Abstract
This chapter focuses on the evolution of Londonistan from a traditional haven for dissenters into a launching pad for terrorism. It looks at four extremist preachers, the so-called “lords of Londonistan”: Abu Qatada, who inspired the pilots behind the 9/11 attacks and was an important official of al-Qaeda; Abu Hamza, a disciple of Qatada who presided over London's most prominent radical mosque at Finsbury Park; Abdullah el Faisal, a Jamaican convert who tutored the shoe bomber Richard Reid, the hijacker Zacarias Moussaoui, and the underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab; Omar Bakri, who played a role in establishing an underground railroad to Pakistan for suicide bombers who belonged to the second generation of Muslims in Britain. The chapter also provides a historical background on the rise of radical Islam in Britain.
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