Talking up terrorism

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Islamic extremists and their websites
By James Brandon. Civitas. 96 pages. £8.00
ISBN 978-1-90338-668-2

Many groups, including churches, seek to make themselves known and promote their views by way of internet websites.

Islamic extremists in Britain increasingly see the internet as one of their most potent weapons in both communicating with their supporters and winning new converts to their cause. This book is an investigation into some of these websites. It shows that, though the British government has responded by criminalising ‘the glorification of terror’ in the 2006 Terrorism Act, nevertheless these websites still encourage violent jihad and the overthrow of Western democracy.