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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825175703321

Autore

Abbas Tahir <1970-, >

Titolo

Islamic radicalism and multicultural politics : the British experience / / Tahir Abbas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

9780203850046 (eBook)

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

320.5/570941

Soggetti

Muslims - Great Britain - Politics and government

Muslims - Great Britain - Ethnic identity

Muslims - Great Britain - Social conditions

Islamic renewal - Great Britain

Islamic fundamentalism - Great Britain

Radicalism - Great Britain

Islam - Great Britain - Public opinion

Public opinion - Great Britain

Great Britain Politics and government 2007-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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