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"While often the subject of heated debates, the Muslim Brotherhood in the West remains a mysterious entity. Scholars, security officials, journalists and policymakers disagree on virtually every aspect of the issue, starting with the most basic questions: what the Brotherhood in the West is, who belongs to it, how one joins it, how it operates, how it finances itself--and, in some cases, on whether it even exists. In this book, Lorenzo Vidino uses the stories of individuals who joined and later left Western outfits of the Muslim Brotherhood in order to understanding the inner workings of this group and the tactics it uses to recruit and retain members. The Muslim Brotherhood may be only one of many extremist organizations trying to gain a foothold in the West, but Vidino's unprecedented access and understanding of the group's everyday activities and motivations gives him an opportunity to explore the underlying mechanisms found in all sorts of terrorist organizations"--

Islam and politics --- Islamic fundamentalism --- Muslims --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Radicalism. --- Mohammedans --- Moors (People) --- Moslems --- Muhammadans --- Musalmans --- Mussalmans --- Mussulmans --- Mussulmen --- Religious adherents --- Islam --- Fundamentalism, Islamic --- Islamism --- Religious fundamentalism --- Politics and Islam --- Political science --- Political aspects --- Ikhwān al-Muslimūn --- Jamʻīyat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn --- Jamāʻat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn --- MB --- Muslim Brotherhood --- Society of the Muslim Brothers --- Muslim Brothers, Society of the --- إخوان المسلمون --- جمعية الإخوان المسلمين --- جماعة الإخوان المسلمين --- Muslims - Western countries - Interviews. --- Islamic fundamentalism - Western countries. --- Islam and politics - Western countries.