Ed Husain: The IslamistReligion and family can greatly contribute to an individual's life decisions. Courtesy of The Islamist's Ed Husain mines decisions between faiths and family members with intriguing detail and heart: which also carries over to similar things in my life (less extreme obviously). Hussein talks about his life as a child and his relationship with his parents while growing up in a small Muslim community. As Husain grows from 16 to 20, his belief and interest in the Muslim faith also grows. However, his faith is evolving towards a more fundamentalist view called Islamism, which in turn runs counter to most modernist views of Islam today and correlates Sharia law with personal, political and social. Husain develops some awareness and faces some personal difficulties, which push him to decide to return to a formalist and normal way of life after 5 years of Islamism. Husain grew up in a small town in east London. His parents moved to London from Bangladesh and India. Husain encompasses the importance of family to him, as well as friends or individuals who seem equally close. He mentions his relationship with the family's Bengali spiritual guide, whom he calls "grandfather." Husain practiced his beliefs and kept to himself at a nearby school called Stepeny Green. However, he meets an individual named Brother Falik. Falik helps him learn Islamic studies: However, I believe that at this time Husain was extremely vulnerable and willing to befriend and share his beliefs with anyone who did not have influence in terms drugs or gang violence. He claims that he and Falik read a book by Ghulum Sarwr. It was the first book that was attributed to...... middle of paper ......ndon. Here, he finds happiness in his quest for normalcy in 2005. He continues to practice his Muslim culture while being married. Life is much clearer for him in London, where there is less hatred towards individuals than the sophisticated methods of aggressive Wahhabism. Throughout Hussain's journey he finds himself in what appears to be a return to the events at the original stage or point. in life. I often have the impression that individuals with low acceptance are very likely to be extremist in whatever welcomes them. However, with age comes wisdom, and that is what Husain discovered. He is happy to be reunited with his family and his big brother. As well as the other tiny issues it originally faced. Works Cited Husain, Ed. The Islamist: Why I Joined Radical Islam in Britain, What I Saw Inside, and Why I Left. London: Penguin, 2007. Print