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Reviews

Reviews of my book:

Psychology News (the official Danish magazine for professional psychologists), October 2009 “Among Criminal Muslims“: “Among Criminal Muslims is a provocative eye-opener, convincing and well founded and with concrete examples.”

Youth school journal, # 3 April 2009 “In the shadow of the Twin Towers”: “Sennels observations and critical reflections on our efforts aimed at young criminals deserves great attention.”

PM Naser Khader (writer of the bestseller “Honor and shame. The islamic family- and life pattern in Denmark and the Middle East.” and starter of the muslim association Democratic Muslims) has reviewed the book under the title “Read the book, Minister of Integration”: “The professional expertise that Nicolai Sennels has, is exceptional and with Nicolai Sennels’ clear and practical examples throughout the book the reader gets unprecedented insights in the courses of the integration problems. The book ought to be obligatory reading on all schools for teachers and social workers.” (link: http://www.sappho.dk/naser-khader-anmelder-blandt-kriminelle-muslimer.htm).

Jyllands-Posten, February 25th 2009, reviews the book in their article “Project on criminal Muslims”: “The book is an original piece of pioneer work because of the psychological focus on the individual’s responsibility and by including religion in the understanding of the young peoples’ identity.” (link: http://jp.dk/morgenavisen/kultur/article1612971.ece).

Weekendavisen, March 6th 2009, reviews the book under the heading “Cultural gaps”: “An exceedingly informative book that is made especially relevant seen in the light of the continuing gang riots. Many have talked about criminal foreigners but very few talked with so many young criminal foreigners as Nicolai Sennels.” (link: http://weekendavisen.e-pages.dk/view/7262/32/29).

The official magazine for the Danish Police, “Punished for telling about his experiences“: “During his work Nicolai Sennels developed a special therapy, which should help the ethnic young people to take responsibility for their own lives. The young immigrants should learn not to see themselves as victims. ”

Church of Roskilde, “Among Criminal Muslims”: “This is a very well written and thought provoking book. The problems are well known but is now elucidated from a new and different angle, at which many things falls into place.”

Fellow therapist:“As a fellow therapist and a psychologist who lives in a UK town with a large Muslim population I would like to thank you for setting out so clearly your thoughts on this grave issue. Having often encountered what I often refer to in clinical supervision as a glass wall between myself and Muslim clients – where it seemed to me that most genuinely could engage fully with the therapeutic process unless I colluded with the distorted Muslim take on what was happening to them, I can identify very much with what you have written.” (Sent to my email by a psychologist from UK. I know her name but is asked not to publish it.)