"The Infidel Within" : muslims in britain since 1800 / Humayun Ansari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ansari, Humayun, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--Great Britain--History.

Muslims.

Muslims--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Islam.

Social conditions.

History.

Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

Emigration and immigration.

Islam--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 533 pages; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Muslims constitute Britain's second largest religious grouping, and writing about their experiences has found a new audience in recent years-though not always through a positive lens. But a proper historical treatment of their arrival, settlement and establishment had been conspicuously absent until Humayun Ansari's seminal work, reissued here in an updated edition. "The Infidel Within" draws together rich archival research and first-hand experience into a broad, integrated history of the Muslim presence in Britain. Among the topics addressed are migration and settlement in Britain before 1945, the evolution of a British Muslim identity, Muslim women and families, Muslims and education, and the growing mobilization of Muslims in Britain's political, religious and economic life. This definitive and sympathetic history, brought right up to date, is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand modern Britain.

Contents:

Is there a British Muslim identity?

Muslim migration and settlement in Britain before 1945

Muslim engagement with British society up to the First World War

'Being Muslim' in early twentieth-century Britain

'Weaving the cultural strands together' : institutionalising Islam in early twentieth-century Britain

Post-Second-World-War Muslim migration to Britain

Contours of Muslim life in Britain since 1945

Assimilation, integration, accommodation : aspects of Muslim engagement with British society since 1945

Muslim women and families in Britain

British Muslims and education : issues and prospects

The evolution of Muslim organisation in Britain since the Second World War

Conclusion: British Muslim identities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-514) and index.

ISBN:

0190909773

9780190909772

OCLC:

1022603963