Review of Tim Dieppe’s The Challenge of Islam

Tim Dieppe’s The Challenge of Islam deals directly with the difficulties posed by the UK’s swelling, and in part unassimilated, Muslim population. The book successfully addresses topics including Islamic radicalism, antisemitism, and attempts to legally restrict criticism of Islam. Yet, at heart, The Challenge of Islam is a much needed critique of the ideological multiculturalism which has permeated the West; if our societies are unwilling to judge some cultural tenets and practices as morally superior to others, Western democracy is unlikely to survive.