The Enemy Within

Islamophobia is the Ku Klux Klan hatred of our time. This book is an antidote to the hypocrisy around Islam that has become such a poison in our public life. Warsi holds everyone - the state, the press, our Muslim communities - to the same standards of integrity and self-reflection. It throws down a gauntlet for all of us: to read it, understand it, and argue with it, with as much good faith as the author’s – Clive Stafford Smith, Director of Reprieve and author of ‘Bad Men’ and ‘Injustice’
Forthright and intelligent … By tackling the “Muslim problem” head on, Lady Warsi has added to her accomplishments the feat of speaking truth to power … It is as enjoyable to read about her devout, enlightened mother as about the pivotal points in her political career … Thrilling and satisfying – Leila Aboulela * Guardian *
The Enemy Within is such a comprehensive analysis it should be on the school syllabus as seminal … It is only through the likes of Sayeeda Warsi that the UK stands any chance of establishing the social cohesion it needs with its Muslim population – Sir Alan Duncan
Eloquent … Calm and clever reflection – Andrew Marr
Uniquely insightful – Tim Shipman * Sunday Times *
A unique perspective on British multiculturalism – Afua Hirsch * Guardian *
The Enemy Within is vital reading for decision-makers in Whitehall and Fleet Street. It shows that we need more of the quality that terrorists signally lack: empathy with those different from ourselves – Sameer Rahim * Telegraph *
A hard headed, well-informed and intellectually coherent analysis of policy towards British Islam. Much of what Baroness Warsi reveals is deeply shocking. Again and again it turns conventional wisdom on its head. It deserves to promote a public debate on this subject which has been needed for more than 20 years – Peter Oborne
Timely and thoughtful – Jenni Russell * Sunday Times *
[Warsi is] a trailblazer … [She] writes with conviction * Spectator *

A lawyer, businesswoman and racial justice campaigner, Sayeeda Warsi is Britain’s first Muslim Cabinet minister. Appointed a life peer at the age of thirty-six, she served as Chairman of the Conservative Party, in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and as Minister for Faith and Communities. In the summer of 2014 she resigned from government, citing its ‘morally indefensible’ policy on Gaza.

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