We Love Death as You Love Life
Britain's Suburban Mujahedeen

This is the first comprehensive look at home-grown jihadist violence in the UK. It offers insight into what motivates British Muslims drawn to jihadist ideas.

Starting with the arrival of immigrant communities to the UK and the establishment of diaspora communities with strong ethnic connections to the Middle East and South Asia, to the arrival of jihadist warriors fresh from the anti-Soviet war Afghanistan, this book looks at the history that came before Mohammed Siddique Khan and places his action within its larger context. Based on research conducted while the author was working as an academic in London, this book offers the first comprehensive history of jihadist ideas and violence in the United Kingdom.