While American leaders wage war on extremists in the Middle East, they are dangerously detached from a potentially greater threat closer to home. In Breeding Bin Ladens, Zachary Shore asserts that the growing ambivalence of Europe’s Muslims poses risks to national identities, international security, and the transatlantic alliance. Europe’s failure to integrate its Muslim millions, combined with America’s battered image in the Muslim world, have left too many Western Muslims easy prey for violent dogmas. Until America and Europe adopt new strategies, Shore argues, Europe will increasingly become the incubation ground for breeding new Bin Ladens. The United States continues to spend billions of dollars and lose thousands of its young men and women to combat Islamic extremists, a group estimated to be as small as fifty thousand. What Western leaders have not done, says Shore, is seek to understand the millions of moderate Muslims who live peacefully in the United States and Europe. Many in this extraordinarily diverse group are deeply ambivalent toward perceived Western values. Although they may admire America's economic or technological might, many are appalled by its crass consumerism, sexualization of women, lack of social justice, and foreign policies.

Preface --Acknowledgments -- Introduction: the prolific assassin -- 1. London bridges -- 2. Islamic awakenings -- 3. Two faces, two futures -- 4. Headscarf headaches, cartoon chaos -- 5. Migration migraines -- 6. Clash of the Barbies -- 7. New Europe, same old issues -- 8. The future of Muslim Europe -- Conclusion: looking back to look ahead -- Epilogue: attracting the second circle -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.