muslim extremist groups in London but the administrative incompetence and cultural weakness that permitted it to happen. Some pusillanimity that she records would be funny if it were not so deeply disturbing."[2]
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Overview
The book encompasses a critique of multiculturalism, alleged weak policing, cultural relativism, and what Phillips calls a 'victim culture'. She argues that these forces combined to create an ideal breeding ground for Islamic terrorists. She points to the centrality of London based individuals and groups to many terror plots around the world, which she argues were enabled by a semi-formal "covenant of security" between Islamists and the British authorities. Zacharias Moussaoui and shoebomber Richard Reid are two of many such examples she points to in the book.[citation needed]
Critical reception
Writing for the Canadian magazine Maclean's, Mark Steyn described it as an "indispensable" read. Steyn continued "Melanie Phillips makes a point that applies to Britain, Canada and beyond."[3] Asia Times also described the book as "indispensable".[4]
"Londonistan is a last-minute warning for Britain and for much of the free world...the book is powerful and frightening, but also courageous." Nathan Sharansky[5] "In this groundbreaking study, Melanie Phillips shows how Britain’s imperial policy of “benign neglect” towards radical Islamist groups in the 1980s and 1990s came close to malign complicity in the activities of some of the most determined terrorist organizations ever to emerge in Europe." Amir Taheri[5]
Writing for The Daily Telegraph, historian and writer Michael Burleigh decided that the book could not be more "timely" and praised her "sensible suggestions".[6]
David Smith writing for The Observer compared her to "a crazed boxer" who"comes out swinging wildly and some of her punches land. ... But her shrill, hectoring tone does her no favours."[7]
The historian William Dalrymple was critical of the book, describing it as written by someone who shows "no evidence of having spent any time in Muslim company, or of having set foot within the Muslim world".[8]
See also
References
- ^ The Times Christmas choice: politics The Times. 7 December 2007
- ^ Theodore Dalrymple (12 February 2007). "Speak the Queen's Urdu". The American Conservative. http://www.amconmag.com/pdfissue.html?id=AmConservative-2007Feb12&page=29. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
- ^ The Islamoschmoozing has gone into full gear. What's the harm? This is how nations die Macleans. 13 June 2006
- ^ This time the crocodile won't wait (book review) Asia Times. 23 May 2006
- ^ a b Londonistan Melanie Phillips
- ^ Why we now grow our own terrorists The Daily Telegraph. 19 July 2006
- ^ Enemy within (book review) The Observer. 22 April 2007
- ^ Books of the year, Prospect, January 2007, accessed 26 December 2006
External links
- "Losing the plot", Book review by Brendan O'Neill, New Statesman, June 12, 2006
- "Londonistan", Book review by Fahad Zafar, DAWN, August 9, 2009
- Interview at Madrid11.net
- Interview at The Guardian
- Video of Phillips discussing the book at the Heritage Foundation
- Library Reverses Rejection of ‘Potentially Incendiary' Book NY Sun article
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