03068nam 2200565 450 991082349190332120230803214059.01-84904-530-51-84904-529-1(CKB)3710000000587869(SSID)ssj0001566120(PQKBManifestationID)16215357(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001566120(PQKBWorkID)13210765(PQKB)10141091(MiAaPQ)EBC1920728(Au-PeEL)EBL1920728(CaPaEBR)ebr11305254(CaONFJC)MIL895479(OCoLC)937719201(EXLCZ)99371000000058786920161129h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrMedina in Birmingham, Najaf in Brent inside British Islam /Innes BowenLondon, [England] :Hurst & Company,2014.New York, New York :Oxford University Press,[date of distribution not identified]©20141 online resource (230 pages)Includes index.1-84904-301-9 "Muslim intellectuals may try to define something called British Islam, but the truth is that as the Muslim community of Britain has grown in size and religiosity, so too has the opportunity to found and run mosques which divide along ethnic and sectarian lines. Just as most churches in Britain are affiliated to one of the main Christian denominations, the vast majority of Britain's 1600 mosques are linked to wider sectarian networks: the Deobandi and Tablighi Jamaat movements with their origins in colonial India; the Salafi groups inspired by an austere form of Islam widely practiced in Saudi Arabia; the Islamist movements with links to religious political parties in the Middle East and South Asia; the Sufi movements that tend to emphasise spirituality rather than religious and political militancy; and the diverse Shi'ite sects which range from the orthodox disciples of Grand Ayatollah Sistani in Iraq to the Ismaili followers of the pragmatic and modernising Aga Khan. These affiliations are usually not apparent to outsiders, but inside Britain's Muslim communities sectarian divides are often fiercely guarded by religious leaders. This book, of which no equivalent volume yet exists, is a definitive guide to the ideological differences, organisational structures and international links of the main Islamic groups active in Britain today"--From publisher.IslamGreat BritainHistory21st centuryIslamic sectsGreat BritainHistory21st centuryMuslimsGreat BritainIslamHistoryIslamic sectsHistoryMuslims297.09/4109051Bowen Innes1627932MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823491903321Medina in Birmingham, Najaf in Brent3964777UNINA