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Islamic radicalism and multicultural politics : the British experience / Tahir Abbas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abbas, Tahir, 1970- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muslims--Great Britain--Politics and government.
- Muslims.
- Muslims--Great Britain--Ethnic identity.
- Muslims--Great Britain--Social conditions.
- Islamic renewal--Great Britain.
- Islamic renewal.
- Islamic fundamentalism--Great Britain.
- Islamic fundamentalism.
- Radicalism--Great Britain.
- Radicalism.
- Islam--Great Britain--Public opinion.
- Islam.
- Public opinion--Great Britain.
- Public opinion.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--2007-.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The expression of an Islamic political radicalism in Britain has been one of the most dramatic developments in recent decades. Islamic Radicalism and Multicultural Politics explores the nature of this phenomenon by analysing the origins of Islam and its historical contact with Western Europe and Britain, and the emergence of Islamic political radicalism in the Muslim world and in the West. Tahir Abbas draws on historical analysis and contemporary case studies to explore the post-war immigration and integration of Muslim groups, the complex relations that exist between
- Contents:
- From the historical to the contemporary
- Islamic political radicalism: origins and destinations
- Post-war immigration: ethnicity, identity and spatiality
- The formation of Muslim capital: education, employment and entrepreneurialism
- Neo-orientalism and Islamophobia: the media and print news
- The political philosophy of multiculturalism and the "modern Muslim"
- Islamist identity politics in the context of globalisation
- Muslims, crime, terror and the law
- British Islam tomorrow and the battle ahead.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780203850046 (eBook)
- 9780203850046
- OCLC:
- 714843943
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