The New Frontiers of Jihad: Radical Islam in Europe. By Alison Pargeter. London/New York: I.B. Tauris, 2008. Pp. xi + 244. Hbk. ISBN 978-1-84511-391-9. £18.99. $34.95.

Alison Pargeter has succeeded in writing a long-awaited study on political Islam in Europe. She traces the political awakening of young people from Muslim background in Europe, and clearly shows how this was embedded inside the various political debates in the Middle East. Far from being a separate phenomenon, the ideas and debates inspiring the new activi…