Lorenzo Vidino is director of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University. He is the author of The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West (Columbia, 2010).

Lorenzo Vidino is a distinguished scholar of the Muslim Brotherhood. In The Closed Circle, he provides the invaluable service of letting those who have left the movement speak for themselves. What they say should enlighten and alarm anyone who thinks the Brotherhood is moderate, a firewall against extremism, or genuinely committed to democratic pluralism. Policy makers need to read it—and then read it again.

• Preface and Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations1. What Is the Muslim Brotherhood in the West?2. Joining and Leaving the Brotherhood3. Kamal Helbawy4. Ahmed Akkari5. Pierre Durrani6. Mohamed Louizi7. Omero Marongiu8. Pernilla Ouis9. The American Brothers10. Joining and Leaving: What the Evidence Suggests11. The Western Brotherhood’s Future: From the Arab Spring and BeyondNotesBibliographyIndex

Lorenzo Vidino is director of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University. He is the author of The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West (Columbia, 2010).

Lorenzo Vidino is a distinguished scholar of the Muslim Brotherhood. In The Closed Circle, he provides the invaluable service of letting those who have left the movement speak for themselves. What they say should enlighten and alarm anyone who thinks the Brotherhood is moderate, a firewall against extremism, or genuinely committed to democratic pluralism. Policy makers need to read it—and then read it again.

• Preface and Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations1. What Is the Muslim Brotherhood in the West?2. Joining and Leaving the Brotherhood3. Kamal Helbawy4. Ahmed Akkari5. Pierre Durrani6. Mohamed Louizi7. Omero Marongiu8. Pernilla Ouis9. The American Brothers10. Joining and Leaving: What the Evidence Suggests11. The Western Brotherhood’s Future: From the Arab Spring and BeyondNotesBibliographyIndex