{"product_id":"9781847741189","title":"A Long Jihad: My Quest for the Middle Way","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this memoir, Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari asks us to look beyond the extremism and violence that all too often defines the Muslim community toward those, like himself, navigating a middle-way life. A path defined in Islam as the 'natural way', far away from the cliff of radicalisation that causes some to harm themselves and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough his personal journey as an Air Force officer in Bangladesh to the leader of the Muslim Council of Britain during the ill-advised War of Terror and beyond, Muhammad's reassuring reflections come to light: the importance of community engagement, civic responsibility, and what it means to live a good life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn articulating his positions Muhammad Abdul Bari offers Muslims, and everybody else, guidance on going forward as engaged, confident individuals, down a path that rejects radical views and seeks to stay in the centre, living a life of moderation that is, as the Qur'an says, 'justly balanced'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kube Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058832425200,"sku":"9781847741189","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781847741189_p0.jpg?v=1763748586","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781847741189","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}