The State We Are In: Identity, Terror, and the Law of Jihad - Softcover

Yahya Birt is the editor of the Muslim World Book Review. Aftab Ahmad Malik is a research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Culure at the University of Birmingham and editor of With God on Our Side: Politics and Theology of the War on Terrorism. Hamza Yusuf Hanson founded the Zaytuna Institute and Academy, which presents a classical picture of Islam in the West and is dedicated to the revival of traditional study methods and the sciences of Islam. David Dakake is a specialist in comparative religion and Islamic philosophy. He teaches in the religious studies department at George Mason University–Fairfax. Dr. Tahir Abbas is the editor of Muslim Britain: Communities Under Pressure and is a senior lecturer in sociology at the University of Birmingham.

"An indispensable point of entry for policy makers, academics and the general reader." —Philip Lewis, lecturer, Bradford University


"It is imperative to hear sensible Muslim voices." —Tariq Modood, author, Multicultural Politics: Racism, Ethnicity and Muslims in Britain


"This is a serious and thoughtful collection of essays by Muslim scholars and writers. It deserves to be widely read." —David Hayes, www.openDemocracy.net


"This thought-provoking collection of writings identifies...the complex reality and rhetoric of Islamic political radicalism in Britain today." —Humayun Ansari, author, The Infidel Within: The History of Muslims in Britain, 1800 to the Present


"An impassioned plea for the reassertion of mainstream values of traditional Islam . . . in the context of British multiculturalism and democracy." Ron Geaves, author, Aspects of Islam

"A must read for anyone who wants to understand the struggle within Islam and the British Muslim community . . . the right book at the right time."  John L. Esposito, professor of religion and international affairs and founding director, the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University

"Malik and other contributors skillfully deconstruct the philosophy of some modern Islamic fundamentalists and extremists . . . this book should be welcomed by students and scholars, politicians and theologians, Muslims and non-Muslims."  Eileen Eppig, SSND, PhD, associate professor of religious studies, Catholic University of America

"To Muslims, the book offers an opportunity to be circumspect of the theological inconsistencies that embarrass Islam and Muslims. To all others, the book intelligently offers a flavor of what Islam does stand for."  Ali Adnan Ibrahim, adjunct professor and Fulbright Scholar, Georgetown University Law Center