The Muslim Problem: A convincing and cogent analysis of Islamic identity

Human rights activist Tawseef Khan’s new book is an examination of the challenges Muslims face in an often deeply hostile world

Muslims praying at Mecca in Saudi Arabia: Islam and its adherents face many prejudices in the modern world. Picture: Getty

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The Muslim Problem: Why We’re Wrong About Islam and Why It Matters

By Tawseef Khan

Atlantic Books, €17.55

‘Close your eyes and imagine a terrorist. What do you see? A dark-skinned, ‘Muslim-looking’ man? Of course you do. We’ve been conditioned to think like this, to subscribe to the western archetype of what a terrorist is supposed to look like.”

In this meticulously researched and thought-provoking book, Manchester solicitor and human rights activist Tawseef Khan ...