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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153216503321

Autore

Hamid Sadek

Titolo

Sufis, Salafis and Islamists : the contested ground of British Islamic activism / / Sadek Hamid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, , 2016

London, England : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2019

ISBN

1-350-15262-5

0-85772-915-2

1-350-98829-4

0-85772-710-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 pages)

Collana

Library of Modern Religion ; ; 46

Disciplina

305.6/970941

Soggetti

Muslims - Political activity - Great Britain

Muslims - Great Britain - Social conditions

Political activists - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-194) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Author Bio -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary of Arabic Terminology -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. 'Taking Islam to the People': The Young Muslims UK -- 2. 'Khilafah Coming Soon': The Rise and Fall of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Britain -- 3. 'Returning to The Qur'an And Sunnah': The Salafi Dawah -- 4. Sufism Strikes Back: Emergence of the 'Traditional Islam' Network -- 5. Dawah Discourses Understanding the Appeal of the Trends -- 6. Fragmentation and Adaptation: The Impact of Social Change -- 7. Contemporary British Islamic Activism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"British Muslim activism has evolved constantly in recent decades. What have been its main groups and how do their leaders compete to attract followers? Which social and religious ideas from abroad are most influential? In this groundbreaking study, Sadek Hamid traces the evolution of Sufi, Salafi and Islamist activist groups in Britain, including The Young Muslims UK, Hizb ut-Tahrir, the Salafi JIMAS organisation and Traditional Islam Network. With reference to second-generation



British Muslims especially, he explains how these groups gain and lose support, embrace and reject foreign ideologies, and succeed and fail to provide youth with compelling models of British Muslim identity. Analyzing historical and firsthand community research, Hamid gives a compelling account of the complexity that underlies reductionist media narratives of Islamic activism in Britain."--