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Examines how the erosion of traditional British identity and the appeasement of radical Islamic groups has encouraged the growth of Islamic extremism in Great Britain and made London a hub for terrorist recruitment and activity in Europe.
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This is a paperbound reprint of a 2006 book, with a new afterword by the author.The London subway bombings were only the outward manifestation of a much more widespread problem in contemporary Britain of Muslim minorities refusing to "accept the terms on which minorities must relate to the majority culture in a liberal democracy," warns Phillips (a columnist for the UK's Daily Mail). She argues that this environment is rife for the growth of Islamic radicalism and what's worse, in her eyes, is that fear of being branded racist has blinded British authorities (particularly the liberals) to the magnitude of the threat while British abandonment of Judeo-Christian values has left a moral vacuum into which Islamism is rushing. Additionally, she charges, the antiwar movement and the inroads it has made into mainstream opinion helps fuel Muslim anger in Britain with "daily invective against Jews, Israelis, and evil Americans." Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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