Publisher's Synopsis
"Elham Manea's The Perils of Nonviolent Islamism describes the ways in which the nonviolent forms of Islamist fundamentalism in European democracies lay the groundwork for Islamist terrorism. The book shows how Islamist groups exploit the openness of democracies and multiculturalist attitudes in order to create closed Islamist communities. These groups are transforming Islam in the West into a unified fundamentalist religion that promotes attitudes that lead to violence"--.