Closed Circle - Joining and Leaving the Muslim Brotherhood in the West

The Closed Circle offers an unprecedented inside view into how one of the world's most influential Islamist groups operates. Lorenzo Vidino marshals unique interviews with prominent former members and associates of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West, shedding light on why and how people join and leave the organization.

List of contents

Preface and Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. What Is the Muslim Brotherhood in the West?
2. Joining and Leaving the Brotherhood
3. Kamal Helbawy
4. Ahmed Akkari
5. Pierre Durrani
6. Mohamed Louizi
7. Omero Marongiu
8. Pernilla Ouis
9. The American Brothers
10. Joining and Leaving: What the Evidence Suggests
11. The Western Brotherhood’s Future: From the Arab Spring and Beyond
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Lorenzo Vidino is director of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University. He is the author of The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West (Columbia, 2010).

Summary

The Closed Circle offers an unprecedented inside view into how one of the world’s most influential Islamist groups operates. Lorenzo Vidino marshals unique interviews with prominent former members and associates of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West, shedding light on why and how people join and leave the organization.

Additional text

Offers a new analytical framework for conceptualizing the reasons why people have chosen to join and leave the largest Islamist movement in the West...Recommended.

Product details

• Authors: Lorenzo Vidino, Vidino Lorenzo
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780231193672
• ISBN: 978-0-231-19367-2
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Islam, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), RELIGION / Islam / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Radicalism, Political activism, Freemasonry & secret societies, Secret societies, Religious and theocratic ideologies, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict, Religious & theocratic ideologies, Political activism / Political engagement