This book picks aparts the predjudices and simplifications used in popular culture, media, etc. and gets to the heart of how individual Muslims are reacting to (not necessarily against) globalization and westernization. I can't put it down, and it is an extremely helpful introduction to the politics of Islam in the Middle East, Western Europe, and the United States (and even a bit of East and South Asia).

This is a quite interesting, but somewhat difficult to read, book on the movement of Islamic people away from the traditional countries to live in the West. Obviously they bring their religion with them, yet at the same time they live in the west and generally have adopted Western ways.

Intermixed with this is discussion on the more radical elements of Muslim people. He especially talks a lot about Ben Ladin and other armed groups such as Palestinians, Chechens, the Balkans and others. He appears to view them as only the radical fringe.

When he talks about Christians, he generalizes, ignoring the radical fundamental fringe in the United States that blows up abortion clinics; and the conflict in Northern Ireland. This may well be due to his being French and living in Europe.

The points he makes are sometimes difficult to understand, but that may well be because of the language. I'd hate to have someone review a book I'd written in French.