Young British Muslims

Kabir, Nahid A.

Young British Muslims Identity, Culture, Politics and the Media. [electronic resource] : - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (257 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

COVER; Copyright; CONTENTS; TABLES AND FIGURES; ABBREVIATIONS; GLOSSARY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION: MY RESEARCH OBSERVATIONs; 1. THE IDENTITY DEBATE; 2. MUSLIMS IN BRITAIN: AN OVERVIEW; 3. THE RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL DILEMMA; 4. TO BE OR NOT TO BE BRITISH; 5. IS THE MEDIA BIASED AGAINST MUSLIMS?; 6. THE NIQAB DEBATE; 7. INDIGNATION ABOUT THE PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE SHARIAH LAW IN BRITAIN; CONCLUSION: A HUMANITARIAN WAY FORWARD; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

Based on 216 in-depth interviews of Muslims in Britain, the book examines how British Muslim youths and young adults, 15-30 years old, define their identities, their values and their culture and whether these conflict either with those of their parents or with the dominant non-Muslim British culture.

9780748643738 0748643737 1282941828 9781282941823

9786612941825

294182 MIL 22573/cttk0vsf JSTOR


Muslims--Ethnic identity.--Great Britain
Muslims--Social conditions.--Great Britain
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--General.
RELIGION--Islam--Rituals & Practice.
Muslims--Ethnic identity.
Muslims--Social conditions.


Great Britain.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

DA125.M87 / K33 2010

305.6970941