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Subject(s)

• Muslim converts—Great Britain [Browse]
• Muslims—Great Britain [Browse]
• Muslims—Great Britain—Social conditions [Browse]
• Identity (Psychology)—Religious aspects—Islam [Browse]

Summary note

"When the Western mass media talk of conversion to Islam, we are bombarded with accounts of suicide bombers, extremists, and terrorists. However, in reality, the vast majority who convert are well-educated, moderate in outlook, and doing so as the result of a long-considered and heart-felt decision." "In British Muslim Converts, Kate Zebiri looks in depth at this unique group in British society, and. examines their frequent disillusionment with Western attitudes and morals, often central to the decision to convert. Informed by first-hand interviews as well as published and internet material, Zebiri examines converts' contribution to a distinctive take on Islamic thought and discourse, and asks whether they could act as much-needed mediators in the growing divide between Islam and the West. Sensitive and thoughtful, British Muslim Converts will prove indispensable for anyone trying to understand Islam in the West."--Jacket.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-268) and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Theory, methodology and fieldwork 5
• 1 Converts in the British context 17
• Muslims in Britain 17
• A brief history of conversion to Islam, with particular reference to Britain 30
• Converts vis-a-vis second- and third-generation Muslims: a comparative view 36
• A profile of British converts 40
• 2 The 'double marginality' of converts 52
• Conversion as social protest? 52
• Converts in relation to born Muslims 60
• Converts in relation to non-Muslim family and friends 71
• A special role for converts? 82
• 3 A new identity? 88
• National, racial and ethnic identity 95
• Identity markers: language, dress, names, circumcision 101
• Lifestyle changes 114
• Continuity and discontinuity 127
• 4 Society and politics 144
• Views of British society and Western civilization 151
• Sexual morality 160
• Domestic and international politics 171
• A new geopolitical orientation? 181
• 5 Women and men 198
• Hijab and niqab: eluding the male gaze 204
• Social contact between the sexes 215
• Marriage 224
• Polygyny 235.

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ISBN

• 1851685464 (pbk.)
• 9781851685462 (pbk.)

OCLC

153580998

RCP

H - S

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