Al-Britannia, My Country

This is an impressively sustained attempt to listen to what British Muslims are actually saying, honest, fair-minded and not uncritical. For once we are allowed to see Islamic life in Britain in its human diversity, its three-dimensional reality. A seriously necessary book.

Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury

Fergusson sees through the curse of terrorism to reveal Muslims who – much like the rest of us – are kind, funny, confused, fearful, angry and proud to be British. His conclusion is heartening: that living better together is not only desirable, but well within our grasp.

David Anderson QC

A highly readable and common sense dismantling of the conventional view of British Islam. His gentle, unassuming tone makes his analysis all the more powerful. His message is urgent… a hugely important book.

Peter Oborne

A timely book that deals with some complex and sensitive issues. Fergusson allows individuals on all sides of the argument to put their case.

Baroness Warsi

A fascinating journey across the diversity of Al-Britannia. Fergusson's fresh approach yields powerful and honest insights. A must read.

Miqdaad Versi, Muslim Council of Britain

A compelling and compassionate survey of British Islam.

The Guardian

Compelling and relevant... vivid, nuanced reporting.

Jenny McCartney, Mail on Sunday

Judicious and insightful...timely in a great many ways. Strong and brave. A fascinating book... it allows [Britain’s Muslims] to speak for themselves.

Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday

A triumph of detail... Al-Britannia doesn't fail in its mission to ask hard questions of all concerned parties.

Irish News

Fergusson is a delicate, warm, lucid writer with true curiosity and humility. With his porous sensibility [in Al-Britannia] he journeys through the UK to demystify and detoxify British Islam and Muslims. The book is a vital rejoinder to the growing pile of panic books about the "Muslim threat"... and is most moving when Fergusson writes as he fasts for the month of Ramadan. An absorbing book.

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, The i

A triumph of detail and gracefully written.

The Herald

Well researched and fluently written.

Daily Express

Fergusson is a delicate, warm, lucid writer with true curiosity and humility. A vital rejoinder to the growing pile of panic books about the 'Muslim threat'. Moving, humane... an absorbing book.

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Perhaps the best book ever written by a non-Muslim about Islam in Britain.

5 Pillars

[Fergusson] has marshalled his surveillance tools of wit, tenacity and decades of experience of the Muslim world to produce a fine, detailed portrait of Al-Britannia.

Barnaby Rogerson, Country Life

Don’t read Al-Britannia, My Country unless you’re prepared to let go of prejudices against Muslims, and seek a deeper understanding beyond headlines which have fanned the flames of fear and hatred. Fascinating, rich and complex.

Kevin Watson, Reform Magazine

An important book... ground-breaking.

Rev Geoff Reid, Methodist Recorder

A recommended read for anyone interested in the present condition and further development of Muslims in Britain.

Hasan Beg, Dawn

[A] highly sympathetic new survey of British Muslims. The end of multiculturalism and its replacement with heightened surveillance and the emphasis on national cultural values are dealt with in detail. Fergusson’s belief that British Muslims should be valued because of their faith, not in spite of it, is a major improvement on the self-interested toleration that has often passed for an enlightened position on the Muslim question.

The New York Review of Books