Muslims in the West and the challenges of belonging / edited by Fethi Mansouri and Vince Marotta.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mansouri, Fethi, editor.

Marotta, Vince, editor.

Series:

Islamic Studies Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--Non-Islamic countries.

Muslims.

Muslims--Public opinion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Sensational reporting by the media has led to attitudes that racialise Muslims and frame them as potential threats to national security, placing them outside the circle of trustworthy citizenship. Muslims in the West are increasingly confronted with the pressure of conforming to dominant core values and accepting 'mere tolerance' from society, or else risk exclusion and even hostility when exercising their rights to maintain diverse cultural norms and religious practices. Muslims in the West and the Challenges of Belonging offers not only rigourous accounts of current difficulties, but also new thinking and deeper understanding about race relations and intercultural engagement in multicultural societies. It explores the increasing visibility of Muslim migrants in the West and the implications this has for multicultural co-existence, cultural representations, belonging and inclusive citizenship.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780522861648

0522861644

OCLC:

1088904515