Soon as my eyes caught this title in the bookshop; yes I immediately stopped and took this book from the bookshelves. I stopped as I thought there must be a reason why this book has been named like this and started going over the pages. And I was right in stopping simply to read the sentence in the book, “There is no substitute for reading”.
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What do the names Andres Breivik, Abu Qatada and Robert Bales mean to the person on the streets of London today? The response will vary from those from the minority communities to those who form the majority. Breivik has undergone two psychological investigations post his well planned and executed massacre of 69 mainly teenagers’ on the Oslo island of Utoya last year as well as bombing that left 8 people dead. His 1800 page manifesto posted on the internet before the massacre seeks glory ‘ on the world stage’ to high light his warped notion of ethnic cleansing through extermination of minorities from Austria and Europe and his primary target are people of Islamic faith.
Semra Eren-Nijhar 