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Summary: Truth is always stranger than fiction
Comment: Truth is indeed stranger than fiction. Such is the easy style of the book and the capture of its content, it is a page turner like any ranked fiction novel. At best the British intelligence services could be excused for thinking this ranting cleric was a deluded, mostly harmless agitator. At worst, cynics would believe they looked the other way and gave sanctuary to a host of Islamists, foreign and domestic, in the mistaken belief they would never bite the hand that fed them. Following 7/7 it is undoubtedly with no satisfaction that the multitude of overseas intelligence bureaux who were better informed and better resourced would be wondering why their concerns had fallen on deaf ears for so long. Perhaps the most interesting and regrettable subject matter is the anxieties expressed by the Muslim community themselves and the intimidation they too received from Abu Hamza and his acolytes. Having read the book I would not dimish the threat that is posed, however it is apparent that this Islamic contingent is in no way representative of the Muslim community.
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Summary: GET THIS BOOK
Comment: Don't be deceived people. Get this book so you'll know the true intent of SOME of those who follow their own version of islam. Also get The Convention written by Travis. A few nasty reviews on it, but after you read it, I think you'll be able to figure out where those came from.
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Summary: The False Religion of Hate
Comment: Abu Hamza, like so many hundreds of other Islamic teachers of hate, was able to use religion to advance their warped sense of Islam. This happens not only in the United Kingdom but worldwide. Governments must not allow this to happen or such monsters will ruin not only the lives of those interested in Islam but also the innocent victims whom they lust to torture and kill.
Harry Hayes
www.int-review.org
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Summary: PC Plod vs. Global Jihad
Comment: This book is a wonderful although depressing antidote to those that wish to believe that the UK Government knows what it is doing in the fight against Global Jihad.
In essence, this is the story so far, of Abu Hamza (of the hooked hands) and his establishment of a terrorist base right in the middle of north London at the Finsbury Park Mosque. It tells how he got into the UK through deception and how he used British rights and the welfare state to facilitate and fund his enterprise. The book demonstrates how the British authorities knew what Hamza was doing but were hamstrung by a learnt `respect' for Islam and a belief that Hamza was just another crazy foreigner (like Marx) who had no plans for disruptive activities in the UK. They had no concept of the notion of local action as part of global Jihad. Indeed, it was only well after the attacks of 9/11 that the Americans, frustrated with the UK Government inactivity, requested that Hamza be extradited to stand trial in the US. Astonishingly it was in Hamzas defence that the UK authorities began their own prosecution as a means of preventing his trial in the US!
Naturally, Scotland Yard made sure it used only shoeless Moslem police officers to raid the Finsbury Park Mosque.
The joy of this book is less in the overall story, which is quite well known, than in the detailed depiction of the UK authorities utter incompetence in dealing with the obvious threat. It is a very good read and it is very well and clearly written. Is it great literature? I'm not sure, but it certainly is great journalism.
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Summary: A great read
Comment: This is a superbly written book by two Times newspaper journalists who have clearly researched their chosen topic.
The story tells of Abu Hamza's arrival to Britain as a young Egyptian fascinated (and fully indulgent in) by the hedonistic lifestyle of the West, and his journey to becoming like a mafia don in his ruling of the Finsbury Park mosque using violence and crime to fund his 'jihad'.
The book discusses how the media lapped up Hamza as a 'baddie' without realising just how instrumental this man was in organising terrorism and brainwashing young men to fight in Kashmir, Chechnya, and Algeria.
The story also reveals lapses of part of Britain's security services, and also leads to worries as to many other Muslim clerics are raising money and helping to facilitate terror abroad and in this country.
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