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Cover story: ‘My brother the bomber’ by Shiv Malik | Prospect Magazine

19 July 2007 5 views No Comment

Cover story: ‘My brother the bomber’ by Shiv Malik | Prospect Magazine June 2007 issue 135

Recently this article appeared in the Dutch daily NRC. It is presented as a a detailed account of the life and motivations of Mohammad Sidique Khan, the ringleader of the 7/7 bombings in London 2005.

What turned Mohammad Sidique Khan, a softly spoken youth worker, into the mastermind of 7/7? I spent months in a Leeds suburb getting to know Khan’s brother. A complex and disturbing story of the bomber’s radicalisation emerged

An interesting article, you can discuss it here but of course also here at the Prospect Magazine’s blog.  I suggest you read also Yahya Birt’s insightfull  comments on the article here.

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