ISLAM IN EUROPE

Between 2001 and 2010, I wrote a book and a series of articles in the media and academic journals on the roots of radical Islam in Europe. What surprised me the most is that many of the movements that have caused Europe so much trouble didn’t come into the continent through immigration, but because of a targeted policy by Islamist groups to infiltrate Europe – often with the help of western intelligence agencies, such as the CIA and West Germany’s BND. The key beachhead for this movement: the Islamic Center of Munich.

Based on original archival research in Europe and NorthAmerica, as well as oral history with many key players, most now deceased, the project challenged the view that Islamism is a recent phenomenon in Europe. Instead, I found that the roots of radical Islam went back much further, to World War II and the early Cold War –when western intelligence agencies courted groups like the Muslim Brotherhood in hopes of using it to fight communism.les in the media and academic journals on the roots of radical Islam in Europe. What surprised me the most is that many of the movements that have caused Europe so much trouble didn’t come into the continent through immigration, but because of a targeted policy by Islamist groups to infiltrate Europe – often with the help of western intelligence agencies, such as the CIA and West Germany’s BND. The key beachhead for this movement: the Islamic Center of Munich.

Through the history of the Islamic Center of Munich, we can see how radical Islam spread through the continent, setting up lobby organizations, fatwa councils and a sophisticated organizational structure. Led by the son-in-law of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, this project took on a life of its own and by the early 21st century all countries in Europe were part of the Muslim Brohterhood’s network.


   This project is now mostly completed, although I use my knowledge gained from this to look at radical Islam’s impact on places such as China.

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