Muslims in Britain: Making Social and Political Space

ISBN-13: 9780415594721 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 198 str.

Waqar Ahmed

Opis

This book examines the social and political position of Muslims in Britain. Contributions from academics and policy makers explore issues of religion and politics, Britishness, governance, parallel lives, gender issues, religion in civic space, ethnicity, and inter ethnic and religious relations.

Spis treści

Muslims in Britain: Making Social and Political Space – An Introduction  1. Religion and Public Space  2. Britain and Britishness: Place, Belonging and Exclusion  3. Exploring Social Spaces of Muslims  4. Muslim Chaplains: Working at the Interface of ‘Public’ and ‘Private’  5. Young Muslims in London: Gendered Negotiations of Local, National and Transnational Places  6. Multiculralism and the Gender Gap: The Visibility and Invisibility of Muslim Women in Britain  7. Everyday Making and Civic Engagement amongst Muslim Women in Scotland  8. Negotiating Faith and Politics: The Emergence of Muslim Consciousness in Britain  9. ‘Creating a Society of Sheep’: British Muslim Elite on Mosques and Imams